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E-cig, Vape Users Brace For FDA Regulations October 28 2014
Photo by Susan Du Thomas McCool of New Element Fine Vapors 10/28/2014, Susan Du, www.houstonpress.com Cloud blowers, flavor connoisseurs, smokeless e-cig puffers, surreptitious stoners, cancer patients trying to quit cigarettes -- Houston's e-cigarette and vape consumers are as diverse as the products created in the local DIY market. It's a market that's been allowed to Frankenstein and modify new contraptions for vaporizing countless blends of liquid nicotine and flavored juices to...Democrats Target E-Cigarettes October 15 2014
October 14, 2014 - 11:27 AM By Dan Joseph www.cnsnews.com It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Electronic cigarettes were intended to be a healthier alternative to real cigarettes and there was even hope that they could be used as a tool to help people quit smoking. However, despite evidence that e-cigarettes are, in fact, safer than the smoke that is inhaled when a person inhales a tobacco-filled product, this...STATEMENT FROM VMR PRODUCTS CEO JAN VERLEUR ON THE CALL TO BAN 'OPEN SYSTEM' VAPORIZERS BY REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. October 01 2014
MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 09/30/14 -- In response to the 119-page document submitted by Reynolds American Inc. to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking it to ban "open system" vaporizers and devices, Jan Verleur, CEO & Co-Founder of VMR Products, a global electronic cigarette company and the makers of V2®, a leading brand, has the following comment: For many adult smokers, vaporizing devices like e-cigarettes represent an alternative...University of New Orleans Allows Vapor on Campus while Banning Analog Cigarettes September 03 2014
Where E-Cigs Land in Campus Smoking Bans by Brendan Frost In 2013, the Louisiana state legislature passed a resolution that requires public universities in the state to create a smoking prohibition on campus. It's up to the individual universities how to implement this, and the decision has motivated some universities to take a stance on electronic cigarettes as well. In New Orleans, Tulane, Delgado, Dillard, Southern University at New...Public Health Officials Should Embrace E-Cigarettes August 22 2014
It’s time for public health officials to advise smokers that electronic cigarettes are a worthy alternative to smoking that can help them quit the tobacco habit. Most e-cigarettes look like cigarettes. But people who “vape” – use e-cigarettes – are not smoking. They are instead inhaling a water-like vapor that is free of the tar and the sky-high levels of carcinogens that make cigarette smoking so dangerous. Activists who...BBC News Health - E-cigarettes 'less harmful' than cigarettes August 01 2014
July 30, 2014, BBC News Researchers say national policies need to be made once all evidence is reviewed E-cigarettes are likely to be much less harmful than conventional cigarettes, an analysis of current scientific research suggests. Scientists argue replacing conventional cigarettes with electronic ones could reduce smoking-related deaths even though long-term effects are unknown. In the journal Addiction, researchers suggest e-cigarettes should face less stringent regulations than tobacco. But experts...FDA Extends Comment Period for E-Cigarette Regulation June 27 2014
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco WriterJune 27, 2014 - 4:55 pm EDT RICHMOND, Virginia — The public will have more time to weigh in on a federal proposal to regulate electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the public comment period slated to end July 9 is being extended an additional 30 days to Aug. 8 after getting lots of input on how...E-Cigarettes May Get Advantage for Not Containing Tobacco June 12 2014
By Anna Edney Jun 11, 2014 11:01 PM CT -www.bloomberg.com Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Most e-cigarettes deliver nicotine while leaving out the tars, arsenic and other...Read More Electronic cigarettes may be closer to smoking cessation devices than regular smokes and regulators are keeping “an open mind” on their potential health benefit, said the top U.S. official overseeing their use. In comments that may boost the developing $3 billion e-cigarette market, Mitch Zeller,...Health Experts Defend E-Cigarettes May 30 2014
By: ActiveBeat Author on Thursday, May 29, 2014 @ 9:11 am , www.activebeat.com E-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, simulate tobacco smoking by producing a smoke-like vapor. For some, it’s a dangerous idea that could lead kids to become accustomed to the act of smoking. But a team of fifty international health researchers says it’s critical that governing bodies not consider e-cigarettes, which can help people ditch the smoking habit, a tobacco product. The...ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE INDUSTRY GROUP STATEMENT ON SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE HEARING May 21 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Electronic Cigarette Industry Group, Inc., today urged members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee to use the Committee hearing Thursday on electronic cigarettes to constructively stress how electronic cigarettes offer millions of smokers an alternative to the combustible cigarette. "E-cigarettes should not be regulated the same way traditional tobacco products are regulated," said Eric Criss, president and CEO of ECIG....CASAA Call to Action for FDA Proposed Regulations - If you vape you must read this and ACT NOW May 21 2014
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Second Call to Action for FDA Proposed Regulations - Consumer Comment on Paperwork Reduction Act On Thursday, May 8th, CASAA released the Overview of its Action Plan Regarding Proposed FDA Regulations. On May 11, 2014, CASAA released the first of several Calls to Action anticipated in CASAA's Action Plan. This is the second Call to Action in CASAA's Action Plan. There is an interim deadline for comments on the deeming...FDA Regulations for Electronic Cigarettes May 05 2014
FDA Finally Issues Proposed Regulations for Electronic Cigarettes Posted by: Vranks on April 25, 2014 Under: E-Cigarette Legislation | It has taken the Food and Drug Administration five long years to finally issue proposed regulations for electronic cigarettes, after failed attempt to establish authority over them as drugs or drug delivery devices, in 2009. The highly anticipated announcement was made yesterday, and was received with mixed reactions. US cities and states have...Users Bemoan E-Cigarette Bans in NYC, Chicago April 29 2014
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Laws in New York and Chicago making electronic cigarettes subject to the same regulations as tobacco are taking effect, and their sellers and users are steadfast in their opposition. The New York ban — along with the measure in Chicago, one that previously went into effect in Los Angeles and federal regulations proposed last week — are keeping debate smoldering among public health officials,...Electronic Cigarette Industry Group Urges Caution on FDA Regulation April 25 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Electronic Cigarette Industry Group (ECIG) today thanked the FDA for releasing its long-awaited deeming regulation. In response to the proposed rules, ECIG President and CEO Eric Criss observed, "It will take some time to analyze the potential impact of these proposed rules in a meaningful way. However, it is our long-held position that common-sense regulation should restrict underage access while treating electronic...How e-Cigarettes Could Save Lives April 12 2014
The following article, by Sally Satel who is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a psychiatrist specializing in addiction is one of the rare pro e-Cigarette/Vaporizers subjects of safety. Safety is very important to Big D Vapor and we also concur that regulation to prevent minors from using them is unequivocally important: Should electronic cigarettes be regulated like tobacco products, emblazoned with warnings and subject to tight marketing...
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