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Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

A reality about electronic cigarettes. Yes is safe

I try the electronic cigarettes and is safe. My name is George and I try that kind of cigarettes and believe me is safe. Electronic cigarettes is change your life because you cut normal smoke. Few weeks a go I order from a link I don`t no how I find that link, a demo pack of electronic cigarettes. So I wait around 2 weeks and after I see my order is not coming I call the support service. They give me a explanation like they misunderstand my Country and they give me 1 pack more from electronic cigarettes like bonus, so after around 3 weeks the great electronic cigarette was in my home. I have total 16 pack cigarette with nicotine on for just for 8 $ .After that I see my opportunity, to can go in to business so if  I give the deal to my friend or to anybody else I can smoke that kind of cigarettes for free or if, I give some time to the business, like I do it right now when I write down that information for you I can make even a salary from that.
But how the system is working. I give you a link in the bottom of that page and also a number of coupon name it coupon code what give you 20% discount. So if you go in to that business and buy for yourself or friends of you or anybody buy from your link you can get a lot of money. Just try to understand; peoples in that world like all new things. Old peoples die and young peoples change the world, old concept and old idea go away.
Why I teach you now?  Just to take action now, today, after you read that lines, because tomorrow is to late.
Imagine that you work in business of tobacco after few years I can say 3 years 70% of normal smokers will be change it in electronic smokers, and you are in.
I just smoke from 3 weeks now and with everybody what I spoke, they agree with that change. Why? because they like new edge, they want to change something in they life like me and like you.
Another thing is you can smoke everywhere in airport, in gas station, in non smoker saloon, at work.
You do nothing wrong to your children or to your family because you don`t smell like.... anymore, your hand is clean, and surprise: you can control that kind of smoke.
Electronic Cigarettes is Safe I try it very recently and is true, From normal cigarette now I feel just rejection  and I smoke just 1 maximum 2 normal cigarettes a day. Imagine I was smoking about 1-2 packs of normal cigarettes per day. That is your chance try it and you will never regret it.

And that is Coupon Code: 133356 20 % discount.

My name is: George Stefan Ciubuca. 
I wait you in Today!

Is Puffing Electronic Cigarettes Safe in Adult-Only Places a Happy Medium?

Thad Mamey fondly remembers the early days of electronic cigarettes: The puzzled stares. Lighting up indoors. The utter lack of smoke. The difference between his puff of vapor and other smokers plumes.

He's smoked tobacco cigarettes for 15 years but the mechanical nicotine stick is a far less harmful alternative, making it his favorite choice.

As it turns out, Pierce County might not see the same distinction between cigarettes that smoke and those that fog.

Like many other municipalities across the country, the Pierce County Health Department is taking action on electronic cigarettes but adopting a fair, enforceable regulation in cities like Bonney Lake and Sumner is as foggy as the vapor smoke released.

Kirsten Frandsen, Health Department prevention specialist, said that while they intend to not regulate individual choices, increased smoking has gone down and electronic cigarettes look like and will increase social acceptability and safety.

Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered devices. Users inhale a specific dosage of nicotine or non-nicotine vapor. Smoking an e-cig is known as vaping.The sensation is similar to a tobacco cigarette because it delivers nicotine to the user, minus cancer-causing ingredients related to cigarette smoke.

But it does not produce smoke.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to regulate it. Questions remain about its health effects and the effects of the second hand vapor which smell like dry ice from a Halloween haunted house.

The Pierce County Board of Health faces the same problem but nevertheless is expected to adopt a new electronic cigarette regulation on June 1, shielding their decision-making course on Wednesday.

In its current form, regulations would limit electronic cigarettes to adult-only places like bars. The e-cigs would be banned from restaurants and other areas where the age range varies.

The King County Health Department on Jan. 15 decided to regulate e-cigs in the same way as tobacco. Spokane County officials adopted a resolution urging its local jurisdictions to adopt e-cigarette regulations.

While the use of e-cigarettes is less damaging to the body — and because it was invented in China in 2003 — there has not been enough proof that shows the long-term side effects of vaping.

Despite comments in a recent meeting on Monday by mostly anti-cigarette smokers critics may have to deal with vaping in bars or other locales where minors are not allowed. Board members reached the consensus there is not enough proven data to regulate electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products.

"The position or point is we don't have enough proof one way or the other," said Board of Health member Rick Talbert. "We need language that would ban it from minors and not address the (other) issues until more evidence comes through.”

The TPC Health Department and a panel of experts that included Frandsen recommended an identical prohibition of e-cigarettes to the 2005 ban of tobacco products at Monday's meeting. It outraged more than 25 users on Monday including Mark Coy who said regulations should be based on facts.

"Facts should be the binding arbitration," Coy said.

Conversely, a handful of critics during the Board of Health's agenda meeting believed the novelty movement have special appeal to kids.

"I have no idea if they (e-cigs) are safe for me or my children to inhale in public," said Steilacoom resident Jerome Wahl. "I advocate for my children."

The FDA has not issued any formal guidance on electronic cigarettes according to the Electronic Cigarette Association.

"It would be much easier if the FDA was doing its job by saying yes it's great or no it's not," said board member Pat Johnson.

