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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

E-CIGARETTES, good or bad?


E-CIGARETTES 



Halo Electronic Cigarette


Electronic cigarettes, are the future for smokers?    Nearly a quarter of Americans smoke - with full knowledge of the risks. e-Cigarettes or ecigarettes are a option of real smoking, but without tar, ash, smell, and cost; furthermore, users can smoke almost anywhere. 


An electronic cigarette (e-cig or e-cigarette), electronic vaping device, personal vaporizer (PV), digital vapor device or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) (not to be confused with smokeless cigarettes) is a battery-powered device which simulates tobacco smoking patented in 1963 by Herbert A. Gilbert.[1] It generally uses a heating element known as an atomizer, that vaporizes a liquid solution. Some solutions contain a mixture of nicotine and flavorings, while others release a flavored vapor without nicotine. Many are designed to simulate smoking implements, such as cigarettes or cigars, in their use and/or appearance, while others are considerably different in appearance.  what are the benefits and risks of electronic cigarette?*

Easy to use, it looks, tastes and feels like smoking a real cigarette. But it’s not! Users puff on it like a regular cigarette, inhaling vapor, minus the harmful tar and carcinogens.


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Halo Cigs prides itself on providing quality, American made products. Through research, development, rigorous testing, and innovation we are dedicated to providing electronic cigarettes, e-liquid, e-juice, smoke juice and all the accessories that go with them. While we are committed to not only making superior products, we are also devoted to providing consistency through our product lines and customer service. At Halo, we are proud to make our products with only approved high quality ingredients because we make the safety of our customers our top priority. The Importance of American Made Smoke Juice Halo Smoke Juice represents the evolution of its many e-liquid, e-juice and smoke juice predecessors. For the first time, electronic cigarette users can rest assured they are receiving a quality made American product that holds the safety of its customers paramount. The electronic cigarette industry is flooded with inferior made smoke juice from overseas. These companies care little about the safety of their customers. Smoke juice produced overseas often carries a smaller price tag, but it comes at quite a cost. It is notorious for being manufactured using inferior grades of Nicotine, Glycerin and Propylene Glycol. These low-grade ingredients pose an increasing and unnecessary risk to electronic cigarette users throughout the world. Halo is turning the tide by offering smoke juice that uses only Pharmaceutical and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) grade ingredients. The USP is an official public standards–setting authority for all prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other health care products manufactured or sold in the United States. USP also sets widely recognized standards for dietary supplements and food ingredients. USP sets standards for the purity, strength, quality, and consistency of these products – critical to the public health. USP's standards are used and recognized in more than 130 countries around the globe. These standards have helped to ensure public health throughout the world for close to 200 years. Halo has a certificate of analysis for all ingredients that go into our smoke juice and electronic cigarette cartomizers. All formula ingredients are FDA and FEMA approved, although as you are probably aware, there are no FDA approved e-liquid, e-juice or smoke juice blends. Our flavorings are provided by a world class FEMA GRAS facility. A FEMA GRAS designation means that the substance receiving this classification has been tested using certain standards, and has been deemed safe for use by people. Only Halo American Made Premium Smoke Juice is used in all of our electronic cigarette products.

Halo Electronic Cigarette

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Halo Purity award-winning Tobacco E-liquid are formulated to provide unprecedented flavor and performance. Available in a variety of specific tobacco genres, each unique flavor is developed under strict quality control guidelines.
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Halo Purity world-renowned Menthol E-liquid blends are engineered to provide a unique smoking experience that parallels traditional menthol cigarettes. Each menthol flavor offers superior taste and vaping performance.


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The New York Times summarized last December the history, position of the government, actions at state level...
DEBATE over e-cigarettes — battery-powered cigarette look-alikes that heat liquid nicotine but emit a harmless vapor — is raging. New York City and Chicago are considering adding e-cigarettes to their bans on smoking in bars, restaurants and parks, and Los Angeles is moving to restrict e-cigarette sales, even though e-cigarettes don’t generate smoke and, while not proved to be entirely safe for users, are undoubtedly less hazardous than tobacco cigarettes.
They said that vaping in public will not help and given the fact that there is no trust in that industry  the FDA should regulate it "for use to reduce harm or the risk of tobacco related disease.

The Guardian presented some comments of a smoker, "...Last month I switched to an e-cig. I'm a convert. Sleek, black, and easily confused with a fine-point felt-tip, this newfangled "nicotine delivery system" is dead cool. The gently warm vapour ingeniously replicates the reflective pause of a real fag, the same quiet little buzz. But it doesn't stink up your breath, cover surfaces with ash, turn the air acrid, stain your fingers, brown your teeth, reduce bone mass of the jaw, promote gum disease, or – wait for the drum roll – cause cancer. Nor does an e-cig give anyone in your vicinity cancer.
Then continued with the impact on society, plus and cons, the effect on Economy; finally the commentator expressed her opinion on the European opposition "You want real evil? What's truly evil is attempting to deny people addicted to a profoundly damaging substance the opportunity to transfer that addiction to a product most medical professionals rate as 99% harmless . The gathering European opposition to electronic cigarettes is the result of knee-jerk cultural prejudice, puritanical vindictiveness, corporate collusion, and the unconscionable greed of tax authorities that won't be able to heap the same punitive, confiscatory, opportunistic duties on a product that doesn't hurt anyone..."***

What is your position on the subject?

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What are electronic cigarettes? 
Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are battery-operated products designed to deliver nicotine, flavor and other chemicals.  They turn chemicals, including highly addictive nicotine, into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user.

Most e-cigarettes are manufactured to look like conventional cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some resemble everyday items such as pens and USB memory sticks.

Notes from FDA:
E-cigarettes have not been fully studied so consumers currently don’t know:
 
  • the potential risks of  e-cigarettes when used as intended,
  • how much nicotine or other potentially harmful chemicals are being inhaled during use, or
  • if there are any benefits associated with using these products.
Additionally, it is not known if e-cigarettes may lead young people to try other tobacco products, including conventional cigarettes, which are known to cause disease and lead to premature death. 

FDA Regulation of e-Cigarettes
Only e-cigarettes that are marketed for therapeutic purposes are currently regulated by the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).  The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) currently regulates
  • cigarettes,
  • cigarette tobacco,
  •  roll-your-own tobacco, and
  • smokeless tobacco.
FDA intends to issue a proposed rule extending FDA’s tobacco product authorities beyond the above products to include other products like e-cigarettes. For further details, please see the Unified Agenda  entry describing this rulemaking.
What is an Adverse Event?
An adverse event is an undesirable side effect or unexpected health or product quality problem that an individual believes was caused by the use of a tobacco product.
Reporting an Adverse Event
Anyone can report an adverse event to the FDA. In fact, these reports help us identify safety concerns with tobacco products that could cause health or safety problems beyond those normally associated with tobacco product use.**
Adverse Event Reports for e-Cigarettes.  We regularly receive voluntary reports1 of adverse events involving e-cigarettes from consumers, health professionals and concerned members of the public. The adverse events described in these reports include hospitalization for illnesses such as
  • pneumonia,
  • congestive heart failure,
  • disorientation,
  • seizure,
  • hypotension, and
  • other health problems.

*wikipedia 
** FDA 
***TheGuardian
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