Tobacco News

One local business is banking on the fact that smokers will be looking for alternatives to cigarettes, either to avoid the new warning labels, or to avoid increasingly stringent smoking bans.

Angela Fallon smoked for twenty years. She developed bronchial asthma. It’s why she switched to electronic cigarettes. “I noticed the benefits of it right away,” she says. “Within a month, I was breathing better and wasn’t having any rumbling in my chest.” Ream more »

Health experts yesterday warned against the use of sisha and the so-called e-cigarettes, claiming the devices are no different from real cigarettes in nicotine content.

Dr. Susan Mercado, regional adviser for Tobacco-Free Initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO)-Western Pacific Region Office, said sisha was proven to be harmful to health in a lot of international studies.
“One hour of sisha exposure is equivalent to 100 cigarettes. It’s quite toxic. It looks like it’s not harmful but it is harmful,” Mercado stressed. Ream more »

Leonardo DiCaprio has been seen with one. So have Katherine Heigl and Lindsay Lohan.
The goodie isn’t a multimillion-dollar film contract but an electronic cigarette, or “e-cig.”
E-cigs have been on the market for nearly seven years, but their appearance in the Hollywood spotlight hints at a newfound popularity. “I’ve seen it around a lot and have been curious about it,” says Maxine Jean-Louis, 24, a case worker from Columbia Heights.
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Kanawha-Charleston Health Director Rahul Gupta is not a fan of electronic cigarettes, an increasingly popular alternative for smokers.
However, Gupta says e-cigarettes are not covered under Kanawha County’s Clean Indoor Air Ordinance.
Users can puff away in bars, restaurants and video lottery parlors.
At least for now.

An e-cigarette is a contraption with a nicotine cartridge placed in a device that resembles a cigarette. A battery powers the device that vaporizes the cartridge.
The nicotine then is inhaled just like cigarette smoke, giving the smoker the same sensation as when a cigarette is burned. However, the device does not produce any smoke. The user exhales water vapor instead.
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Intellicig electronic cigarettes go Organic in the States

Intellicig’s organic growth rivals that of Jack’s Beanstalk, but Intellicig is far from being a fairytale, it’s a real-life success story! In less than three years, Intellicig has grown from a start-up company into a multi-million pound business. Hard work, determination, and passion are the key elements, underpinned by Intellicig’s unswerving belief that what they do can really makes a difference to peoples’ lives; Ream more »

After hearing from the public about its proposed ban on e-cigarettes in all public places in the county, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has backed off – at least slightly.

At its meeting Wednesday, the Board of Health will consider a revised regulation that would still ban “vaping” in many public places, but would make exceptions for “public places where minors are lawfully prohibited, Ream more »

Lindsay Lohan may be making over every aspect of her life as she has reportedly taken up smoking electronic cigarettes.

Blu Cigs reportedly released images of Lohan under house arrest using the electronic cigarettes, states TMZ.

They also reportedly commented that Lindsay, “is determined to better her career and her health and has started using Blu Cigs as a deterrent to lighting up.” Ream more »

Channel 4 asked Tobacco Free Florida to respond to the issue of electronic cigarettes. Here is its response:
“Recently, consumers have been led to believe electronic cigarettes are a safe alternative to normal tobacco cigarettes, and even an effective way to quit smoking. However, there is currently no scientific evidence to support that electronic cigarettes will help people quit smoking and preliminary research from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveals that e-cigarettes contain toxic substances and carcinogens. Ream more »

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. Ream more »

During the past 12 months, your Better Business Bureau has received hundreds of complaints from people across the country who thought they were getting free e-cigarette trials. In the end, they lost hundreds of dollars in recurring credit or debit card charges.
E-cigarettes resemble tobacco cigarettes, but don’t contain tobacco or other chemicals. Some e-cigarette companies are promoting free or low-cost trial kits to attract new customers. Unfortunately, what customers thought was free ended up costing them. Ream more »