What exactly is an electronic cigarette? We can tell you what it’s not. Legally, it is not a cigarette, nor is it a nicotine replacement therapy that can help you quit smoking. An e-cigarette is a battery-powered tube that resembles a regular cigarette in look and shape. It does not contain tobacco leaves, but rather houses a battery-operated heating element that turns a refillable, liquid chemical into a vapor mist that is then inhaled into ... Jump to full article >>

This week, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the full court will not review a three-judge panel’s decision, issued in early December. That panel’s decision was that electronic cigarettes cannot be regulated by the FDA as a drug or medical device, but can be regulated as a tobacco product by the FDA–provided the manufacturer refrains from marketing the product as having therapeutic purpos ... Jump to full article >>

Advocates believe e-cigarettes provide a stepping-stone to quitting, but opponents say their health impact is unknown. Now New York is considering a state-wide ban… Hundreds of thousands of smokers who try to quit the habit fail every year despite trying exercise, nicotine patches and good old-fashioned will-power. Now electronic cigarettes are being touted as the latest ‘stop smoking’ device. These battery-powered sticks are f ... Jump to full article >>

The fledgling electronic-cigarette industry scored another victory against the Food and Drug Administration in federal court Monday, potentially setting the stage for the battery-powered devices to be regulated like conventional tobacco products. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the FDA’s request to have the entire court review a December decision by a three-judge panel that went against the agency. ... Jump to full article >>

By late March, tobacco companies will have to reveal to the Food and Drug Administration what sorts of new additives they’ve recently put in their products. But the ruling doesn’t apply to electronic cigarettes, whose makers are locked in legal battle with the FDA. Meanwhile, the e-cigs are starting to gain a pop-culture foothold – in the fall film “The Tourist,” actor Johnny Depp extols the devices’ virtues to Angelina Joli ... Jump to full article >>

Manufacturers of the electronic cigarettes are stating tough increase in the sales as the anti-tobacco laws forced the European smokers inside the cold streets, but activist’s stats that the tool is undercutting health efforts. Spain connected on Sunday all the ranks of the nations that have banned smoking in all the enclosed public places after a signal of same legislation all across the Europe. For the manufacturers of the electronic cigare ... Jump to full article >>

Want to quit smoking? Many opt to light up electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, which release a vaporized dose of liquid nicotine without smoke or tobacco. But the battery-operated products have ignited a hot debate in the US over whether or not they are safe and should be pulled from the shelves. E-cigarettes have been hit hard in recent months due to negative reports regarding their safety, but a December 16th press announcement buck ... Jump to full article >>

Washington state has had a law banning pipes, cigarettes and cigars in public places since 2006. Now, King County would like to expand that ban to include electronic cigarettes, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. Even though proponents of e-cigs point out that the devices only emit a smoke-free mist, public health officials worry that e-cigarettes look too much like the real tobacco products and could make it harder to enforce the current ... Jump to full article >>

DeKALB – Abraham Mustafa sees advantages to smoking electronic cigarettes. Mustafa, owner of Smoker’s World in DeKalb, makes an average of two electronic cigarette sales a week. The store has been selling the cigarettes – a smoking device that produces a nicotine vapor instead of smoke – for about a year. His store sells kits that come with two packs of e-cigarette cartridges, batteries and a charger. [caption id="attachment_7456" align= ... Jump to full article >>

Electronic cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular among people who want to quit smoking, but an opinion piece released Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine highlights the potential hazards of e-cigarettes, suggesting they may not be as benign as they may seem. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that allow users to inhale a vapor that contains nicotine and supposedly fewer toxins than real cigarettes. In studies, health-r ... Jump to full article >>