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FDA Finds Toxic Chemicals In Electronic Cigarettes

7/22/2009 Alida Antonia Cornelius The FDA is notifying healthcare professionals, patients, and consumers about their laboratory testing of the ingredients from cartridges from two leading brands of electronic...

created by Art_By_Alida | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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FDA Crackdown on Electronic Cigarettes Gets Personal

A recent leaked email from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveals plans to crackdown on the electronic cigarette suppliers. In an ominous note, things seem to be getting personal as the email mentions that a hidden factor in the attack is the recent action by an...

opinion by inijames | 31 wks ago
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Big Pharm Funding Anti-E-Cigarette Campaigners

A coalition of public health campaigners are asking the FDA to remove the Electronic Cigarette from US shop shelves. They all have one thing in common - funding from the big drug companies whose nicotine replacement therapies, with their side effects and low success rates,...

created by inijames | 36 wks ago
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E-Cigarettes: Controversy Surrounds Smoking Alternative

A debate is raging over whether electronic cigarettes, the latest alternative to smoking, are a healthy alternative to cigarettes - or even whether they are healthy at all. Supporters of tobacco harm reduction like...

created by inijames | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Should the FAA Allow Electronic Cigarettes in the Sky?

Recently, I came across a post in which a corporate blogger addressed the question of what might happen to a person who tried to “light up” an electronic cigarette, cigar or pipe while aboard a commercial airliner as a passenger. As the spouse of a flight attendant,...