This past year we wrote in the health dangers related to e-cigarettes, generally called "e-cigarettes". Advocates say that because e-cigarettes just give smokers a vapor with nicotine and no compounds, they are comparatively safe.
Those claims might be erroneous, however. The Federal Food and Drug Administration prohibited imports of the products, that are mainly made in China, last March. The FDA would like to research health issues. Specifically, the FDA discovered that chemical formulas for the smoky vapor often comprised dangerous parts; one or more producer as an integral component used diethylene glycol, a compound normally found in antifreeze and hazardous to people.
Today a brand new study adds to the doubts about e-cigarettes, suggesting they are about as effective at delivering nicotine as smoking on an unlit cigarette. When using both electronic and conventional smokes the analysis involved 16 participants and thoroughly monitored nicotine levels within the body and heart rates.
Describes Dr. Eissenberg, "They are as powerful at nicotine delivery as smoking on an unlit cigarette. These e-cigs don't provide nicotine.
Nicotine has some valuable health effects, especially for the mentally-ill, so it's disappointing that e-cigarettes seem unable to provide the compound.
Regardless of the mounting criticisms, several e-cigarette consumers uphold the item.
The FDA is now being sued by a firm called "Smoking Everywhere" that imports e-cigarettes from China. The organization wants the FDA to revoke the prohibition on e-cigarette imports. The organization's court filings disclose exactly how popular the products are -- the organization sold 600,000 e-cigarettes in one year through the organization's network of 120 vendors within America.
Why should the FDA revoke its prohibition? Based on Washington attorney Kip Schwartz, representing "Smoking Every-where", "We are on the brink of going-out of business, and that's the reason why we're suing the FDA in US District Court."