Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't deliver - CNN.com
Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't deliver
By Paul Courson, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Nicotine delivery system same "as puffing on an unlit cigarette," researcher says
Virginia Commonwealth University studies "no-smoke tobacco" devices
FDA has halted imports of the devices as it studies their effect on health
RELATED TOPICS
Smoking and tobacco Use
Food and Drug Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington (CNN) -- "Electronic cigarettes" that vaporize nicotine juice to inhale instead of smoke from burning tobacco do not deliver as promised, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth University.
"They are as effective at nicotine delivery as puffing on an unlit cigarette," said Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, at the school's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies.
His study, funded by the federal National Cancer Institute, is the first by American doctors to check the function of so-called "no-smoke tobacco" devices, which are unregulated in the United States for sale or use.............
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Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't deliver - CNN.com
Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't deliver
By Paul Courson, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Nicotine delivery system same "as puffing on an unlit cigarette," researcher says
Virginia Commonwealth University studies "no-smoke tobacco" devices
FDA has halted imports of the devices as it studies their effect on health
RELATED TOPICS
Smoking and tobacco Use
Food and Drug Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington (CNN) -- "Electronic cigarettes" that vaporize nicotine juice to inhale instead of smoke from burning tobacco do not deliver as promised, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth University.
"They are as effective at nicotine delivery as puffing on an unlit cigarette," said Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, at the school's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies.
His study, funded by the federal National Cancer Institute, is the first by American doctors to check the function of so-called "no-smoke tobacco" devices, which are unregulated in the United States for sale or use.............
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