E-Cigarette Bans Are Absurd
Despite the best efforts of anti-smoking advocates to educate, tax, and ban tobacco users out of their habit, millions of people continue to smoke and 400,000 of them die each year in the U.S. as a result. Such statistics may lead you to think that any safe smoking alternative would be cheered by public health advocates — and you’d be wrong. Enter e-cigarettes ( or “e-cigs”). These amazing little devices mimic the look, feel and taste of traditional cigarettes, and deliver the dose of nicotine a smoker craves without most of the 10,000 chemicals contained within cigarettes. That means we have a way to save thousands of lives and the anti-smoking lobby is standing in the way without a shred of evidence in support. According to the Boston Globe, 10 communities in … Read entire article »
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E-cigs
E-cigs – A More healthy Alternative To Smoking cigarettes There is a brand new invention that every person who smokes really should learn about. It’s named the electronic cigarette, also recognized as a smokeless cigarette or electronic cigarette, and it really is changing the authorized landscape for cigarette people who smoke about the world. The patented E-cigarette delivers to successfully simulate the knowledge of cigarette smoking an real cigarette, with no any of your wellness or legal troubles surrounding conventional cigarettes. While E-cigarettes appear, feel and flavor considerably like standard cigarettes, they function really differently. You see, e-cigs do not in fact burn off any tobacco, but rather, whenever you inhale from an ecig, you activate a “flow censor” which releases a h2o vapor that contains nicotine, propylene glycol, as well as … Read entire article »
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Minnesota Retailer Bets on Electronic Cigarettes
As electronic cigarettes fight for respect and recognition, one Minnesota retailer is hoping that the relatively new industry spells success for his store. Anoka resident Steven Ryan has so much hope that he is putting all his eggs in one basket. Last month, Ryan opened the eCigs Shop, and as the name implies, it not only specializes in electronic cigarettes, but that is the only product it sells, as reported by KSTP. According to the store’s website, Ryan smoked two packs a day for 23 years. He tried his first electronic cigarette in 2007, and although he describes that experience as a failure, he tried again three years later and has not smoked a cigarette since October 2010. Electronic cigarettes are tobacco-free devices that combine the use of battery-powered heat and a glycerin-based … Read entire article »
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New Anoka Store Sells Only Electronic Cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes didn’t seem to catch on after their Twin Cities debut two years ago. But an Anoka man is betting they will now, thanks to improved technology and falling prices. Steven Ryan opened the eCigs Shop in Anoka last month. The store specializes in and only sells electronic cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are tobacco-free. They don’t emit an offensive odor and according to Ryan cost about one-tenth the price of the real thing. Ryan first tried electronic cigarettes because after trying everything from acupuncture to the nicotine patch to stop smoking, he was still a two-packs-a-day smoker. Ryan said, “This is for those people who have tried everything and they are basically stuck on cigarettes.” Newer devices come in a variety of shapes and styles. Some look like cigarettes, some like cigars, some even resemble cell … Read entire article »
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Green Smoke Contributes to FireHouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
Green Smoke contribution to FireHouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to be presented Sunday, November 20th at the NASCAR 2011 Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Green Smoke® the leading provider of electronic cigarettes, is proud to announce that they will present a donation to the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation during a special trackside ceremony on Sunday, November 20th at the 2011 NASCAR Ford 400 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Miami, FL in honor of October Fire Awareness Month. Executive Director Robin Peters will be accepting the donation on behalf of the non-profit organization. During October Fire Awareness Month, a percentage of all Green Smoke® starter kit sales was set aside to donate to the FireHouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. Additional donations were also raised at the Green Smoke® Celebrity Style Lounge … Read entire article »
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Advertisers spammed kids’ email service with messages promoting e-cigarettes, lawsuit says
Out-of-state advertisers flooded a Cedar Hills email service for children with thousands of messages promoting smoking, according to a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed in federal court. Zoobuh, which promotes itself as providing safe email for kids, claims an Arizona company named Smoke Freely spammed its servers with at least 16,188 emails since January touting its electronic or e-cigarettes. The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction to stop the messages. The company contends the emails violate the federal CAN-SPAM Act because they contain misleading or false information in the subject line. In addition, the messages failed to include a conspicuous notice that they are advertisements and clear opt-out link from receiving them in the future, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court last Friday. Zoobuh seeks $225 per violation of six sections of … Read entire article »
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Ministry of Health Seeks Evidence to Legalize Electronic Cigarettes
It seems that the long running debate between pro-electronic cigarettes and the Ministry of Health is finally on the verge of getting resolved. As per reports, Ministry of Healthhas finally blinked to address the persistent issue of using e-smoke as a safe option against tobacco. Though opinions are still divided whether to approve e-smoke as safer option, End Smoking trust Chairman, Dr. Murray Laugesen openly pressed the use of e-cigarettes as an effective therapy to support victims of addictive drugs, especially nicotine, to quit smoking. Although, e-cigarettes are said to have produced vapor mist instead of toxin vapor of tobacco as in case of traditional cigarette, ministry still regards it as unlicensed drug to be charged as offense. Defending the preliminary finding, Dr. Murray Laugesen claimed, “As the e-cigarette delivers only nicotine … without the 4000 or so other chemicals in tobacco smoke, it is far safer than smoking … Read entire article »
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E-Cigarettes: Smoke and Mirrors?
