Electronic cigarettes that heat propylene glycol and glycerol, with or without nicotine and flavours, have been found to be safe based on a new meta-analysis of studies:
An update to the Cochrane review on electronic cigarettes [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub3] [DX] has restated the findings of the initial research, which was completed two years ago. It found that e-cigarettes are potentially a valuable smoking cessation aid, although there was not enough evidence to conclude that they helped people quit smoking confidently.
The updated review now also includes observational data from an additional 11 studies which found no serious side-effects from using e-cigs for up to two years. Aside from throat and mouth irritation, which commonly dissipated over time, the review's co-author, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, said "in the short to medium term, we didn't find any evidence that they were associated with any serious side-effects."
Evidence from two trials found that e-cigarettes helped smokers to quit in the long term, but "the small number of trials, low event rates and wide confidence intervals around the estimates" meant that the researchers could not conclude with confidence that e-cigs helped smokers quit more than other cessation aids.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @03:47AM
Thus far the market has been pretty good about regulating themselves
Well the FDA could come out and officially say "If you guys do any shit we will regulate the shit out of you".
Sometimes just a threat from Momma is good enough to keep the kids in line _enough_.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday September 16 2016, @03:51AM
Don't forget that the tobacco companies want regulation of the e-cig industry, in order to push their expensive and disposable versions of the technology and force many of the smaller players shut down. They don't want people refilling with cheap nicotine/flavor liquid.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 16 2016, @04:02AM
*to shut down.
Also, dug up my source:
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=7471&cid=183637#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/411658/big-tobaccos-war-vaping-gregory-conley [nationalreview.com]
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/e-cigarettes/ [opensecrets.org]
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