A clinical trial aims at understanding how smoking cessation products such as nicotine gum and the patch might work in conjunction with online cessation programs. (Not yet recruiting participants) We at SmokeShopTalk wonder why electronic cigarettes might not also be a part of that study? One would think that a USB drive and computing data [...]
Clinton Administration and the FDA Goes After Big Tobacco in 1994. In that same year, Big Tobacco lawyer, Kenneth Starr, appointed Whitewater investigator.
Starting in 1994, the FDA asserted regulatory authority over the sale of cigarettes claiming that cigarettes were a “drug delivery system” for the addictive ingredient in tobacco, namely nicotine. The FDA made the [...]
A recent study by University of Alberta researchers found that smokers who wanted to quit but were unable to quit, found e-cigarettes a compelling alternative to tobacco. Moreover, smokers who supplemented their cigarette usage with the electronic versions noted that their health was improved, their sense of smell, breathing, throat soreness and the like. While [...]
A recent Harvard study claims that major tobacco and cigarette manufacturers intentionally increased nicotine levels in cigarettes. The late Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy promised he would reintroduce a bill that would allow the FDA to regulate cigarettes; last round the bill failed in the House after receiving Senate approval. Cigarette maker Philip Morris released a [...]
An electronic cigarette is technology that delivers a controlled dose of nicotine without the negative combustion effects associated with traditional tobacco products.
Learn about what makes nicotine addicting, alternatives to smoking tobacco and the likelihood of success that nicotine replacement therapies promise.
For years anti-smoking critics have argued that “smoking makes you look older.” But what they didn’t tell you is that nicotine had nothing to do with it. In fact, nicotine might have precisely the opposite effect.
Researchers found that smokers who did not consume green tea had a 1300% higher risk for developing lung cancer compared to smokers who drank green tea.
California’s children are under attack. Child obesity has reached epidemic proportions driven, in part, by the overabundance of high fructose corn syrup in snacks pushed on public school campuses. What is Mr. Brown doing to address this? Suing electronic cigarette makers, of course.
For those of you that don’t know of the Daily Kos, it is an impossible to navigate political blog with a decidedly liberal slant. In a recent post entitled “Have some diethylene glycol with that e-cigarette” the author clearly introduced important misinformation and many outright lies.
The author cites an FDA research project where they tested [...]
