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E-cigarette forums and news
Action on Smoking and Health (ASK):
"e-cigarettes, which deliver nicotine without
the harmful toxins found in tobacco smoke, are likely to be a safer alternative to smoking (click here)
Read Dr. Siegal articles: Prominent Tobacco Researchers Expose Double Standard in FDA's Study of
Electronic Cigarettes and Challenge FDA's Alarmist Attitude Toward the Devices
E-Cigarette Clinical Trials Clinical
trials have now been carried out in New Zealand by Dr Murray Laugeson of Health New Zealand. The test found that the E-Cigarette
was: "...very safe relative to cigarettes, and also safe in absolute terms on all measurements we have applied. Using
micro-electronics it vaporizes, separately for each puff, very small quantities of nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol,
two small well-known molecules with excellent safety profiles, – into a fine aerosol. Each puff contains one third
to one half the nicotine in a tobacco cigarette’s puff. The cartridge liquid is tobacco-free and no combustion occurs."
Source: Safety Report by Health New Zealand http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/extra%20info/e-cigarette-safety-report.pdf (PDF) Further research into electronic cigarettes continues to be carried out in New Zealand.
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