The FDA has reviewed E-Cigarettes and Find They Pose Health Risks
Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 and is filed under Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
E-Cigarettes has become all the craze. They are certainly healthier than traditional cigarettes, right? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says not so fast, because they found carcinogens and other toxic chemicals in e-cigarettes.
E-Cigarettes are battery operated and contain nicotine-filled cartridges, which turns the nicotine and other chemicals into vapor.
The FDA found diethylene glycol in e-cigarettes, which they state is used in antifreeze. They also found the carcinogen, nitrosamines.
“The FDA is concerned about the safety of these products and how they are marketed to the public,” said Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., commissioner of food and drugs.
The FDA states that these kinds of cigarettes don’t contain health warnings like other nicotine replacement products, or even traditional cigarettes, for that matter. E-cigarettes have not been submitted to the FDA for approval, so they don’t know how much nicotine that these cigarettes carry. The FDA’s jurisdiction over e-cigarettes is currently being challenged in federal court.
The FDA has recently been granted authority over tobacco products with the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, signed by President Obama on June 22, 2009.
Opponents of the FDA’s comments state that e-cigarettes are being unfairly represented, and simply what amounts to slander. A spokesperson for the e-cigarette company, Ecigarettesnational.com, stated that e-cigarettes are no more harmful than tobacco cigarettes. She also stated that for consumers who won’t quit smoking, e-cigarettes are better for them than traditional, tobacco cigarettes.
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