More info on the release by the fda
FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes
FDA hazy on e-cigarettes' safety - CNN.com
Advertisers will be hit first if they decide these are no good, doubt the fda will go after affiliates.
As of right now, they're not accepted as under FDA jurisdiction.
The studies form the FDA are utter shit. They only examined a few brands, and while they find a "carcinogen" and remembered to mention it's in anti-freeze, they somehow failed to mention it's in a lot less sinister products..including Tobacco itself(so it's nothing new)
Once again
there is pending litigation to see if they have jurisdiction.
Don't promote shit as a "quit smoking" tool, and it will hopefully be fine. Here's the rundown right now:
-E-Cigarettes are currently under attack by the Oregon and Connecticut attorney general
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Smoking Everywhere is currently suing the FDA, saying they have no jurisdiction over E-Cigs unless they're marketed as a quit smoking tool.
-Current legislation, the "Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act" would give the FDA control over tobacco. E-Cigarettes may or may not come with this.
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The FDA said that e-cigarettes aren't healthy, saying they contain "diethylene glycol", a carcinogen also found in anti-freeze. They examined the products from only 2 companies before making this report.
-While they said
diethylene glycol was in anti-freeze, they did not say it was also in cork, printing ink, glue, many dyes/oils,
skin cream, lotions, deodorants. It can have negative effects in some cases, but is not inherently dangerous.
-The FDA is being lobbied by an organization called "
Action on Smoking and Health" who believes marketers could see
jailtime to promote them...they later pulled back that press release though.
-"Action on Smoking and Health" is a front organization. It's actually run by
Pfizer who own the rights to
Chantix, a "stop smoking" pill that
is FDA approved. However, it has a nasty habit of
leading to suicide. Which explains why they want no competition, and wants E-Cigs under FDA regulatory control.
So there go. A crash course in the FDA+E-Cigarette orgy of doom.