Hollywood got Freda Souligny smoking at just 13. Now, 81, she had a pack-a-day habit for 61 years. She stopped when emphysema led her to electric cigarettes two months ago. “This made the transition … I didn’t feel this horrible withdrawal,” she said. Battery-operated, they deliver nicotine vapor through an adjustable cartridge and cost about 60 bucks to start. Freda kicked her habit by slowly cutting the nicotine dose over several weeks, but Professor Tom Eissenberg says e-cigs are misleading. “We wanted to know if they really delivered nicotine – one of the things they’re supposed to do – if they really produce some of the same effects as a tobacco cigarette,” said Tom Eissenberg, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University. A pair of studies found that while real cigarettes deliver nicotine, e-cigs do not – despite … Read entire article »
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E-cigarettes dubbed a tobacco product by the government
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration said there will be marketing, manufacturing, and safety restrictions on e-cigarettes, according to L.A. Times. The FDA will have to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, even though they wanted to regulate them as drug devices. The government stepped in and demanded that e-cigarettes will be deemed as tobacco products. According to Wall Street Journal, the FDA said, “The government has decided not to seek further review of this decision, and the FDA will comply with the jurisdictional lines established by the court.” The e-cigarette runs on a battery and possesses a liquid suspension that contains nicotine. The user inhales from the cartridge letting off a water vapor. The idea is to give the user the sensation of smoking without actually inhaling smoke. This is why the … Read entire article »
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‘E-Cigarettes’ Bosses Thrilled To Have Chain-Smoking Charlie Sheen Onboard
The brains behind a revolutionary electronic cigarette are thrilled to seeCharlie Sheen is using their device to avoid a smoking ban as he tours North American theatres with his new one-man show, insisting if a chain smoker like him can get relief from the alternative, it can work for anyone. The actor hit the stage in Toronto, Canada with his Smokeless Delite cigarette earlier this week (beg11Apr11) in a bid to circumvent the city’s strict anti-smoking laws in public places. Had he walked onstage with a lit cigarette in his hand, theatre bosses would have had to close the show. Kyle Winther, the president of Smokeless Delite electronic cigarettes, is delighted Sheen is helping to promote his company’s product. He tells WENN, “Mr. Sheen is now smoking our cigarettes. Their clear and present benefits are taking the drag out of taking your … Read entire article »
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Charlie Sheen Cheats Smoking Law in Toronto
Shortly after Charlie hit the stage in Toronto’s Massey Hall … the spies from TMZ say he bragged about not having an ashtray and said he didn’t need any cigs. However, a few minutes later he sparked up one of those electronic cigarettes. Massey Hall management told TMZ they might shut down the show if Charlie lit up on stage because they could face up to $100,000 in fines from the city. Charlie’s been smoking almost non-stop during every other stop on the tour. They’re told he did light up some real tobacco though … in front of fans who gathered outside the theater right before the show. … Read entire article »
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Electronic cigarettes prompt concerns
With smoking banned in most public places, die-hard smokers are looking for new ways to get their nicotine fix. The answer for many has become electronic cigarettes– but lack of regulation has raised concerns over the contents. The FDA is leading the campaign for clamping down on e-cigarettes, saying the products are not tested, not regulated by the federal government — and even being marketed to teens. Despite the fears, sales are on the rise. One of the biggest appeals, and selling points — the return of smoking on the job. “I can smoke it anywhere and no one can say anything to me about it,” said one e-cigarette user, Maria Rogic, who used the fake smokes to kick the habit of real ones. Electronic cigarettes have no tobacco and run on rechargeable batteries. When Rogic … Read entire article »
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