American Heart Association Wants Electronic Cigarettes to Be Regulated as Tobacco Cigarettes
The American Heart Association has released its first policy statement on electronic cigarettes. In it, the group expresses great concern about the rapidly-growing popularity of electronic cigarettes and urges the FDA to regulate them as soon as possible. "Recent studies raise concerns that e-cigarettes may be a gateway to traditional tobacco products for the nation's youth and could renormalize smoking in our society," the AHA wrote in its flagship journal,...
Read More...Large-Scale Survey Suggests Most Smokers Prefer to Quit Using Electronic Cigarettes
According to a recent consumer behavior survey conducted by Kantar Media, more than 50% of US smokers prefer to use electronic cigarettes when trying to quit. E-cigarette companies are not allowed to advertise their products as smoking cessation aids, but the abundance of scientific and anecdotal evidence that they are indeed one of the most effective ways to quit smoking seems to have been more convincing than any expensive marketing campaign. Kantar Media, the second...
Read More...Italy’s New Taxation Draft Would Raise the Price of a 10 Ml Bottle of E-Liquid to 35 Euro
According to calculations made by Anafe-Confindustria, Italy's national association of electronic cigarette manufacturers, the Government's new taxation proposal would raise the price of a small e-liquid bottle from 6 euro to a whopping 35 euro. That's $47 per 10 ml. of standard e-cigarette juice. As much as I love vaping, that price is obscene, to say the least. The new legislative decree drafted by the Italian Government aims to change the way both tobacco and...
Read More...New Survey Suggests ‘Juvenile’ Flavors Actually Appeal to Adult E-Cigarette Users
This may come as a shock to the majority of e-cigarette opponents, but yes, a new survey conducted by E-Cigarette Forum, the most popular online gathering spot for vapers, suggests fruit flavors are actually more appealing to adult e-cigarette users than tobacco. One of the main arguments used to smear electronic cigarettes is that because of the wide variety of fruity and sweet e-liquid flavors, e-cigs are a gateway to smoking for children. At a Senate hearing, last...
Read More...Imperial Tobacco Acquires Blu E-Cigarettes Following R.J. Reynolds-Lorillard Merger
Imperial Tobacco has gone from just getting its feet wet in the electronic cigarette market to owning the world's most successful e-cigarettes brand, after it acquired Blu Electronic Cigarettes from the newly-newly formed R.J. Reynolds-Lorillard tobacco juggernaut. Blu is the currently the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the United States, accounting for around 47% of the market. Established as an independent company, it was acquired by Lorillard in 2012, for...
Read More...FDA to Invest Over $270 Million in E-Cigarette Research
The US Food and Drug Administration seems like it's finally getting seriously involved in e-cigarette research. Over the next few years, it will apparently be spending around $270 million on dozens of e-cigarettes studies, trying to answer several key questions, like 'what risks do they pose to human health?', 'are they a gateway to smoking?' and 'will they reduce the number of American smokers?' "They want data and they want it yesterday," Dr. Suchita Krishnan-Sarin of...
Read More...Lung Societies Ask Governments to Restrict or Ban Electronic Cigarettes
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), which includes over 70,000 members worldwide, has recently issued a position statement on electronic cigarettes, asking Governments to place restrictions on the battery-powered devices, or ban them completely. Presented on July 9th, during a meeting in New York City hosted by FIRS and the Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Alliance, the position statement focused on the potential adverse...
Read More...Two More E-Cig Companies Sell Out to Big Tobacco
Ever since they realized there was no stopping the rise of electronic cigarettes, tobacco giants have been trying to get their foot through the door, with the ultimate goal of one day taking control of this very lucrative market. Unfortunately, they are doing a great job so far. It all started in 2012, when Lorillard, the maker of Newport cigarettes, acquired blu electronic cigarettes, the leading brand in the United States. The historic deal opened the door for other...
Read More...Second Largest E-Cigarette Company in the US Would Support E-liquid Flavor Ban
During last week's painful Senate hearing on the issue of electronic cigarettes, during which senators like Jay Rockefeller practically eviscerated unprepared CEOs of several electronic cigarette companies, Miguel Martin,chief executive of Logic Electronic Cigarettes made it very clear he would rather throw his competitors under the bus for a bigger profit, rather than stand by them and fight for
Read More...FDA Extends Commenting Period for Electronic Cigarette Regulation
After finally releasing its proposed e-cigarette regulations, on April 24, the US Food and Drug Administration has announced it will be extending the public commenting period on the proposed rule set, beyond July 9. The FDA decided to extend the commenting period by an extra 30 days,pushing the deadline to August 8, after receiving numerous requests from within the e-cigarette industry and others, as well as lots of input on how to best regulate the popular products. In...
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