Pierce County Councilman and board member Dick Muri said it's a more preferable fad than smoking tobacco products but there is no quality control coming from the FDA.

"I'd be tickled pink to see people vaping than smoking," Muri said. "But I want to see it prohibited from children."

Mamey said people should have the ability to have a smoke-free opportunity, adding th proposed regulation is demonizing nicotine.

"There's not reason to include it in the smoke ban," he said.
What are your thoughts on allowing e-cigarettes in adult establishments only? Should they even be allowed in those areas? Tell us in the comments.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Are Electronic-Cigarettes, safe E-Cigs ?

Electronic cigarettes are handheld nicotine-delivery devices that, despite a devoted following, are currently swirling in controversy.
New York is pushing to become the first state to ban the devices, which so far remain unregulated and mostly unstudied. With cutesy colors, fruity flavors, clever designs and other options, e-cigarettes may hold too much appeal for young people, critics warn, offering an easy gateway to nicotine addiction.
But those criticisms clash with equally strong arguments for the value of e-cigarettes. The devices, which are tobacco-free, may be a safer alternative to cigarettes, say advocates, who point to testimonials from thousands of smokers who say they have used e-cigarettes to help them quit.
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration struggles to gain regulatory control, and as safety studies remain works in progress, the debate continues.
"There really are a lot of unknowns with respect to health," said Prue Talbot, a toxicologist at the University California, Riverside. "I don't know of any studies in the literature which are peer-reviewed. Almost all of the studies have been paid for by the e-cigarette companies.
"E-cigarettes are often sold as safe, which is probably not true," Talbot added. "They may not be as dangerous as real cigarettes, but on the other hand, they could be. We just don't know."
Electronic cigarettes typically use a rechargeable battery-operated heating element to vaporize the nicotine in a replaceable cartridge. Nicotine is usually dissolved in propylene glycol, a clear and colorless liquid that is commonly found in inhalers, cough medicines and other products.
Some e-cigarettes are made to look like real cigarettes, cigars or pipes. Others look like pens or USB memory devices. There is no tobacco involved, and no smoke either. Instead, users do what's called "vaping." As they inhale, they take in nicotine-filled vapor.
By isolating nicotine, e-cigarettes should carry far fewer chemical risks than regular cigarettes, said Michael Siegel, a tobacco researcher at Boston University. Tobacco contains about 5,000 known chemicals, he said, with as many as 100,000 more that haven't yet been identified. E-cigarettes eliminate many of those ingredients.
Siegel and a colleague reviewed 16 studies that analyzed the contents of electronic cigarettes. In a paper just published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, they reported that levels of certain harmful chemicals were on par with levels found in nicotine patches and hundreds of times lower than what's found in cigarettes.
The researchers also found evidence that vaping reduces cravings among smokers, not just for nicotine but also for the need to hold something in their hands and put something in their mouths -- making the devices more appealing to them than patches or gum.
As a cigarette-quitting strategy, Siegel compared e-cigarettes to heroin needle exchange programs. It's not that the devices are good for anyone, he said. They are just better than what they're meant to replace.
"The relevant question is not, 'Are these things safe?'" he said. "But are these things much safer than real cigarettes, and do they help people quit smoking? The answer to both of those questions we know is yes."
"What New York is doing is equivalent to outlawing lifeboats on a sinking ship because they haven't been FDA approved," he added. "It's a really crazy approach to public health."
For other experts, the list of unknowns is still too large for them to consider e-cigarettes worth recommending. Some users, Talbot said, have reported problems with their lungs and throats that have forced them to stop using the devices.
And even though industry-funded studies have deemed the devices to be safe, an FDA report found levels of carcinogens and toxic contaminants that they determined to be were worthy of concern. Without regulation, Talobt added, cartridges may contain undisclosed chemicals that could end up being more toxic than tobacco smoke.
Quality control is also lacking. In a recent study, Talbot evaluated six brands of e-cigarettes acquired over the Internet. None of the devices were labeled clearly with nicotine levels, expiration dates or other information, she reported in December in the journal Tobacco Control.
Most cartridges leaked onto her hands, the study found, and all were defective in some way. Talbot also found unsubstantiated health claims on many of the company websites and print materials. One says they put vitamins in their e-cigarettes.
Other experts worry about the appeal of e-cigarettes to children. The devices are easy to buy online or in mall kiosks. They come in flavors ranging from chocolate to bubble gum. You can buy them in pink, gold or blue.
"Once a youth has decided to try an e-cigarette, there is nothing that protects him from getting addicted to nicotine by puffing this product," wrote Jonathan Winickoff, a pediatrician at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children, in a letter to the FDA. "Nicotine itself is not safe for children. Nicotine addiction is one of the hardest addictions to break."
New York's move is a reaction to what can't yet happen on the national level. According to a series of recent court decisions, e-cigarettes cannot qualify as drug delivery products, said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the FDA. As a result, the agency cannot ban them or require more arduous testing.
But even though they are now considered tobacco products, they are not mentioned in the Tobacco Control Act, either. For now, then, they remain unapproved and unregulated.
And anyone is free to buy them.