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Tracking the Rise in Popularity of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

"Tracking the Rise in Popularity of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems", a recent study published February 8th in the American Journal of preventative Medicine, says people are searching the Internet for electronic cigarettes, or ENDS as they call them, at a far greater rate than nicotine replacement therapies and drugs like Chantix.

In the study, John W. Ayers, MA, Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD and John S. Brownstein, Phd monitored Google searches for electronic cigarettes between January 2008 and September of 2010 in Australia, Canada, the UK and the United States and found during that time ecig related searches grew to out number "several-hundred-fold" those for other smoking alternatives and drugs like Chantix and Champix.

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FDA files appeal in Ecigarette case .... again

In a not completely unforeseen move, the FDA has filed an appeal to the result of their appeal in the Sotera vs FDA Ecigarette case.

Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals upheld the earlier ruling that the FDA cannot regulate ecigarettes as drug delivery devices and instead must regulate them as tobacco products. Claiming that the three-judge panel's decision "rests on a clear error of law and will undermine" the intentions of Congress who gave the FDA jurisdiction over tobacco products in 2009, the FDA asks that the entire court of appeals for the district of Colombia hold a new hearing to review the appeal and reinstate a stay of the preliminary injunction barring them from seizing ecigarette imports pending that hearing.

 

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Court of Appeals Rules Electronic Cigarettes Can Not Be Regulated as Drug Devices by FDA

The US Court of Appeals in Sottera Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration, 10- 5032, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit ruled today that the FDA lacks the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes as drug devices. This upholds a ruling made last year by Federal Court Judge Richard Leon in the original case brought by Smoking Everywhere which has since dropped out of the suit.

The FDA had argued that ecigarettes should be classified as drug devices, but the court said Ecigs can be regulated only as tobacco products under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which defines tobacco products as those "derived from tobacco" unless they are marketed as a therapeutic device, which reputable brands of electronic cigarettes are not.

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E-cigarette users outraged by NBC Connecticut Report

Morning news reporter Debra Alfarone over at NBC Connecticut published a story on Tuesday titled "Call it E-Puffing, But Don't Do it Indoors" which has caused a bit of outrage on some electronic cigarette forums. Vapers , the term e-cigarette users prefer to call themselves, seem to disagree very strongly with some of the "experts" quoted in this story and question why NBC would bury the opinions of truly impartial e-cigarette experts in favor of those people heavily dependent to the pharmaceutical industry for their funding.

First up is Michelle Marichal of the American Cancer Society, listed on ct.gov as the contact person for their helpline, who was asked "if e-cigs are safer than old fashioned cigs" and was quoted as saying:

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MHRA Cancels Consultation with Carl Phillips Regarding Electronic Cigarettes

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the United Kingdom's version of the FDA, wants to classify electronic cigarettes as a drug device. To that end they had scheduled a consultation meeting where they hoped to gain support from expert testimony for their recent proposal of giving e-cigarette manufacturers just two weeks to license the product as a drug under their jurisdiction, a process which usually takes two years.

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CO levels study may be used to oppose Hookah Bars

Now this is not really Electronic Cigarette related, but I just ran across this while doing some research at the American Journal of Preventative Medicine and it caught my eye as another example of science potentially being used for fear mongering when it comes to smoking.

First off, let me say CO is bad. I grew up on a busy street. At any given time during rush hour traffic we would have 40-50 cars idling in my front yard. At one point the gas man came to hook up our heater and said he couldn't because CO levels inside the house were too much, there must be something wrong with the heater. So he went outside to clear his detector. He found the CO levels OUTSIDE were higher, almost twice as high, then they were inside. And I can say without a doubt, when I moved out of that house into a more residential area, my health greatly improved.

We complained to the city many times and were always told "nothing we can do sir."

So, I'm no fan of CO. But i found this article "Carbon Monoxide Levels Among Patrons of Hookah Cafes" at the AJoPM and found it interesting. Here's the scoop:

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Popularity of Electronic Cigarettes drives Fear

The other day I reported on a new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, "Tracking the Rise in Popularity of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ("Electronic Cigarettes") Using Search Query Surveillance" which showed that between 2008 and 2010 Internet searches for electronic cigarettes rapidly surpassed those for nicotine replacement therapies and for drugs like Chantix on the order of "several-hundred-fold". Now, for those of us in the know this is not really news, but it did get me to thinking about some things, particularly how the popularity of electronic cigarettes might be driving the increase in fear mongering and state level lobbying by anti smoking groups and drug companies.

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FDA to start examining ingredients of cigarettes and tobacco products

Tobacco corporations must have all their products evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration in the next 10 weeks. A law passed in 2009 gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco as a drug. The merchandise review is a provision required by that law. Tobacco products that have been altered or introduced since February 2007 must have their ingredients approved by the FDA to continue being sold. Otherwise they might be checking out installment loans in order to get their products accepted.

Regulation for tobacco funded by companies selling tobacco

In a move intended to rid the market of the most addictive tobacco products, tobacco companies must get FDA approval for products that have been launched or altered since Feb. 15, 2007. Tobacco companies have to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that all of the smokeless tobacco and cigarettes are, by March 22, "substantially equivalent to those marketed prior to that date." Tobacco companies must pay to fund the reviews and any resulting regulatory action. There is no need for smokers to have more health risks or encourage non-smokers to want to smoke even more. That means the FDA will ban the cigarettes that have tobacco product ingredient changes so much that they do this.

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FDA Warns 5 Ecig makers for violations of FDCA

Friday the FDA sent warning letters to five electronic cigarette makers citing various violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). These violations stem from unsubstantiated health claims made by these companies in their marketing and poor manufacturing practices.

Let me say first however, none of the brands featured on this site were among them and only one of them, Gamucci, has ever been listed in our brand index.

None of this is really that big of a surprise. The FDA has been saying all along they will go after ecig makers who make health claims or claim the Ecig is a great way to stop smoking before they receive FDA approval as a smoking cessation product. While many ecig users, aka Vapers, are very steadfast in their assertions that electronic cigarettes are the greatest way to stop using tobacco ever invented, some manufacturers and distributors don't grasp that legally they just can't say that in their marketing without formal studies and scientific proof. 

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Save the Ecig Kudos to Instead!

Save the Electronic Cigarette!! As actisim finally starts to heat up around the industry I've been very critical that many retailers and manufacturers have not done enough to point their customers towards the many petitions various folks have written or to send them to the requests for comments at places like the all important FDA. I think mostly it's that they do not wish to alarm the average customer or feel that it's none of their business to be activists or perhaps they fear it may bring unwanted attention by the FDA or anti smoking groups.

Honestly, I really don't know why many have not joined the fight. It's the retailers who have the email lists of all the vapers of the world. It's they who could most quicky mobilize all the vapers, not just those who find the handful of forums or sites like this. It is the retailers and manufacturers who make the most off ecigs and could band together to hire some professional Public Relations folks to help us combat the pros our enemies own.

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copyright 2009 all rights reserved *Electronic Cigarettes have not been proven to help you quit smoking and no such claims are being made here. These are the authors or visitors personal thoughts on the debate and are not based on any scientific study. E-cigarettes are a smoking alternative and are not marketed as a smoking cessation device and no legitimate manufacturer makes any such claim. E-cigarettes should not be confused with any FDA approved nicotine replacement therapy, for, like cigarettes, they are not FDA approved.

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