E-Cigarettes Health Studies Find Health Risks, Not as Much as Regular Cigarettes, But Enough to Get New Legislation

E-cigarettes health studies in France suggest that E-cigarettes contain carcinogens. E-cigarettes vaporize liquid nicotine. E-cigarettes health benefits are used in marketing because they don't contain tobacco. The National Consumer Institute in France’s e-cigarettes health studies came to similar conclusions as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Using a new testing technique, E-cigarettes health studies found a "significant amount" of "carcinogenic molecules" in the e-cigarettes vapor in 12 different models.

There is as much formaldehyde and acrolein in e-cigarettes as regular cigarettes in 3 out of 10 cases studied in e-cigarettes health studies, whether the products had nicotine or not.
Thomas Laurenceau, and editor at the National Consumer Institute magazine said “This is not a reason to ban them, but to place them under better control.”

The Wall Street Journal reported that the FDA is considering new regulations for the e-cigarettes. This would include banning e-cigarettes from on online sales. E-cigarettes have avoided restrictions that are on regular cigarettes because e-cigarettes do not actually emit tobacco smoke.

One town in California is considering a moratorium on new shops hoping to sell e-cigarettes. Jim Basham, Community Development Director at Seal Beach told My Fox LA, "The city [of Seal Beach, Calif.] wants more time to explore the health affects and any time you have a smoke related business you want to take careful consideration and figure out how it impacts the community."

According to published reports, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is working on a bill to restrict e-cigarettes.

Critics of the bans say e-cigarettes are still safer than cigarettes. Boston University’s School of Public Health’s Michael Siegel told the New York Times "Many anti-smoking groups oppose these products because they are blinded by ideology. They find it difficult, if not impossible, to endorse a behavior that looks like smoking, even though it is literally saving people’s lives....What’s not to like?”

According to the Verge, recent e-cigarettes health studies from Wells Fargo said e-cigarettes are popular because people believe that e-cigarettes are healthier than traditional smoking.

The report said "E-cigarettes are more than just a fad. E-Cigarettes' appeal stems from a variety of perceived advantages over traditional cigarettes, most commonly the perceptions that e-cigarettes are healthier, cheaper, and can be used almost anywhere."

"It is true that more research is needed on the health effects of e-cigarettes,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, told the WSJ. “However, we do not need more research on whether e-cigarettes should or should not be included in proposed FDA regulations.”

The e-cigarette market recorded over $1 billion in sales in 2012. E-cigarette profit could reach $10 billion within five years. E-cigarette sales have to potential to surpass traditional cigarette sales in the next few decades.

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