...Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have gained a considerable amount of popularity in the United States since its introduction. These hand-held, battery-powered devices initiate the appearance and function of a conventional cigarette. This is done when the atomizer heats up the solution and provides a nicotine vapor, instead of smoke, to the user (Mayo Clinic, 2013). Many of the manufacturers of electronic cigarettes boast the safety of these products although there are little evidence supporting that claim. Nevertheless, people continue to purchase them, and it is important to start implementing stricter policies on them. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gives the FDA authority to regulate the marketing, manufacture and sale of tobacco products (Products, 2013), but the original intent of the FDA is to regulate electronic cigarettes as therapeutic drug delivery devices because of the contents of the liquid. In 2010 the United States District Court of Appeals declares that electronic cigarettes should be considered tobacco products (Grana, 2013). Unfortunately, since this declaration, the FDA has not exercised regulatory authority over electronic cigarettes. A main reason for this is partly due to the government shutdown in October. Prior to this, the FDA has taken steps to provide a proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget, which is currently reviewing it (Staff, 2013). In the absence of FDA regulation many states, localities...
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...Electronic Cigarettes Are Affecting Our Lives On April 29, 2014, New York City bans the electronic cigarettes from public spaces. Opponents of electronic cigarettes say that they have potential dangers, while proponents argue that electronic cigarettes are good tools to help people quit traditional cigarettes. The fact is that electronic cigarettes are affecting our lives. People are considering whether using electronic cigarettes is a good choice. In the article “Electronic Cigarettes: Achieving a Balanced perspective” Theodore L. Wagener and his partners say the harm of electronic cigarettes is overstated and that they have many potential benefits. The research proves that propylene glycol, a major chemical component of electronic cigarettes, does not have deleterious effects. Some people complain that cartridge of electronic cigarettes can poison children. However, Wagener points out there are many different chemical products around us. The cartridges are not the only thing that let children poison. Moreover, study proves that electronic cigarettes help with tobacco cigarettes cessation. Electronic cigarettes effectively deliver nicotine and can motivate tobacco smokers to quit. The reason is because electronic cigarettes reduce craving and the number of cigarettes smoked. Wagener says it is a “bridge product” (Wagener et al. 1546) to the smokers. Smokers could use this product, instead of traditional cigarettes, to achieve their hand-to-mouth motion and to fulfill their...
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...Vaporing H. James Turley Wayland Baptist University Research Writing 3345 Abstract The Electronic Cigarette has turned into a growing trend in recent years as a different option for the tobacco smoker. The more up to date vapor style electronic cigarettes permit the typical tobacco smoker to have a more beneficial distinct option for smoking cigarettes when attempting to secure their nicotine. Being the more up to date item out available in the refined forms of vapor fluid you can discover today, there are numerous wellbeing inquiries that wait in individuals' psyche, some of which incorporate however are not restricted to, what do the specialists say? Is this FDA affirmed? How cans this contrast with the tobacco that is in an ordinary cigarette? Is this direction for living a change that I need to do? In this paper, you can read a few responses to these inquiries to see more about how the electronic cigarette can influence you in both positive and negative ways. Vaporing There is another revelation that is clearing the country in the recent years; the solid substitute for cigarettes, the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette or the "e-cigarette" is turning out to be more referred to all through the smoker group as a more advantageous substitute for one who is dependent on nicotine. The electronic cigarette takes out the destructive tar and other unsafe parts of tobacco and conveys the nicotine, however, a vapor to the smoker. Despite the fact that smoking...
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...The Electronic Cigarette, a healthy alternative Tacita Elliott English composition II National American University Abstract The Electronic Cigarette has become a popular in the recent years as a healthy alternative to the tobacco smoker. The newer vapor style electronic cigarettes allow the normal tobacco smoker to have a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes when trying to acquire their nicotine. Being the newer product out on the market in the refined versions of vapor liquid you can find today, there are many health questions that linger in people’s mind, some of which include but are not limited to, what do the doctors say? Is this FDA approved? How does this compare to the tobacco that is in an everyday cigarette? Is this lifestyle choice a change that I want to do? In this paper you can read several answers to these questions and having that knowledge you can go forward to understand more about how the electronic cigarette can affect you in positive and negative ways. There is a new discovery that is sweeping the nation in the recent years; the healthy substitute for cigarettes, the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette or the “e-cigarette” is becoming more and more known throughout the smoker community as a healthier substitute for one who is addicted to nicotine. The electronic cigarette takes out the harmful tar and other harmful aspects of tobacco and delivers the nicotine though a vapor to the smoker. Though smoking in general is bad for your...
