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    FDA The Vuse application for PMTA

    "The FDA’s premarket application process requires tobacco manufacturers provide not only information on the composition, design and manufacturing process, but also chemistry, toxicological and behavioral studies that demonstrate the product − when used − is appropriate for the protection of the...
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    PACT act and electronic cigarettes

    This bill would roll vaping products into the PACT act. Many in the vaping community are probably not familiar with the PACT act. I am all too familiar with it as it hit snus users in the US in 2010. The PACT act put restrictions on shipping for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. Among a few of...
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    The reason vaping is less harmful then smoking is?

    This is a simple multiple choice poll. You can choose any or all of the three choices. This purpose of the poll is to get an idea of how well informed the vaping community on ECF is as to what the reason(s) vaping is considered less harmful then cigarettes. There is only one correct answer...
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    Small victory for SM

    Eight Swedish Match snus products where approved by the FDA as a new legal tobacco product. All of them are in the General line. Perhaps someone can figure out which one they are. This is not the modified risk designation, but a new tobacco product designation. I guess if they kill off vaping we...
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    The Real story about Formaldehyde

    Not so scary after all as Brad Rodu points out. The occasional dry hit will likely cause..... about zero increased health risk. The link between formaldehyde and cancer is essentially not there and was made up by the "lets scare the bajebes out of everyone" gang, the same thugs who are pushing...
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    Truth in Advertising pushing nothing but lies

    Rather bizzare considering the source. Obviously written by someone from the tobacco control industry. Smoking Out E-cigarette Ad Claims | Truth In Advertising
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    FDA The FDA and Anti Harm Reduction

    Very good in depth article on the anti-harm reduction bias of the FDA People Who Get Paid By Big Tobacco Should Be Able To Advise The FDA - Forbes "Advocates of harm reduction advance a pragmatic stance that tolerates the use of nicotine in the form of smokeless tobacco or electronic...
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    The Eyes of the ANTZ are Watching

    I'm in the wrong business Social media to help study e-cigarette habits | The Financial Express
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    Big Bully Whereabouts

    So is the Big Bully RDA actually ever going to come back in stock or is the picture up there just because it looks so sweet and sassy. I'm way to old for this kind of tease.
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    Former Winston Man becomes Cig-a-like spokesmen

    Former Winston man, turned anti-tobacco zealot, has now become a spokesmen for a cig-a-like company. Don't know much about American Heritage American Heritage(TM) Welcomes Former ‘Winston Man,’ David Goerlitz, as Spokesperson and Advisory Board Member « American Heritage I have personal...
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    NPR asking for comments on electronic cigarettes

    Letters: Listeners Sound Off On E-Cigarettes' Pros And Cons : NPR NPR did a piece on electronic cigarettes a few days ago which you can find here. They appear to be interested in listener comments so tell them what you think.
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    Ariva and Stonewalls make a comeback

    Star Scientific Products Get New Life - Supplier News - Convenience Store News Former employees of Star Scientific are bringing them back. I still have some and use stonewalls occasionally but it's a very minor part of my tobacco use, but I know there are some folks who use them a lot.
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    Rustica nasal snuff from Toque

    Interesting thread on snuff forum Toque - Rustica Coarse - Snuffhouse Looks like Toque is doing some heavy hitting snuff. At the moment it is only available in course 50 gram bags. They also have a fine grind but is sold out but more on the way. I would like to try a smaller amount, as in a 25...
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    Interview with Brad Rodu on Tobacco Harm Reduction

    An excellent interview with one of the founders of the idea of Tobacco harm reduction. In a rational world he would win a Nobel Peace prize. Brad Rodu discusses Tobacco Harm Reduction - YouTube
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    Proposed Pa. Tax on Smokeless tobacco

    Chesco lawmaker wants Pa. to tax smokeless tobacco - The Mercury The only state in the country that has a rational progressive tobacco tax now wants to join the rest of us
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    FDA Seeks Comments in Changes to Smokeless Health Warnings

    Just stumbled on this but haven't look into it as of yet. http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/fda-seeks-comments-changes-smokeless-health-warnings
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    Adding More Smokeless Tobacco Products to the CASAA Site

    I noticed when I was looking at the smokeless tobacco section of the CASAA site that dip (american type moist snuff), the most used form of smokeless tobacco in the US is not listed. I understand that some people may have some hesitancy about advocating a spit type of smokeless, but it clearly...
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    He he he

    The Terrible Truth About Smokeless Tobacco - YouTube
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    A Model for the Spread of THR by Carl V. Phillips

    http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2012/10/agent-based-model-of-thr-adoption-and.html Not much I could add to this except to mention the one model not shown, and that is banning or limiting the products used in THR, as in the snus ban in the EU, the potential deeming regulation of electronic...
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    Cigarette taxes devastating to lower income people

    But they actually do little to nothing to decrease smoking among lower income people http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/nyregion/poor-smokers-in-new-york-state-spend-25-of-income-on-cigarettes-study-says.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Interesting comment by Carl Phillips New York’s poor crippled by...