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I just came across this article about John Mellencamp Mellencamp to quit smoking, if Facebook helps - Celebrities- msnbc.com whom seems as if he is a prime candidate for a concerned fan to coax him along his path of tobacco abstinence with our favorite smoking alternative. Think about it...

This would seem to be a "black hole" that an ecig order would not likely be resurrected from: washingtonpost.com if your package is pulled into this dragnet, do you really think that it would get resealed and forwarded to it's eventual destination? Not to mention the possibility that due to...

I have posted here on ECF before about this dreadfully dangerous aspect of the battery technology that we depend on for our devices, and this just hit the news circuit and concerns a manufacturing technique that could render this "malfunction-in-waiting" less of a concern for us all. A short...

About iReport I was trolling some news sites and was graced with the pop-up on the CNN site that included this dialogue: Welcome to iReport, where people take part in the news with CNN. Your voice, together with other iReporters, helps shape how and what CNN covers everyday. So you know...

Since we seem to already be demonized as "smokers" in a growing number of municipalities, is this : Human Nature : Outdoor Smoking: A Compromise what we can expect to endure once decisions are made and imposed upon us about the "acceptable areas" for "consuming"? I can only imagine that...

I got this reply this evening concerning my letter to the Governor during the lead-uo to the California bill we were all so worked up about. I redacted the personalization(s) (of course), and thought that I would bring the reprint back here to help show that there is still some class evident in...

New article on a fairly widely read publication: Electronic cigarettes: In need of FDA regulation? | csmonitor.com

This article outlines in lay-speak, the gist of the problems a-brewing at the FDA: Knee device approval exposes pressure on FDA - More health news- msnbc.com excerpts: " While FDA officials call the situation an anomaly, experts said Friday there is nothing to stop similar political...

Here is a new article from the Washington Post dated 9/26/09 that parralels the yesterdays New York Times article. This article provides specific information as to how the influence occurred. A few excerpts are provided below: "An unusual report released this week by the FDA concluded that...

This article in the New York Times (9/25/09) exposes political influence that can guide the decision making goings on at the FDA. Although not e-cig related, it is a showcase for the corruption that can be insinuated on this supposedly safety-conscious agency by lawmakers and industry insiders...