Herter 227 lecture hall was filled to the breaking point with occupants, as one student after another voiced their staunch opposition to the “Tobacco-Free UMass Amherst” policy. Regardless, the Faculty Senate has proven yet again its blatant disregard for the will of the student body, endorsing the policy with a vote of 14-to-7. Not one single student, smoker or non-smoker, spoke in favor of the policy. Generally, the University of Massachu ... Jump to full article >>

Members of the University of Massachusetts Faculty Senate yesterday passed a proposition that aims to ban the use of all tobacco products on campus beginning in 2013. The Senate approved of the proposal in a 14-7 vote, after several students spoke against it and some faculty members spoke in favor of it. The policy – which won’t go into effect until July 1, 2013 – was brought forward to the Senate by the University Health Council. It calls ... Jump to full article >>

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Although people younger than 18 can purchase electronic cigarettes, they are now prohibited from using them at some Washington schools. The Columbian newspaper reports school boards in Battle Ground, Camas and Ridgefield all recently revised their tobacco policies to ban the use of electronic cigarettes at school. Vancouver Public Schools has prohibited tobacco and “tobacco lookalikes” since at least 1998. B ... Jump to full article >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 che ... Jump to full article >>

Electronic cigarettes, widely used as an antismoking supplement, might cause lung cancer, allergies and mental instability if overused, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. The products, often called e-cigarettes, are shaped like normal cigarettes but run on batteries and capsules of nicotine, although less than the average amount found in ordinary cigarettes. When one inhales on the product, a nicotine solution is vaporized in ... Jump to full article >>

They claim to be an “alternative to smoking,” but how safe are the new electronic cigarettes? The battery-operated cigarettes are not FDA approved. The government agency has even stated that some of the chemicals found in the products may be harmful to the user. This is partly why the Grand Traverse County Health Department is warning the public not to be fooled. The department is speaking out after a billboard went up on M-72 in Tra ... Jump to full article >>

In an interview with E Cigarette Direct Professor Carl Phillips, associate professor at the University of Alberta, has argued that electronic cigarettes are a valid alternative to cigarettes, stating: “I think there’s absolutely no doubt that it is a safer alternative to regular cigarettes.” He estimated that electronic cigarettes carried a risk that: “…is probably in the order of 99 percent less harmful than smokin ... Jump to full article >>