Posted on 07/28/2009 7:05:02 AM PDT by libertarian27
The FDA recently went public with misleading information about the safety of electronic cigarettes and the marketing of the devices, not only using its clout but recruiting other prominent organizations to demonize a product that has great public health benefit potential.
A group of prominent doctors and tobacco researchers, including Dr. Michael Siegel at the Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Joel Nitzkin of the AAPHP Tobacco Control Task Force, and Dr. Brad Rodu, Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research University of Louisville, challenge the FDA to provide the full quantitative data of the study upon which the FDA has based its warning against electronic cigarettes. They are concerned that the FDA's disingenuous targeting of electronic cigarettes through a biased presentation of the scientific data has had significant negative impact upon the public perception of electronic cigarettes, when the best available evidence suggests that these have shown that the devices offer great potential to reduce serious health issues among traditional tobacco smokers.
In a July 22 news release, the FDA cited the detectable presence of carcinogens and "toxic chemicals" in a "small sample" of electronic cigarette cartridges as reason for alarm, singling out nitrosamines as particularly toxic. What the FDA fails to inform the public is that detectable amounts of carcinogens are also present in nicotine replacement products such as NicoDerm CQ and Nicorette gum, both approved by the FDA, and nitrosamines that can be also found in food items such bacon and beer. This double standard and alarmist attitude has had the significant and unfortunate effect of inducing hysteria among the public, discouraging tobacco smokers from using a product which is thought to be a significantly safer alternative to traditional tobacco.
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Salmon asks the question "Why did the FDA sit on this report for months when the most important smoking legislation in decades was being debated in Congress"? Good question!
I've got a lot of people curious, but no converts yet.
I just ordered some "smoke juice" (I hate that name, sounds like spittoon leavings) with the low PG from Johnson Creek. I like menthol flavor and the juice I've gotten from VaporNine is OK, but I hear the Johnson Creek stuff is better.
I am still enough of a newbie not to yet experiment with my own flavoring, other than mixing a little tobacco pre-mix with my menthol pre-mix.
I must say though, it's taken me a little while to get the hassle-factor out of my vaping. Purchasing the 510, plus the portable e-cig battery charger case and the computer pass-through, were the real keys to making vaping more effortless and reliable. I wasn't even going to consider quitting regular cigarettes until I had that reliability factor in place.
Now it's just getting the flavor and full cartridges issues solved.
I got the sampler pack from JC just 2 weeks ago. Great stuff. I brought it here to work for the guys to try out.
BTW, that's a great message board on e cigs. It's the first place I went when I was doing research. The only problem is that it is a subscription service to post.
I found another e cig message board called Vapor Talk that's free. Very cool and very helpful.
My bad. It wasn't e cig forum. There was another one like it that I started to register for and it required a subscription of something like $5 a month -- cheap, but wasn't sure I wanted to do it.
Congrats, Bokababe. Randall got me interested in the e-cig last month. I am now into my second month analog-free.
I got the DSE901 — a few batts, extra atomizers, USB passthrough, and now a new manual-button passthrough which works much better. But I’m tiring of being tied to a PC or battery pack.
Was looking at the Screwdriver or GG, but just got the parts to build my own NicoStick. I can’t wait; hours of reliable DC voltage in the palm of my hand and no more USB cords.
Thanks, Kevao!
And real Congrats go to you — no analogs for two months! That’s great!
Yes, I bought a 901 first, and now I switch off between my 901 and the 510 I bought a few weeks ago. I am more prone to the 510 because of more vapor and it’s also the one that I have the battery case and passthrough for.
The portable battery case/charger was the kicker, because as you said, I was no longer tied to the computer or an outlet — the portable charger/e-cig case charges up to five batteries before it needs to be plugged into an outlet. (Even I can’t vape more than that in 24 hours!) The charger/case also carries an atomizer with cartridge, and has space for 2 extra cartridges. My only gripe is that they could have made it a little bigger —it’s about the exact size of a pack of those skinny Vogue cigaretteds — and given room for an extra atomizer.
The Scewdriver sounds cool, but I am a girl — somehow I just can’t imagine using that contraption in public. On the other hand, if they outlaw e-cigs, I may be emailing you for your build diagram!
Putting a Nicostick together seems relatively easy. Here are the instructions:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/battery-mods/18409-how-build-nicostick.html
You just need to get a few inexpensive parts. The only trick is it requires a little soldering. I already have the parts and will try to put one together in the next week or so.
That’s pretty sweet. I’m hoping someone could figure out how to make a homemade atomizer soon. One that’ll last.
‘Commissioner Hamburg said that some FDA enforcement actions over the past several years “have been hampered by unreasonable delays” and “in some cases, serious violations have gone unaddressed for far too long.” She added that the pathways for enforcement actions “can be too long and arduous when the public’s health is in jeopardy.”’
For more information, please visit: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm176119.htm
I signed up for the FDA updates during the Bush administration to find out about possible unsafe food and drugs, but today my email was about criticizing the Bush administration, so I unsubscribed.
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