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...NO Tar, NO Toxins The Electronic cigarette contains no tar, carbon monoxide, or harmful toxins like the ones that are found in normal cigarettes. Normal tobacco cigarettes have over 4,000 harmful poisons that are not found in electronic cigarettes. If this is your only reason to try electronic cigarettes, it's a great one! You may actually smoke less When you smoke a tobacco cigarette you feel obligated to smoke the entire cigarette. The e-cigarette allows you to take a few puffs and put it away for another time. You naturally smoke less because of this. Save Money Electronic cigarettes are a lot less expensive than smoking regular cigarettes. The traditional pack of cigarettes costs around $6. One electronic cigarette cartridge is equal to nearly a full pack and only costs $2. That is about a $4 savings on every pack! Please see our savings calculator to see for yourself. Save even more by using e-liquid nicotine to refill your empty cartridges. E-liquid is equivalent to about $1 per pack. No second hand smoke No more worrying about second-hand smoke that bothers the non-smokers around you. The Electronic cigarette gives off NO second hand smoke. Second hand smoke has been reported to be worse than smoking. Now, you can keep your loved ones safe by using electronic cigarettes. The vapor that is released looks like smoke, but is only water vapor that disappears in a few seconds. No smoke Electronic cigarettes give off no smoke! They only produce water vapor...
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...The E-Cigarette Debate Electronic cigarettes, often called e-cigarettes, are battery operated devices designed to look like regular tobacco cigarettes. Like regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes contain nicotine. There are three main styles of e-cigarettes: mini, mid-sized, and modified. Mini e-cigarettes mimic the look and size of traditional cigarettes and are usually used by beginners. Mid-sized e-cigarettes are generally used by more experienced users and there are separate compartments for the battery, the atomizer, and the cartridge for the e-juice. Modified e-cigarettes are the most expensive, but they allow users to experience a variety of flavors. Most electronic cigarettes work the same way. E-cigarette users inhale the way they would with a regular cigarette. This inhalation activates the atomizer to heat the liquid in the cartridge and convert the liquid to a vapor. Inhaling this vapor through the mouthpiece delivers nicotine to the lungs, and the user exhales vapor that looks much like a cloud of cigarette smoke. The liquid that fills the cartridges is usually propylene glycol, an additive that the FDA has approved for use in food. The cartridges may contain different amounts of nicotine, or no nicotine at all. Manufacturers usually add flavorings to the liquid. Options range from tobacco and menthol flavor to mint, chocolate, coffee, apple, cherry and caramel. Electronic cigarettes do have some benefits over traditional cigarettes. First, e-cigarettes do not have...
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...The Electronic Cigarette By Sergio Gaxiola Composition I Professor Frawley 13 August 2012 The Electronic Cigarette It is estimated that 400,000 deaths will occur this year in the United States from cigarette smoking. This gruesome statistic tells us that with illegal drugs, alcohol, motor vehicle, suicides and murders combined; cigarette smoking is still the number one contributor. In 1963, Herbert A. Gilbert was not aware of these kinds of statistics, however, he was on the brink of an invention that would revolutionize the way we smoke cigarettes almost fifty years later. The invention of the Electronic Cigarette [also known as the e-cig] was patented in 1963 by Herbert A. Gilbert, “The present invention relates to a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette and has for an object to provide a safe and harmless means for and method of smoking by replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air; or by inhaling warm medication into the lungs in case of a respiratory ailment under direction of a physician.” (Electronic Cigarettes, 2009) Unfortunately for Herbert, in the early 1960s cigarette smoking was not yet the threat it has become today. People just didn’t see a need to stop smoking. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Tobacco Company had always marketed towards women; smoking was a sexy thing. As one can see from the photograph, the young lady is beautiful, slender and happy. Throughout the middle of the 1960s big Tobacco Company’s began...
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...Electronic Cigarettes I. INTRODUCTION (4 min). NOTE: Show slide 1. A. Opening Statement: How many people here smoke or use tobacco products? You really can’t take out a cigarette and smoke anywhere anymore. You can’t smoke in the bar anymore, and that was once a sacred ritual. You can’t go to your favorite coffee shop and enjoy a couple of cigarettes with your favorite brew. And when you are working and you want to have a smoke, you will have to go outside and smoke a cigarette, no matter the weather. It really has become a pain to be a smoker. Also, let’s not forget that it has become so expensive to smoke as well, with the price of cigarettes increasing every year it seems. Did you know there is a healthier alterative to smoking? And the fact of the matter is that this is not a new thing at all. It’s been around for a lot longer than you would think. Electronic Cigarettes are not only affordable but a lot healthier for you. But you can use them anywhere; there is no law that states you cannot use them in public places. Today I will discuss with you the history of the Electronic Cigarettes. After today’s class I’ll come back for a question and answer session about the topics we are about to discuss. B. Objectives. NOTE: Show slides 2-4. 1. Terminal Learning Objective: Brief the history of the Electronic Cigarette IAW www.modernvapor.com, www.howstuffworks.com, www.electroniccigarettesbase.com, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2....
