Thursday, August 06, 2009

FDA Spokesperson Says Tobacco Cigarettes are No More Dangerous than Electronic Cigarettes; The World is Believing It as Irrational Policies Spread

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In an interview on NPR's Morning Edition last April, FDA spokeswoman Rita Chappelle stated about electronic cigarettes: "We'r...

Washington Times Op-Ed: Why are Anti-Smoking Groups Promoting Cigarette Smoking over Quitting?

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An op-ed by Dr. Elizabeth Whelan - president of the American Council on Science and Health - in today's Washington Times asks why anti...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

NPR Story on Electronic Cigarettes

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Click here for the NPR story on electronic cigarettes, which aired on All Things Considered earlier today. According to the story: "...

Independent Scientific Review Concludes that NJOY Electronic Cigarettes are Much Safer than Conventional Ones

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Report Also Concludes that FDA Failed to Adequately Support Claims of Dangers of NJOY E-Cigarettes Compared to FDA-Approved Nicotine Replace...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Inane Public Policy: Ban Electronic Cigarettes, and Approve the Real Ones

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I have written extensively about the scientific and policy issues regarding electronic cigarettes in the past two weeks. But what it all rea...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Oregon Attorney General Bans Electronic Cigarettes Because They Threaten the Health and Safety of Oregonians

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Action on Smoking and Health Urges 49 Other Attorneys General to Follow Suit The Oregon Department of Justice moved Thursday to ban the sale...
Friday, July 31, 2009

List of Identified, Known Carcinogens in Electronic Cigarettes vs. Conventional Cigarettes, and Which Anti-Smoking Groups are Telling Smokers to Smoke

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Based on the best available scientific evidence, I have compiled a list of the identified, known carcinogens present at greater than trace q...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Comparison of Carcinogen Levels Shows that Electronic Cigarettes are Much Safer Than Conventional Ones

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The FDA last week condemned electronic cigarettes on the basis that an FDA laboratory detected carcinogens (tobacco-specific nitrosamines) i...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Other Anti-Smoking Groups Would Condemn a Million Ex-Smokers to Return to Cigarette Smoking, Causing Countless Deaths

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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has joined a number of other anti-smoking groups in calling for a ban on electronic cigarettes and an imm...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Prominent Tobacco Researchers Expose Double Standard in FDA's Study of Electronic Cigarettes and Challenge FDA's Alarmist Attitude Toward the Devices

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The press release can be found here . I have copied it below, as well: Prominent Public Health Physicians and Tobacco Researchers Exp...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Potent Carcinogens (Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines) Found in Saliva of Nicotine Gum Users; When Will FDA Take Enforcement Action Against Nicorette?

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An article in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology has revealed that tobacco-specific nitrosamines are present in the saliva of nicoti...