ACSH: Tobacco harm reduction ignored, as usual

http://www.acsh.org/tobacco-harm-reduction-ignored-as-usual/

Pfizer tries to delay first product liability trial for Chantix scheduled next week, faces more than 2,600 lawsuits

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/pfizer-seeks-delay-of-chantix-case-and-cites-new-safety-data-20121016-01043#.UH29wI7aFWQ

New Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit (Tallahassee, FL)

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/New-Cigarettes-Help-Smokers-Quit-173626011.html

Electronic Cigarette Steals Primetime Spotlight in Saturday Night Live Skit

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb10002639.htm

Butting Out: New Yorkers Vaping Up a Storm With E-Cigs

http://observer.com/2012/10/puff-the-magic-cigarette-new-yorkers-vaping-up-a-storm-with-e-cigs/

Joel Nitzkin: Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Public Health Perspective

http://www.aaphp.org/Resources/Documents/2012NitzkinHarmReduction%20Doc.pdf

Smokeless Tobacco Advocate Rails Against 'Frauds, Extremists, Liars'

http://www.minyanville.com:80/sectors/consumer/articles/tobacco-harm-reduction-smokeless-tobacco-tobacco/10/10/2012/id/44843

Study finds electronic cigarettes most promising products for inhalation of nicotine

http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/10/1127.abstract 

ACSH: Vape away -- e-cigs produce far fewer toxins than cigarette smoke

http://www.acsh.org/vape-away-e-cigs-produce-far-fewer-toxins-than-cigarette-smoke/

Podcast: Bill Godshall on FDA, regulation and future of e-cigarettes

http://www.ecigadvanced.com/blog/podcast-bill-godshall-on-fda-regulation-and-the-future-of-e-cigarettes/

Mike Siegel: New Study Provides Much More Evidence that Vaping is Much Safer than Smoking

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-study-provides-more-evidence-that.html

Comparison of the effects of e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke on indoor air quality

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/08958378.2012.724728

New E-cigarette Study Shows No Risk from Environmental Vapor Exposure

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-e-cigarette-study-shows-no-risk-from-environmental-vapor-exposure-172645481.html

The Proof of Safety is Right Here

Read this and know the truth about e-cigarettes and their safety!!!

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Study finds giving free NRT to quitline callers doesn't improve smoking cessation

http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/575382/field_highwire_article_pdf/0.pdf

Thank you Bill Godshall for keeping us informed.

Promote harm reduction for smokers and let’s prevent 100,000 dead bodies!

http://www.pjonline.com/news/promote_harm_reduction_for_smokers_and_let%E2%80%99s_prevent_100000_dead_bodies

Thank you Bill Godshall for keeping us informed.

Latest Studies Confirm E-Cigarette Vapor Safety

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12776603-latest-studies-confirm-ecigarette-vapor-safety

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E-Cigarette News

E-Cigarettes a Wake-Up Call for Big Tobacco

http://www.csnews.com/top-story-tobacco-e_cigarettes_a_wake_up_call_for_big_tobacco_-61663.html

Big Tobacco bets on e-cigarette future

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cb76997e-e0a5-11e1-b465-00144feab49a.html#axzz23R1o0Kva

On the E Train

Disposables or rechargables: Which e-cigarette should you stock?  

http://www.cspnet.com/sites/default/files/magazine/article/pdf/F8_CSP_0812.pdf

Being Modern: E-cigarettes

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/healthy-living/being-modern-ecigarettes-8026627.html

Dr. Michael Gough at Kenmore Mercy Hospital (NY) claims "using an e-cigarette is very similar to using a regular cigarette"

http://tonawanda-news.com/feature/x585465265/The-jury-is-still-out-on-safety-of-e-cigarettes

E-cigaretttes - 'My addiction has practically gone'; Malta's Health Ministry protects cigarette markets by falsely claiming "there is no scientific evidence to substantiate their use as an alternative to conventional tobacco.”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120809/local/-My-addiction-has-practically-gone-.432093

Nicotine Harm Reduction - an end to smoking?

Nicotine Harm Reduction - an end to smoking?

Interview with International Harm Reduction Association's Gerry Stimson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALACl3g0Rw&feature=share

Thank you Bill Godshall for keeping us all informed.

March 22 - WORLD VAPING DAY

World Vaping Day 2012

02-03-2012 21:02:00 PM

Celebrate the first World Vaping Day with CASAA on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012! 

Since their introduction in 2003, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have taken the world by storm. Millions of former smokers have either switched from smoking completely or greatly reduced their cigarette consumption due to this innovative device. CASAA is joining other organizations around the world to promote this event! 

Electronic cigarettes are a completely different approach to addressing the concerns about the cost and health effects of smoking. Until now, the focus on quitting smoking has been on ending nicotine dependence, yet billions spent on nicotine cessation products has resulted in very low quit rates. Nicotine gums, lozenges and patches that require eventual abstinence; and pills that attempt to make smoking unpleasant for the smoker completely ignore the social and behavioral aspects many smokers enjoy and do not wish to give up. It is a myth that most smokers "want to quit." In truth, most smokers simply realize that they probably should quit. Therefore, not only do those products fail to help 93% of the time - even for smokers who actually do want to end nicotine dependence - they are completely ignored by the millions of smokers who enjoy smoking for reasons beyond nicotine use. Electronic cigarette use - or "vaping" - addresses smokers' needs on multiple levels, rather than simply focusing on the nicotine. 

Electronic cigarettes are not intended to be used as a nicotine cessation product. They are intended to replace tobacco cigarettes by providing an alternate source of nicotine and mimicking the familiar behaviors associated with smoking, thereby eliminating the user's exposure to smoke and significantly reducing the health concerns related to smoking. By eliminating the cigarette smoke but not requiring the user to give up familiar habits and nicotine, electronic cigarettes are showing significant promise as a highly successful tobacco harm reduction product. 

Contrary to what you may have heard, e-cigarettes have been researched, studied and tested; including research on nicotine delivery, toxicity, carcinogens, efficacy for smoking cessation and nicotine content. While it has been generally acknowledged that manufacturing standards need to be established, even the highly publicized and misrepresented analysis by the FDA found that the e-cigarettes it tested did not contain harmful levels of any toxic chemicals or carcinogens. Most medical experts and public health experts agree (or at least grudgingly concede) that the typical electronic cigarette vapor, consisting of propylene glycol, glycerin, artificial flavorings and nicotine, would not deliver anywhere near the harmful levels of chemicals and carcinogens that are found in traditional cigarettes. So, while we cannot claim that e-cigarettes are 100% safe (really what is 100% safe in this world?), it would be hard for anyone to argue that the vapor is not infinitely safer than smoke. Therefore, CASAA feels confident recommending e-cigarettes as an acceptable smokeless alternate for smokers who wish to reduce or completely eliminate cigarette smoke exposure. 

Take the opportunity to participate in World Vaping Day 2012. If you are a smoker and haven't tried e-cigarettes yet, there are inexpensive disposable brands, which are available online or even at your local Walgreens - now is the time to give one a try! If you are already an e-cigarette user, this is a great day to talk about how you made the switch to friends and family who are smokers. Post about it on your social networks. Show a co-working smoker at work your e-cigarette or even a a stranger standing outside in the cold. World Vaping Day is the day to let the world know that you are a vaper! 

 Web Link: http://www.world-vaping-day.com