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For years, cigarettes with menthol were demonized as a product much more dangerous than regular cigarettes and the FDA has stated it intends to ban flavored cigarettes altogether. However, a new study by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shed some light on the issue by analyzing data for nearly 86,000 people.
The study discovered that people who use cigarettes with menthol smoke fewer cigarettes per day than regular tobacco users. This prompted the NCI to arrive at a surprising conclusion: “The findings suggest that menthol cigarettes are no more, and perhaps less, harmful than non-menthol cigarettes.”
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US District Judge Richard Leon spend two hours recently questioning Justice Department lawyer Mark Stern about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) intention to force tobacco companies to attach graphic health warnings (GHW) showing the effects of smoking to their cigarette packs. The new warning labels would take up the entire top half – front and back – of cigarette packs and also cover at least 20% of cigarette advertising.
The FDA has selected nine graphic images to communicate the idea that smoking might pose health risks, but Judge Leon questioned whether the images amounted to advocacy.
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A recently issued report by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) containing an analysis of electronic cigarette contents in the Journal of Liquid Chromatography appears to be as biased as all of its previous efforts to regulate and even ban the sale of e-cigarettes.
In spite of growing evidence that the e cigarette might be the best smoking cessation aid, the FDA has spared no effort in trying to paint the gadget in a negative light, and the latest report, performed by the FDA’s own Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, is no exception.
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It is fair to say that the electronic cigarette is an innovative product that has revolutionized the cigarette market. E-cigarettes are not only a viable alternative to regular cigarettes, but, above all, may be a safe and effective way for chain smokers to kick the habit. Proponents claim that the e-cigarette has two major advantages noting that as opposed to the thousands of chemicals found in regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes use no tobacco at all, containing only five ingredients: nicotine, water, coriander, citric acid and fragrant orchid element and that the e-cigarette releases no second-hand smoke, making the product perfectly safe for consumption in public places.
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