E-Cigs May Cause E-Craze
Though currently stalled in litigation against the FDA, electronic cigarettes may become the newest craze among smokers who wish to break the habit for good, the LA Times reports. As battery-powered...
View ArticleDispatch: E-Cigs Brings ACSH E-Harmony
ACSH staffers were excited with the overwhelming response we received over the weekend via e-mail and Twitter to our question asking readers whether they or someone they know used electronic cigarettes...
View ArticleDispatch: As Cigs Roll Out, E-Cigs Fly Away From Air Force
Committed cigarette smokers demonstrate that where there’s a will, there’s a way. In order to continue smoking but also circumvent the recent tax hikes on cigarettes, people have come up with a novel...
View ArticleKatherine Heigl vapes for Letterman
Last Monday, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Knocked Up” actress Katherine Heigl promoted e-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) as her most effective smoking cessation option on the Late Show with David...
View ArticleDr. Whelan defends Katherine Heigl’s use of e-cigs
ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan comes to the defense of actress Katherine Heigl’s decision to use e-cigarettes as a safer, more effective method of kicking her smoking habit for good. In her op-ed...
View ArticleHow I finally ended a life long battle with smoking
My mother smoked while she was pregnant with my sister and me. I used to light her cigarettes while she was driving. One time I handed her a lit Benson & Hedges backwards, burning her lip and...
View ArticleE-cigs allowed under the Bridges of Madison County but not indoors
Don’t let the Lexington-Herald Leader headline, “Madison County health board bans electronic cigarettes,” fool you. The Madison County Board of Health has actually added electronic cigarettes to their...
View ArticleVape away — e-cigs produce far fewer toxins than cigarette smoke
A new laboratory analysis of secondhand “smoke” from electronic cigarettes (usually called “vapor”) is cutting the legs out from under one of the main arguments used by e-cigarette prohibitionists —...
View ArticleNew US website wrongly demonizes e-cigs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just unveiled a new website, BeTobaccoFree.Gov, and as usual those in charge have chosen to keep on demonizing reduced risk tobacco products such as...
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