The results of President Obama’s latest trip to the doctor revealed last week that he has been unable to completely kick his smoking habit. But if he relies on the advice of his doctors, as well as his own Food and Drug Administration (FDA), he’s likely to remain frustrated and vulnerable to illness. The FDA’s current recommendations for helping smokers quit are woefully ineffective. Cigarettes are uniquely addictive, and Obama ... Jump to full article >>

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Tuesday 7 a.m.: This begins my e-cigarette diary. The starter kit came in the mail last week, but I lacked the fortitude to switch from real cigarettes until today. I’ve been smoking on and off since fifth grade, when a group of us would meet in scruffy patches of New Britain woods and puff Pall Malls stolen from someone’s mother. I’m 48 now and I must find an alternative to tobacco. I can’t bear to think of my blackening ... Jump to full article >>

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Electronic cigarettes could revolutionize the tobacco industry in the United States from a number of standpoints, according to one online retailer, E Cigarettes National. “Think about what you’re dealing with here,” says Tiffany Ellis of E Cigarettes National. “A product that produces no smoke from combusted material, one that would reduce cigarette butt litter to a fraction of what it is today, and one that is a much chea ... Jump to full article >>

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February 4, 2010, FDA managed to convince a federal appeals court to suspend a ruling of a federal court judge permitting the importations of individual vapor-emitting devices, better known as electronic cigarettes. On February 1st FDA attorney filled an appeal to the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for District of Columbia, asking to issue an injunctive order on the ruling of a lower court that banned the agency from detaining the importations of ... Jump to full article >>

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Guilford County may have banned smoking from area bars and restaurants at the first of the year, but technology is giving county health officials and other anti-smoking advocates fits. “E-cigs” – also known as “electronic cigarettes” – are becoming the nicotine dispenser of choice now that smoking traditional cigarettes has been declared illegal in most public buildings. Electronic cigarettes are meant to simulate the ... Jump to full article >>

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The Food and Drug Administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the agency doesn’t have the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes. The FDA on Monday night asked a federal appeals court in Washington to immediately stay an order that prevented the agency from blocking electronic cigarettes from entering the country. The FDA said it does have the authority to regulate some products containing nicotine as though they ar ... Jump to full article >>

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