January 29th, 2015
From: Reuters
By Jilian Mincer
When Marty Weinstein decided to quit smoking, he took a friend’s advice and tried electronic cigarettes rather than government-approved nicotine replacement products.
Weinstein, 58, has gone from a pack a day nine months ago to the equivalent in nicotine of four or five cigarettes. The e-cigs have a familiar look and feel, and quench his desire to hold on to a cigarette and puff.
“I fully understand I’m still addicted to nicotine,” said Weinstein, a Connecticut taxi driver who had smoked for more than 20 years. “But I’m now so much healthier.”
January 22nd, 2015
From: CSPnet.com Convenience Store and Fuel News
Workshop to focus on the health effects of e-cigarette use
By Thomas A. Briant, NATO Executive Director
MINNEAPOLIS — Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held the first of three public workshops to gather scientific information about electronic cigarettes and the public health. The FDA has announced that the second workshop will be held on March 9-10, 2015.
January 15th, 2015
From: MedPageToday
A report from the two organizations includes almost a dozen recommendations to balance potential harms, benefits.
by Charles Bankhead
The nation’s two largest organizations of cancer specialists have urged the FDA to develop and implement regulations as soon as possible for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes.
Although ENDS offer potential smoking-cessation benefits, the devices “may also be harmful, particularly to youth, if they increase the likelihood that nonsmokers or former smokers will use combustible tobacco products or if they discourage smokers from quitting,” according to a report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
January 9th, 2015
From: The Salt Lake Tribune
By KRISTEN MOULTON
The electronic cigarettes that are currently all the rage may contain much more nicotine than their labels show. Or much less.
That’s the finding of a new study by the Salt Lake County Health Department and the Center for Human Toxicology at the University of Utah, a health department news release said.
Researchers found that 61 percent of the e-cigarettes they bought at 14 vape shops and 16 tobacco specialty stores had nicotine levels at least 10 percent higher or lower than the label showed.
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January 2nd, 2015
From: The Hill
By Lydia Wheeler
With President Obama determined to leave his mark through regulations, administration officials are trying to finalize as many health and consumer safety protections as possible before his term runs out.
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Tobacco: Health advocacy groups hope 2015 will be the year the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extends regulatory oversight to cigars, pipe tobacco and e-cigarettes.
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