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

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 [...]

ALF Policy Would Result in Hundreds of Thousands of Ex-Smokers Returning to Cigarette Smoking, Aiding Big Tobacco

The American Legacy Foundation has joined the list of anti-smoking organizations which are pushing for the prohibition of the sale and marketing of electronic cigarettes. The Foundation has released a policy statement, which calls for the FDA to pull e-cigarettes off the market because Legacy claims that these products are not known to be “safe [...]

Despite Suicides/Attempts, FDA Favors Chantix Over E-Cigarette

Tobacco Control Expert Dr. Michael Siegel Calls for a Scientific, Not Ideological or Political Response to the Electronic Cigarette Issue

An article in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now acknowledged receiving 98 reports of suicides and 188 reports of suicide [...]