Notorious E-Cigarette Opponent Claims Effects of Vaping May Just as Bad as Those of Smoking
In a recent comment submitted to the FDA, Santon Glanz, a hero of the fight against tobacco control turned fervent electronic cigarette opponent has claimed that in terms of effects on our pulmonary function, using e-cigarette may not be any less hazardous than smoking tobacco. "Evidence that e-cigarette aerosol has the same effects on an important measure of lung function as cigarette smoke undermines the assumption that e-cigarettes are...
Read More...Scotland’s National Health Service Officially Admits E-Cigarettes Are Safer Than Analogs
For the first time in history, electronic cigarettes have been included in the official NHS Scotland guidance aimed at smokers looking to quit. In the past, it is believed some quit-smoking services in Scotland simply turned away smokers wanting to use electronic cigarettes but according to the new National Health Service guidance, these people should not be told to stop if there is even the smallest risk they might go back to smoking tobacco cigarettes. Although the...
Read More...Top Scientists Ask World Health Organization to Resist the Urge to Suppress E-Cigarettes
A group of 53 renowned scientists from all around the world have sent the World Health Organization (WHO) an open letter, urging it to resist the urge to control and suppress electronic cigarettes by classifying them as tobacco products. In the letter, they refer to e-cigarettes as 'part of the solution' and warn that harsh regulation would result in a missed opportunity...
Read More...FDA Finally Admits Using Electronic Cigarettes Is Safer Than Smoking
It may sound like another sensationalist headline, but this one is one hundred percent true. Yesterday, during a hearing that might help determine the fate of electronic cigarettes in America, Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products told Congress that using e-cigarettes is safer than smoking. “If we could get all of those people [who smoke] to completely switch all of their cigarettes to noncombustible cigarettes, it would be good for public...
Read More...Spanish Survey Shows 66 Percent of E-Cigarette Users Quit Smoking While 33 Percent Cut Down on Cigarettes
According to the results of a survey recently conducted by Spanish e-cigarette company Puff Cigarette, 66% of e-cigarette users questioned claimed they quit smoking with the help of e-cigs, while another 33% said they cut down on tobacco cigarettes. The Puff Cigarette survey was conducted on a pool of 187 Spanish vapers, and revealed a lot of impressive information. For example, 7 out of 10 people who took the survey reported an improvement of their health after they...
Read More...France to Ban E-Cigarettes in Certain Public Places in a Matter of Months
France's Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, has recently announced that electronic cigarettes will soon be banned in certain public places, on a national level. A new proposed law will apparently be released sometime in the summer, detailing exactly what these 'public' places are. Touraine first announced the French Government's intention to impose a
Read More...E-Cigarette Explodes While Being Charged with an iPad Charger
Electronic cigarette explosions are very rare, but it seems like whenever they occur the media is all over them, warning readers about the dangers posed by e-cigarettes while failing to disclose crucial details of the events. The latest case in point is this exploding e-cigarette incident that took place two weeks ago in Richmond, United Kingdom. According to a York Press report, 18-year-old bartender Laura Baty was serving a customer when her co-workers e-cigarette,...
Read More...Spanish Hospital Reports World’s Second Ever Case of Lipoid Pneumonia Associated with E-Cigarette Use
Doctors at the University Hospital of La Coruña, in Spain, claim to have recently diagnosed the world's second ever case of pneumonia associated with excessive e-cigarette use. The unnamed patient was apparently vaping large amounts of e-liquid on a daily basis. The Spanish patient, identified by the media as a 50-year-old male, was visiting the hospital in La Coruña for other reasons, but began complaining of coughing, fatigue and breathlessness while there. After...
Read More...Imperial Tobacco Suing US E-Cigarette Makers over Patent Infringement
Imperial Tobacco, the world's fourth largest cigarette company by market share, has recently filed nine lawsuits in a US federal court against Lorillard Inc., NJOY, VaporCorp and eight other electronic cigarette makers, claiming intellectual property infringement. The lawsuits were filed by Fontem Ventures BV, a whole subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco based in Amsterdam, which asked the court to rule that its e-cigarette patents were valid and order the defendants to pay an...
Read More...E-Cigarette Sales in the UK Have More Than Tripled Over the Last Year
According to the latest research conducted by market analysis company, Mintel, the electronic cigarette industry in the UK is booming, with sales increasing an impressive 340% over the past year, from an estimated £44 million in 2012 to £193 million in 2013. Figures also show e-cigarettes are giving classic nicotine replacement therapy a run for its money, as NRT growth slows to just 1.7%. The electronic cigarette may not be officially recognized as a smoking...
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