Propylene Glycol and electronic cigarettes: FDA approved substance or Chinese conspiracy?

On August 22, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

What the heck is propylene glycol?
Propylene glycol is used as a ‘humectant’ which means it maintains moisture levels in food products, cosmetics and tobacco products. Humectants are what make hair conditioning products work as well as create the ‘moisterizing’ effects of many common cosmetics and consumer products we take for granted such as: make [...]

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The US Supreme Court to FDA: Thank you for not regulating tobacco.

On July 25, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

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 [...]

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