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Physicians Group Supports Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Challenges Opponents to Justify their Condemnation of the Product

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) has challenged opponents of electronic cigarettes to justify their condemnation of this product given that the FDA’s study of these devices found that they contain only miniscule levels of carcinogens, compared to the high levels present in traditional cigarettes.
According to a press release issued earlier this week: “In [...]

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E-Cig Users Beware of Free Trail Scams

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

The Electronic Cigarette industry has been flooded with both legitimate and illegitimate businesses. Many of these new companies have been scamming potential customers into thinking that they will be receiving a ‘free trial’, but customers have to enter their credit card information for this ‘free trial’.
After receiving their credit card statement, they come to find [...]

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An End Run on Smoking Ban

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Alex Fischels appeared to be smoking on a Chicago’s restaurant patio when the waiter shot him a nasty glare.
But the UI senior wasn’t puffing on a cigarette — he was taking a drag of nicotine vapor from an e-cigarette.
“I don’t think he had a clue what it was,” the 21-year-old said. “But he was not [...]

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What if there were an alternative to smoking?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Video by the ECA – Please Digg it!

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The Electronic Cigarette Struggles Against Anti-smoking Groups and Government Organizations

Friday, November 13th, 2009

I have been a smoker off and on throughout the course of my life, so I am very familiar with the tobacco cigarette and the deadly consequences of smoking. I have made a few half-hearted attempts to quit utilizing a few of the “approved products” and in all honesty, they just simply did not work [...]

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ECA Urges Unbiased Evaluation of E-Cigs as Debate Intensifies

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

As the debate heats up concerning the use of electronic cigarettes, Electronic
Cigarette Association (ECA) President Matt Salmon today encouraged those
involved in this discussion to carefully and honestly study how these devices
work and recognize that the more than one million adult committed smokers, who
use electronic cigarettes, are seeking an alternative to combustible cigarettes
that contain a multitude [...]

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Philip Morris in Negotiations With Original E-Cigarette Company

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

What many e-cigarette users have feared from day one could be in the works: Philip Morris, the biggest maker of tobacco cigarettes in the United States, has been discovered to be in negotiations with Ruyan Group, which manufactured the original e-cigarette starting in 2005. A short news article on Quamnet.com states the seriousness [...]

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New Study Reveals Quitting Smoking is Good but Switching to Low-risk Nicotine Products is Usually Better

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Prof. Carl V. Phillips, just published in Harm Reduction Journal, shows that for most smokers, immediately switching to a low-risk alternative will lower their risk of dying from their habit more than quitting eventually, even if they use the smoke-free product for the rest of their lives.
November 2, 2009 — Switching to low-risk nicotine products, [...]

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The Irrational War on E-Cigarettes

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

First there was smoked tobacco. Then there was smokeless tobacco. Now there’s something in between.
It’s vaporized nicotine, aka “vaping.” It isn’t quite tobacco, and it isn’t quite smoking. Should we ban it, since it’s sort of like smoking? Or should we tolerate it, since it’s different in important respects? Does the war on smoking require [...]

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Anti-Smoking Groups Attack The E-Cigarette

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

What started as a noble cause with lobbying groups like the American Cancer Society, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights and Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, is now morphing into a multi headed monster as they became a victim of their own success. Both have campaigned and succeeded in getting stricter laws on drunk drivers and smoking which [...]

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