Talk’s of a black market are already underway on many forums and social sites across the internet as the decision draws near on the fate of the e cigarette in a federal court. Other than a few special interest groups that are funded by big pharmaceutical companies putting pressure on the FDA to act against [...]
I like smoking.
Actually, I love smoking. Since mononucleosis infiltrated my body, however, I’ve engaged in the attempt to quit.
My blood pressure, heart rate and carbon monoxide levels have dropped. I’m regaining some circulation, lung capacity and sharpening my senses of taste and smell. Plus, I’m salvaging years of my life and fistfuls of dollars.
It’s hell.
I [...]
While the men and women of science often appear to spend the bulk of their time dreaming up novel ways to sink great sums of money into projects with limited utility for humanity at large, every so often they invent something that truly benefits us all. In 1952, the refreshment wizards at Kirsch Beverages figured [...]
Consumers, doctors and scientists told the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday the public deserves to know more about how the agency makes complex scientific decisions about the medicine and food Americans consume.
Consumers said the FDA needs to more rigorously oversee clinical trials to ensure patients get treated fairly; doctors urged the FDA to flag safety [...]
It is another bizarre twist in the electronic cigarette battle over the safety of this new product that has hundreds of thousands of followers across the United States and a growing number of supporters around the world.
ASH UK has all but put their name on the dotted line in endorsement of the e cigarette as [...]
THE City Council this week voted 46-1 to ban many flavorings in a variety of tobacco products, and Mayor Bloomberg is likely to sign it into law. Speaker Christine Quinn justified it as an effort to protect children — but the main effect will be to make it harder for adult smokers to quit.
The ban [...]
They look like cigarettes, but they have names most people have never heard of: Gamucci, Cloud 9, and Njoy.
That’s because they are electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes. These battery-powered devices do not create smoke but provide a mist of nicotine to the user’s lungs.
These items are about to become better known because a federal judge is [...]
No more smoking for Scott Riddle.
Now he vapes.
“Vaping” means he inhales the vapor from an electronic cigarette, a battery-powered device that typically looks like a cigarette, but delivers nicotine without the tobacco and smoke.
Electronic cigarettes, Riddle say, lets him enjoy the pleasures of smoking without its downsides.
But the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations says not [...]
That electronic cigarettes resemble the real thing is part of the reason they have seen enormous success since they hit the market approximately three years ago.
E-cigs, as they’re called, consist of a steel tube loaded with a liquid cartridge. They have a light-emitting diode on the end that is activated when a user — they [...]
Bonnie Martin has been a cigarette addict since the age of 12. A former registered nurse, the 49-year-old Vineland, N.J., woman worked with cancer patients and felt hypocritical when instructing them to quit smoking.
Martin tried every product on the market in her attempts to quit — patches, gums, acupuncture, hypnosis
and prescription medications.
Nothing worked until she [...]
