Electronic Cigarette & Vapor News

New CDC Data Shows E-Cigs Actually Work For Cessation November 03 2015

November 3, 2015 | Guy Bentley | Daily Caller A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has blown a major hole in the case against e-cigarettes. Many of the most vehement critics of e-cigarettes fear the devices could prove to be a gateway drug and will raise the risk of non-smoking vapers being lured into trying the real thing. Critics also fear that we haven’t seen...

Public Health England Declares E-Cigarettes A Game Changer August 21 2015

August 19, 2015 | MSN Health & Fitness Image © Getty It's official. E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than smoking and could be available on the NHS according to a comprehensive review by Public Health England (PHE). The PHE review describes smoking cessation using e-cigarettes as a potential "game-changer" that could save 4,000 lives a year. E-cigarettes are to be licensed as a medicine in the UK next year, so it's...

Want to Quit Smoking? Studies Suggest Vaping Daily Is Best Way to Kick the Habit for Good July 27 2015

July 24, 2015 | CNN iReport So you have made the decision to quit smoking and you have turned to vaping as a means to get rid of the stinky habit. Well there is good news on the horizon. Scientists now suggest that people who take up e-cigarettes in an effort to stop smoking should consider upping the nicotine dose they get by using them daily. Two new research papers...

UK Study Shows E-Cigs Are As Toxic As Regular Air July 16 2015

July 15, 2015 | Jasper Hamill | Mirror UK   Electronic cigarettes pump out vapour which has NO toxic effect on the cells found in human lungs, scientists have claimed. Fresh research funded by British American Tobacco has suggested inhaling nicotine vapour could be as safe as breathing air. To perform its experiments, the tobacco giant teamed up with the MatTek Corporation, which makes models of human cells used in...

Moffit Cancer Center Receives $3.6M Grant From NIH To Study Electronic Cigarettes July 10 2015

July 10, 2015 | Shaker Samman | Tampa Bay Times The Moffitt Cancer Center has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of electronic cigarettes. The study will last five years and will focus on two topics — the safety of e-cigarettes for users, and how effective they are as a tool to quit smoking. Dr. Thomas Brandon, director of Moffitt's Tobacco Research...

Great Vice Article on E-Cigarette Regulation Being Harmful to Smokers July 08 2015

July 7, 2015 | Jake Bleiberg | VICE   Photo via Flickr user TBEC Review Ray Yeates always assumed he would die a smoker. An adherent of Alcoholics Anonymous with over 35 years of hard-fought sobriety, the 66-year-old says that when he found out that Bill W., one of AA's founders, had continued to smoke through emphysema and dependence on an oxygen tank, he became certain that his life would end the...

E-Cigarettes Poised to Save Medicaid Billions April 02 2015

State Budget Solutions | by J. Scott Moody | March 31, 2015Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) have only been around since 2006, yet their potential to dramatically reduce the damaging health impacts of traditional cigarettes has garnered significant attention and credibility. Numerous scientific studies show that e-cigs not only reduce the harm from smoking, but can also be a part of the successful path to smoking cessation. The term "e-cig" is misleading...

Study Confirms That E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins March 06 2015

Levels are about the same as those found in air. Jacob Sullum|Mar. 4, 2015 6:32 pm | www.reason.com Anti-smoking activists and public health officials who question the usefulness of electronic cigarettes in reducing tobacco-related disease often talk as if the content of the aerosol generated by these newfangled contraptions is utterly mysterious. While it may be plausible that the absence of combustion makes e-cigarettes safer than the conventional kind, they...

Success rates with nicotine personal vaporizers: a prospective 6-month pilot study of smokers not intending to quit November 10 2014

Electronic cigarettes (e-Cigs) are an attractive long-term alternative nicotine source to conventional cigarettes. Although they may assist smokers to remain abstinent during their quit attempt, studies using first-generation e-Cigs report low success rates.Second-generation devices (personal vaporisers - PVs) may result in much higher quit rates, but their efficacy and safety in smoking cessation and/or reduction in clinical trials is unreported. Method:  We conducted a prospective proof-of-concept study monitoring modifications in smoking...

University of Mass Boston Study: Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes More Likely to Quit Tobacco October 31 2014

Office of Communications | October 30, 2014   Electronic cigarettes—a tobacco-free alternative to traditional cigarettes that generated more than $400 million in sales last year—have ignited controversy throughout the country as politicians and public health officials decide whether to include them in wide-reaching smoking bans.But researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have found that regular use of e-cigarettes may benefit smokers who are trying to kick the habit. The...