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Who’s Protecting Who? The FDA's Fight Against Harm Reduction
04.25.2012 | LATEST E-CIG NEWS| LATEST SMOKING NEWS
As the government and FDA work to make tobacco use legal only in the single-family home of an individual wherein no children or elderly people live, cigarette smokers are beginning to feel like they’ve been backed into a corner. No matter where they turn, smokers are confronted with the message that what they’re doing is [...]
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FDA Releases Modified Risk Assessment Application
04.11.2012 | LATEST E-CIG NEWS| LATEST SMOKING NEWS
After reviewing the existing data, the FDA released their updated guidelines on tobacco and nicotine marketability. Unfortunately, the new requirements are as arbitrary as the old and compound the obstacles which must be overcome before electronic cigarettes may be considered modified risk. The newly released document stipulates that almost insurmountable amounts of scientific data be [...]
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Study Finds Nicotine Can Reduce Weight-Gain from High-Fat Diet, Belly Fat
03.28.2012 | LATEST E-CIG NEWS| LATEST SMOKING NEWS
A new study published March 6 in the Journal of Endocrinology concludes that nicotine is effective in preventing high-fat diet-induced weight gain and abdominal fat accumulation. The study was led by Michael Mangubat of the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences-UCLA School of Medicine. Mangubat and the [...]
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E-Cigarettes: The Future of Smoking in Canada?
03.23.2012 | LATEST SMOKING NEWS
Quebec smokers stand to share a C$27 billion payout resulting from the largest civil lawsuit in Canadian History. The suit was filed against Canada’s three biggest tobacco companies; Imperial Tobacco Canada, JTI-Macdonald Corp and Rothmans Benson & Hedges. Filed by current and former smokers; the law suit alleges misconduct with regards to the companies’ negligence [...]
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