Last updated on November 16th, 2020
Important E-Cigarette News Stories and Reports
Here is the E-Cigarette News report on recent scientific testing and electronic cigarette safety. Also included are FDA and Ecig advocate organization calls to action and ecig product safety standard updates.
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1- Scientific Study shows toxicity levels in e-cigarettes are 100 times lower than tobacco cigarettes.
2- The FDA invites both consumers and other experts on e-cigarettes to submit comments to call attention to the enormous body of knowledge and expertise that exists in the consumer community. This link to the CASAA website includes an easy-to- use form letter, so consumers can participate and provide information supporting electronic cigarettes.
3- From Clive Bates, Director of Counterfactual Consulting Limited and former Director of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change – A comprehensive list and important excerpts from studies and reports on Teen Vaping and whether Ecigarettes are a gateway to smoking.
Alarmist Survey on Teenage Vaping
4- SFATA, the largest trade group dedicated to advocacy, awareness and education for the vapor products industry announces its support of the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act which supports legislation to create a national standard for child-resistant e-liquid packaging.
SFATA/ChildResistantELiquidPackaging
5- More ELiquid Companies Are Using Third Party Labs to Test for Harmful Ingredients
ELiquidTesting/Diacetyl/Acetoin
6- March E-Cigarette Madness: Regional Results for Worst E-Cigarette Lies.
7- A study of long-term tobacco users, led by Jonathan Foulds, professor of public health sciences and psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine determined that electronic cigarettes appear to be less addictive than tobacco cigarette.
Penn State Study on Ecigarette Addiction
8- The European Union ignores science and common sense by making proposals that will damage the health of smokers and vapers.
ECigarette Research by Dr. K. Farsalinos
9- California Department of Public Health is running a campaign to keep smokers from switching to Electronic Cigarettes.
10- A study in the medical journal Inhalation Toxicology has found that 20 out of 21 electronic cigarette brands showed no signs of cytotoxicity (that is, toxicity that causes cell damage or death).
InhilationToxicology/CellDamage
11- Dr. Ricardo Polosa’s study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health indicates Electronic Cigarettes improve asthma conditions.
Evidence for Harm Reversal with Ecigarettes
12- An important study conducted by the US National Institute of Health shows that e-cigarettes help smokers quit, and are more effective than NRTs (e.g., nicotine patch or gum).
Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338412
Other Article of Interest:
What Chemicals Are in Your ECigarettes?
The CDC Claims Kids are Becoming Addicted to ECigarettes – Report Now Considered to be Skewed
