Electronic Cigarettes
Janik wrote:
Actually, tobacco products now fall in the purview of the FDA. They appear to have been sitting on their thumbs.
Manufacturers are vying for tobacco product, because "drug/device combination" is a de facto ban that has the potential to kill millions. Since the product is already on the market, the FDA must prove that the product causes harm. It's not the manufacturer's job to prove itself innocent; the FDA must find them guilty.
Janik wrote:
E-cig toxicology reports:
http://www.theelectroniccigarette.co.uk/images/pictures/documents/e-cartridges_toxicology_report.pdf
http://www.ecigaretteschoice.com/GamucciLabStudy.pdf
http://www.e-cigs.co.uk/docs/E249A.pdf
http://www.healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport30-Oct-08.pdf
http://www.supersmokerjp.com/images/ToxicologylaboratoryTestResultsEnglishtranslatiion .pdf
http://truthaboutecigs.com/science/4.pdf
And for the icing on the cake, the FDA's own toxicology examination:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ScienceResearch/UCM173250.pdf
(Bear in mind that the US FDA allows up to .2% diethylene glycol in all products, including food, that also contain propylene glycol as it is a derivative thereof. And that DEG was found in one cartridge in a sample of only 18, which indicates incidental contamination, and not a regular ingredient)
Tell me another joke; I must have heard the "We don't know what's in them" one a hundred times.
Janik wrote:
The manufacturers seem to be treading a fine line between whether this is a drug product that will therefore fall within the FDA's remit, or a tobacco one, which won't.
Manufacturers are vying for tobacco product, because "drug/device combination" is a de facto ban that has the potential to kill millions. Since the product is already on the market, the FDA must prove that the product causes harm. It's not the manufacturer's job to prove itself innocent; the FDA must find them guilty.
Janik wrote:
[...] because the manufacturers cannot produce clear documentation of what is in their products.
http://www.theelectroniccigarette.co.uk/images/pictures/documents/e-cartridges_toxicology_report.pdf
http://www.ecigaretteschoice.com/GamucciLabStudy.pdf
http://www.e-cigs.co.uk/docs/E249A.pdf
http://www.healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport30-Oct-08.pdf
http://www.supersmokerjp.com/images/ToxicologylaboratoryTestResultsEnglishtranslatiion .pdf
http://truthaboutecigs.com/science/4.pdf
And for the icing on the cake, the FDA's own toxicology examination:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ScienceResearch/UCM173250.pdf
(Bear in mind that the US FDA allows up to .2% diethylene glycol in all products, including food, that also contain propylene glycol as it is a derivative thereof. And that DEG was found in one cartridge in a sample of only 18, which indicates incidental contamination, and not a regular ingredient)
Tell me another joke; I must have heard the "We don't know what's in them" one a hundred times.
Comment