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Nicotine-delivering e-cigarettes under fire

Source: Courier Journal By: Patrick Howington Sean Howard smoked cigarettes for 14 years until he found something new — an electronic cigarette that delivers the nicotine he craves but not the deadly toxins from cigarette smoke. Now Howard, 28, of Lexington, said he breathes better, can exercise again, and “I don’t smell like a cigarette.” A server at a local country club, Howard said he has gone back and tried cigarettes a couple of times in the year since he quit them, “and now I can’t stand the things. … I actually don’t know how I smoked them.” Howard is among the growing number of advocates of e-cigarettes — plastic or metal tubes that contain a nicotine solution but no tobacco. A battery heats the liquid into a vapor for inhaling. Sold under names like “Health E-Cigarettes” and “SmokeAnywhere” that suggest harmlessness and the ability to evade indoor smoking bans, e-cigarettes don’t require matches and don’t emit toxic smoke — but they’ve still drawn plenty of fire. In court filings and enforcement actions, federal regulators and some states have lined up with medical organizations who say e-cigarettes’ safety hasn’t been proved. While their sale is legal in most of the U.S., including Kentucky and Indiana, several states have banned e-cigarettes or are considering it. (They are not covered under Louisville and Lexington’s indoor smoking bans, though, and there are no current plans to add them.) Advocates of the product, and some medical experts, say the devices could save thousands of [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A2010-10-22T14:28:38-07:00October, 2010|Oral Cancer News|

FDA sends e-cigarette companies a warning

Source: www.boston.com Author: staff The Food and Drug Administration is lighting a fire under the electronic cigarette industry to work with the agency to legally market the devices and is cautioning other companies that their sales and manufacturing practices violate federal law. The FDA said yesterday it sent warning letters to five companies that make e-cigarettes or components for the plastic and metal devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution in a disposable cartridge, creating vapor that the smoker inhales. In the letters, the FDA said the companies are violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including unsubstantiated claims and poor manufacturing practices. The FDA is asking the companies to let the agency know within 15 business days how it plans to correct the violations. The other companies receiving warning letters were E-CigaretteDirect LLC of Colorado, Ruyan America Inc. in Minneapolis, Gamucci America in Florida, and Johnson Creek Enterprises LLC of Wisconsin. But in a letter to the Electronic Cigarette Association, the FDA said the actions were not meant to be seen as a larger effort to ban e-cigs. It urged the industry group to work with the FDA to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the devices to help people quit smoking traditional cigarettes through usually expensive clinical trials. “We are interested in finding out whether e-cigarettes can be proven safe and effective,’’ said Michael Levy, FDA compliance lawyer.

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A2010-09-13T09:02:45-07:00September, 2010|Oral Cancer News|

Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns

Source: apnews.myway.com Author: Audra Ang With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke. The Ruyan V8, which produces a nicotine-infused mist absorbed directly into the lungs, is just one of a rapidly growing array of electronic cigarettes attracting attention in China, the U.S. and elsewhere - and the scrutiny of world health officials. Marketed as a healthier alternative to smoking and a potential way to kick the habit, the smokeless smokes have been distributed in swag bags at the British film awards and hawked at an international trade show. Because no burning is involved, makers say there's no hazardous cocktail of cancer-causing chemicals and gases like those produced by a regular cigarette. There's no secondhand smoke, so they can be used in places where cigarettes are banned, the makers say. Health authorities are questioning those claims. The World Health Organization issued a statement in September warning there was no evidence to back up contentions that e-cigarettes are a safe substitute for smoking or a way to help smokers quit. It also said companies should stop marketing them that way, especially since the product may undermine smoking prevention efforts because they look like the real thing and may lure nonsmokers, including children. "There is not sufficient evidence that (they) are safe products for human consumption," Timothy O'Leary, a communications officer at the WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative in Geneva, said this week. The [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A2009-02-28T06:32:42-07:00February, 2009|Oral Cancer News|