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The FDA Says E-Cigarettes Are Less Harmful Than Smoking
The agency said it has no idea if vaping is good or bad for public health, but will regulate it anyway.
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E-cigarettes boost quitting success among smokers, study finds
Smokers trying to quit are 60 percent more likely to report success if they switch to e-cigarettes than if they use nicotine products like patches or gum, or just willpower, scientists said on Tuesday.
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E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit, Study Says
A new study might clear some of the air in the e-cigarette debate: Researchers in the U.K. claim that e-cig users are 60 percent more likely to quit smoking than smokers who use traditional methods such as nicotine patches or gum.
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VaporZone: An E-Cig Enthusiasts Dream - DealSqueeze
Create Your Own Electronic Cigarette Flavors Vaporzone.com is an industry leader in electronic cigarette flavors. Vaporzone has a wide array of flavor profiles ranging from traditional cigarettes to anything else you can imagine, including fruits and desserts. From experienced vapors to those looking to get started, Vaporzone is the most accessible brand in the industry. It is the number one retailer of electronic cigarette flavors and flavor blends.
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A Bolder Effort by Big Tobacco on E-Cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes, promoted as a healthier alternative to tobacco, are getting powerful new backers with an unhealthy reputation: big tobacco companies. The development points to ways Big Tobacco is moving to turn the young e-cigarette market to its advantage.
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Natural Progression: E-Cigs Pave the Way for New E-Joints
A Dutch company called E-Njoint BV says it now produces 10,000 electronic joints in fruity flavors every day. The e-cig has paved the way for e-joints.
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Studies Reveal Health Risks Of E-Cigarettes
“There’s no such thing as a safe cigarette.” This is a line that has been used to describe menthols, filtered cigarettes, and slims, but it also applies to the latest product for smokers: electronic cigarettes. They have been widely heralded by users and manufacturers as a completely harmless smoking alternative, but there isn’t much research to back up that statement. Recent studies have shown that they still contain tiny particles that can irritate lung tissue and could cause disease.
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Benefits of E-Cigarettes May Outweigh Harms, Study Finds
On the contrary, allowing e-cigarettes to compete with regular cigarettes might cut tobacco-related deaths and illness, the researchers concluded after reviewing 81 prior studies on the use and safety of the nicotine-emitting devices.
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Regulating E-Cigarettes: Is it All Hot Air
The FDA's proposed rule could expand the agency's tobacco authority to cover additional products that meet the definition of 'tobacco product,' such as e-cig...
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Heart Association: E-cigs could help some quitters but are a ‘Trojan horse of nicotine’
In an official policy statement, the American Heart Association calls for stricter regulation of e-cigarettes.
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American Heart Association says e-cigarettes could help people quit
Public health officials disagree about the relative safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine vaporizers, noting that there's a dearth of research on the longterm effects of the products. But e-cigarettes just got a significant endorsement as a quitting tool from an unlikely source: The American Heart Association, a nonprofit health advocacy organization that has taken a strong stance against the tobacco industry for nearly a century.
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Liquid nicotine exposures up sharply among kids
Poison control workers say that as the e-cigarette industry has boomed, the number of children exposed to the liquid nicotine that gives hand-held vaporizing gadgets their kick also has spiked.
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VAPE is named Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2014
Today Oxford Dictionaries announces vape as its international Word of the Year 2014. The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest during the year to date. Language research conducted by Oxford Dictionaries editors reveals that use of the word vape in 2014 has more than doubled compared to 2013.
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Health warning: Now e-cigarettes can give you malware
Better for your lungs, worse for your hard drives, e-cigarettes can potentially infect a computer if plugged in to charge
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E-cigarettes contain 10 times amount of carcinogens
E-cigarettes contain 10 times the level of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said Thursday, the latest blow to an invention once heralded as less harmful than smoking. The electronic devices -- increasingly popular around the world, particularly among young people -- function by heating flavoured liquid, which often contains nicotine, into a vapour that is inhaled, much like traditional cigarettes but without the smoke.
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E-Cigarette Use on Rise for Teenagers, Study Finds
A new federal survey has found that e-cigarette use among teenagers has surpassed the use of traditional cigarettes, even as smoking of traditional cigarettes has continued to decline. Health advocates say the upward trend for e-cigarette use is dangerous because it is making smoking seem normal again. They also worry it could lead to an increase in smoking of traditional cigarettes, though the new data do not show that. The survey, released Tuesday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse...
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High levels of Formaldehyde Hidden in E-Cigs
Formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen found in cigarette smoke, also dwells in the vaporized liquid of popular electronic or e-cigarettes, researchers said Wednesday. E-cigarette sales are booming in the United States and many hoped so- called "vaping" would replace tobacco smoking and be a panacea for the nearly 160,000 lung cancer deaths associated with conventional cigarettes. But according to an analysis published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the exposure to...
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'Our first goal is to protect B.C. youth': Province to ban sale of e-cigarettes to those under 19
The use and sale of electronic cigarettes will be restricted in B.C. under legislation introduced by the government Thursday. Health Minister Terry Lake said the government will place rules and regulations on the e-cigarette devices, which are increasing in popularity, in order to protect public health.
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E-cigarettes are erasing anti-smoking gains among teens, CDC says
The soaring popularity of electronic cigarettes threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in the fight against teen smoking, a new government report says.
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Take a Deep Breath if You Want to Try Competitive Vaping
Competitors are turning electronic cigarettes into sporting devices, challenging each other to see who can blow the biggest vapor cloud. The emerging sport has all the hallmarks of professional competition with sponsors, teams, fans and cash prizes.
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