"ECigarette" Sparks Interest From FDA - MSNBC

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"ECigarette" Sparks Interest From FDA
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[SIZE=-1]The ECigarette looks just like a real cigarette with a filter. The power indicator light at the end glows red so it really does look like a real lit cigarette. Inside the high-tech smoking stick are a computer chip and an atomizer that help create a ...[/SIZE]


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[riddle80]

If the product does what it claims, the FDA says it needs to be inspected, tested, and regulated.

What it claims as in helping you quit smoking and being healthy. This is exactly why the FDA is getting involved and it's too late to stop it now. Are they speaking of Smoking Everywhere? They make it sound as though only 1 manufacturer exists saying things like "the company that makes the ecigarette".

 

[Nuck]

The usual level of 'in depth' reporting I expect from MSNBC.

 

[TropicalBob]

That was a travesty of a story. Shame on them for not at least discovering that more than one brand of electronic cigarette is being sold. Really pathetic reporting and NOT what I expect from MSNBC.

 

[riddle80]

This is happening all the time now TB. Unfortunately, high profile companies like SE are now representing the entire industry due to reporters laziness. Every article is starting to read the same, picking up on the same stories that have been circulating and not going outside this box. I expected more from them as well.

 

[TropicalBob]

It is very sad, a result of massive layoffs of talented reporters at most major publications. The laziness begins with a press release, sloppily rewritten with no in-depth research beyond fact verification (yep, there's a company named ....).

This is eroding trust at such a rate that Americans are being left without an authority to believe -- they now read like-minded bloggers who wouldn't know "fair and balanced" if it knocked on their door.

So sad.

 

[premiume]

hi

I like ur community.

I am james.
I am also e-smoker

 

[devonschmoker]

It seems that they may have pulled the story. The links go to a “file not found” site and I can’t find it anywhere else on their site.

 

[OutWest]

when searching for the old article (searched for title), I was given this one by their search engine

Senator seeks to halt sales of ?e-cigarettes? - Addictions - MSNBC.com

 

[DuneBuggy]

The usual level of 'in depth' reporting I expect from MSNBC.

Sarcasam noted and agreed upon 110%

 

[Skad]

The usual level of 'in depth' reporting I expect from MSNBC.

Sadly, it's not just MSNBC. News organizations have mostly forgotten what reporting should be about. There's almost no investigative journalism anymore. They find someone with something to say about x or y, and just parrot the talking points.

 

[silverfox]

funny..if you follow the link to the story, the page with the story has a link to "stop smoking" alternatives...guess they are pushin the chantix at MSNBC

 

[TropicalBob]

.. auto-generated ads based on key words. MSNBC does not push Chantix. Sometimes the ads that come up are downright embarrassing but a computer makes the match.

 

[silverfox]

ya..just thought it was ironic..

 

[prototype7]

Until they are studied more?!?!?! Let's study! Let's compare a regular cigarette to an ecig and see which one is more dangerous!
It's like they think we're smoking asbestos here!

 

[harmony gardens]

.. auto-generated ads based on key words. MSNBC does not push Chantix. Sometimes the ads that come up are downright embarrassing but a computer makes the match.

Welcome to the Brave New World, huh??

 

[playerags]

Until they are studied more?!?!?! Let's study! Let's compare a regular cigarette to an ecig and see which one is more dangerous!
It's like they think we're smoking asbestos here!

Asbestos! Did you say asbestos! Oh my god, the mere mention of the word could kill us all!

Another product that was hammered down our throat as an unbelievably dangerous substance. I don't know about you people, but in school we used to use asbestose all the time in art class. Asbestos gloves, asbestose tiles for printing. And till this day, none of my classmates have keeled over. Does anyone on this forum even know anyone who has died from asbestos! Sure, if you work with it for 30 years maybe. Just another one of those things that are deemed disproportionataly dangerous by the governments scientists and cost big $$$$$ to remove from your home.

off topic I know, but relative to living in a nanny state that feels they need to regulate everything.

 

[jrobo1980]

Tbob - You used to be a reporter or are you still a reporter?

 

[BARENETTED]

The link is not working??

 

[NY JETS]

Article pulled?

All I found on the MSNBC network about e-cigs was this article from late February...

E-cigarettes attracting attention ? and scrutiny - Addictions- msnbc.com