By Chris Williams – email It’s a move more college’s across the country are starting to make…going smoke free. Out of the 11 institutions in North Dakota, 10 of them are smoke free, and now Williston State College is going to make it 11. Last but not least. On November 1st of this year, Williston […]
The packaging on electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, doesn’t say much. Which actually is kind of scary. Just what’s being inhaled into the body when “vaping?” Certainly not just vapors, as suggested by the slang verb for puffing on the products. And what’s being exhaled for everyone around to breathe in and ingest? One thing the […]
Maggie Fox, NBC News Electronic cigarettes work about as well as nicotine patches in helping smokers kick the habit, researchers report. And e-cigarettes helped people smoke fewer cigarettes overall, even if they didn’t quit completely. The study is the first major piece of research to show that the products, which deliver a nicotine mist using […]
HOUSTON – With the third and largest of the U.S. tobacco companies planning an e-cigarette product launch this fall, this next frontier for “Big Tobacco” provides renewed presence in a declining marketplace. It’s also a potential gateway to new smokers, particularly among teens and in emerging/foreign markets, according to behavioral scientists at The University of […]
The numbers of e-cigarette users is rapidly growing as is concern about the product. The latest research appears to support what many people have long feared, that these electronic cigarettes are both overused and under-regulated. E-cigarettes are battery operated and produce, not smoke, but a nicotine vapor. They are promoted as a healthier alternative to […]
By STEVEN NELSON Five Democratic U.S. senators condemned tobacco-free electronic cigarettes as a gateway to cancer-causing tobacco ones, and promised to do something about it Thursday after the release of a government study showing a sharp uptick in the percentage of teens who tried one of the vapor-producing devices in 2012. From 2011 to 2012 the […]
By now, you’ve probably seen them being smoked on the subway or in a bar — those shiny, futuristic, battery-operated nicotine inhalers better know as electronic cigarettes that are apparently all the rage these days. Big Tobacco companies have taken notice, too, and are determined to cash in on the industry, which is expected to […]
By: Stuart Elliott NEW YORK: Electronic cigarettes may be a creation of the early 21st century, but critics of the devices say manufacturers are increasingly borrowing marketing tactics that are more reminiscent of the heady days of tobacco in the mid-1900s. With US smokers buying e-cigarettes at a record pace – annual sales are expected […]
Statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, DC – Menthol cigarettes are much more likely to be used by youth and young adult smokers than older smokers and are undermining efforts to reduce smoking in the United States, according to a new study published today in the journal Tobacco Control. The […]
E-cigarettes health reports recently reveal that this seemingly “healthy” cigarette alternative may not be as good for users as many would like to believe, and that they might even include a similar number of dangerous carcinogens as regular cigarettes when smoking, Yahoo! reports this Tuesday, Aug. 27. The study highlights in its finding that researchers found that up to […]