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    Brilliant 20 minute documentary "Can Ecigarettes Save Lives?"

    @gadgetsnwheels: Here's the link to my doc-style video "Can Ecigarettes Save Lives?" Please have a look and share the link. Thanks http://t.co/JQ1ef6L0Im
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    E-cigarette primer for state and local lawmakers

    Dr. Joel L. Nitzkin has a most excellent paper on e-cigarette policy that should be widely distributed to policy makers. http://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/RSTREET25.pdf
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    Pseudoscience in electronic cigarette policy

    A great blog post by Bernd Mayer. Pseudoscience in electronic cigarette policy - Bernd Mayer He is the one who has attempted to debunk the nicotine fatal dose myth. If you haven't read his stuff, please take a moment to do so.
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    FDA Proposed regulation is available

    http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-09491_PI.pdf
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    The results of a study of 19000 E-Cigarette users

    From Dr. Farsalinos: The Worldwide Survey of More than 19,000 E-Cigarette Users, published today! Heatlh benefits reported! IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Characteristics, Perceived Side Effects and Benefits of Electronic Cigarette Use: A Worldwide Survey of More than 19,000 Consumers Some...
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    'GMA' Investigates Liquid Nicotine

    It took them several weeks to catch up, but Good Morning America has "finally" investigated the dangers of nicotine liquids. http:// abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gma-investigates-liquid-nicotine-23376032?tab=9482931&section=1206833 SSDD Same 'stuff', different day.
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    Should e-cigarettes be taxed? Great common sense, fact based article.

    Great article, Tweeted earlier today by Greg Conley: Should e-cigarettes be taxed? - Economics - AEI "They conclude that e-cigarettes should not be subjected to tobacco taxes at this time, because the current medical evidence does not point to any significant adverse health effects."
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    Electronic Cigarettes in England- latest trends Good Stuff this!

    Lots of interesting information nuggets in the PowerPoint titled "Electronic Cigarettes in England- latest trends" "Evidence conflicts with the view that electronic cigarettes are undermining tobacco control or ‘renormalizing’ smoking, and they may be contributing to a reduction in smoking...
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    New online poll on outdoor vaping

    Simple one question survey. Poll: Should electronic cigarettes be included in outdoor smoking bans? | NJ.com
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    Great Paper - Achieving appropriate regulations for electronic cigarettes

    Great paper -should be require reading for all regulators. Achieving appropriate regulations for electronic cigarettes
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    This is a really bad story in the UC Riverside Highlander

    "UCR professor of cell biology Dr. Prue Talbot and her team discovered the chemicals used to refill electronic vapor cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may be more harmful than tobacco cigarettes." Everybody needs to go back to smoking! Michel Siegel's post today...
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    How e-cigarettes could save lives - Great Opinion article in the Washington Post

    Well worth the read! http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-e-cigarettes-could-save-lives/2014/02/14/31bce704-8d18-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html
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    New Study by Dr Farsalinos

    Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: a systematic review Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: a systematic review Registration is free. " Currently available evidence...
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    Terrific Testimony in Oregon

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    Terrific Testimony in Oregon

    The Testimony by Joel L. Nitzkin, MD Senior Fellow for Tobacco Policy R Street Institute is one of the best I've ever seen. The entire testimony and all of the supporting materials are well worth a read. Check them out...
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    Study: Third-Hand Smoke Exposure As Deadly As Smoking

    This is just unbelievable! Guess I might as well go back to smoking. http:// atlanta. cbslocal. com/2014/02/03/study-third-hand-smoke-exposure-as-deadly-as-smoking/ The amount of just bad science that gets published in the main stream media is absolutely amazing to me. And the scare mongering...
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    Any former Marlboro smokers here? Marlboro maker Altria 4Q profit falls

    "Cigarette volumes for the owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, fell about 6 percent during the quarter to 31.8 billion cigarettes." Think e-cigs might have something to do with it?? http://news.yahoo.com/marlboro-maker-altria-4q-profit-falls-162347616--finance.html
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    19 harmful chemicals in the devices

    Real trash article on e-cigs posted today. In spite of the headline, the reader is left to guess what the 19 chemicals might be, since there is no evidence or links to studies to validate the claim. And in case you didn't know, "Occupational Safety and Health lists propylene glycol as an...
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    Systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks

    Published yesterday.. BMC Public Health | Abstract | Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks Another very interesting study by Dr. Burstyn: Key conclusions: Even when...