E-cigarette or drug delivery device?
Devices marketed as "electronic cigarettes" are in reality crude drug delivery systems for refined nicotine, posing unknown risks with little new benefits to smokers, according to tobacco control experts.
View ArticleSome smokers successfully switch to electronic cigarettes
(Medical Xpress) -- While electronic cigarettes may be a long-term alternative to the real thing for some smokers, Penn State College of Medicine researchers suggest medical providers should continue...
View ArticlePutting electronic cigarettes to the test
Electronic cigarettes are experiencing somewhat of a boom at the moment. An estimated two million people in Germany have already turned to the vapor cigarette, which many view as a healthy alternative...
View ArticleFrance sees restrictions on e-cigarettes
Health Minister Marisol Touraine on Friday said France would apply the same bans to electronic cigarettes as it does to tobacco but would not completely outlaw the popular smokeless product.
View ArticleE-cigarettes, a poor smoking-cessation tool, use 19 harmful chemicals
(Medical Xpress)—It's no easy task to quit smoking and the lure of an e-cigarette, which claims to mimic the smoking experience without the harmful chemicals, seems a dream come true for many smokers....
View ArticleThe rise of e-cigarettes
The use of electronic cigarettes has grown rapidly across the United States, prompting questions about their safety and whether they serve as a gateway to conventional cigarettes or a means of kicking...
View ArticleFood Babe blogger Vani Hari taking heat over health science
As truth wars go, Vani Hari of the Food Babe blog has produced a doozy.
View ArticleYouth just as likely to try e-cigarettes as smoking
Young people are just as likely to try electronic cigarettes as smoking, according to a new report from the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at the University of Waterloo.
View ArticlePotentially hazardous effects of mechanical and chemical characteristics of...
Unlike standard cigarettes, the components of electronic cigarettes are not regulated and standardized, thus they vary widely between products. The characteristics of these e-cigarette elements,...
View ArticleE-cigarette use in UK almost doubled in two years, says Europe-wide study
The number of people in the UK who have tried e-cigarettes has almost doubled in just two years, according to a new study.
View ArticleSmoking electronic cigarettes kills large number of mouth cells
A large number of mouth cells exposed to e-cigarette vapor in the laboratory die within a few days, according to a study conducted by Université Laval researchers and published in the latest issue of...
View Article