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...Speech: How they Function in Cigarette and Electronic Cigarette Campaigns Understanding ethics and freedom of speech are vitally important when undertaking a PR campaign. This was not the case for neither Edward L. Bernay’s “Torches of Freedom” campaign nor the electronic cigarette campaign mentioned in the assignment description. In many ways, both campaigns are unethical to participate in. However, the “Torches of Freedom” campaign is much more unethical due to societies lack of knowledge of smoking’s dangers at the time and the American public’s heightened awareness and cautiousness of substance abuse dangers that came about in following centuries. Ethics of E-cigs vs. Torches of Freedom Campaign From an ethical...
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...attachments to the Week 2 Drop box: (a) a Word document with the questions and your answers and (b) a copy of the proposed regulation you used for this assignment. The administrative agency which controls the regulation is Department Of Transportation. This proposed regulation interests me because I am a cigarette smoker, and I travel in between Asia and the United States periodically. I take long flights where smoking is prohibited in the aircraft, and it is difficult to people who smokes not to have any cigarette or any electronic cigarette. But also, I do understand and agree to prohibition of smoking in the aircraft is to make sure the clean air is circulating within the aircraft. This regulation would keep people who do not smoke away from second smoking and the ones who smoke put in a consideration of quitting smoking. 2. Describe the proposal / change. The proposed regulation is to amend its existing airline smoking rule to explicitly ban the use of electronic cigarettes on all aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate, intrastate and foreign air transportation. The Department is also considering whether to extend the ban on smoking (including electronic cigarettes) to charter flights of air carriers and foreign air carriers with aircraft that have designed seating capacity of 19 of more passenger seats. 3. Write the public comment that you would submit to this proposal. If the...
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...that has helped hundreds of thousands of people quit smoking under the false claims that it is more harmful than cigarettes. It has come to the realization of the e cigarette industry that there are many people who are reading about experiments done by the FDA that try to dramatize the dangers of e cigarettes. In the most recent attempt to ban electronic cigarettes the big tobacco industry has pushed an FDA ban on all electronic cigarette devices made past 2009. E cigarettes are far better than cigarettes in many ways and the FDA is trying to ban them to save the tobacco industry this is wrong they should be promoting this product as a safer alternative to smoking. Because of all the action against vaping, this essays purpose is to inform as many people as possible about what would happen if vaping was banned and the negative effects that would follow and let them determine how the FDA should handle e cigarettes. Smoke from cigarettes contain more than 7000 chemicals and 250 of those are known to be harmful. Some of the harmful chemicals include hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and ammonia and another 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer. (CDC) In e-cigarette juice there are at most 5 components. The base of e liquid is typically vegetable glycerin or VG or propylene glycol or PG. Both are in real cigarettes at higher doses than the e cigarettes. Both are used in some weird and nasty products like antifreeze but both are also FDA approved for use in food and...
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...Rusterucci September 30 2012 Research paper Electronic Cigarette What are electronic cigarettes? E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution in a disposable cartridge and create a vapor that is inhaled. “E-cigarettes are not currently regulated; therefore, there is no way to know if they are safe or effective," Engel said. "They are available in shopping malls and online, and are sold with no age restriction, so they can easily be purchased and used by children and teens." In no way is this safe for kids and from what the FDA has to say proves a lot of why people shouldn’t be using this product. Are Electronic Cigarettes bad for your health? This electronic cigarette is starting to become known all around. This fake cigarette was made in china and transported to the USA. While the FDA has not been able to do any further investigation. They have found that many young people appeal to this new looking way to smoke. “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. They are concerned because the product does contain nicotine the FDA believes that it could appeal even to people who do not smoke and thus getting addicted to the nicotine. “The FDA’s Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis analyzed the ingredients in a small sample of cartridges from two leading brands of electronic cigarettes. In one sample, the FDA’s analyses detected...
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...Electronic Cigarettes Christopher Limbago COM215 July 9, 2013 John Murray Electronic Cigarettes Electronic cigarettes or more commonly known as e-cigs are becoming a new trend. Introduced to the U.S. market in 2007 e-cigs have become more prevalent and widely available (Noel, et al., 2011). The e-cig has seen growth within the last few years, which has been faster than most of the general economy of the United States. The reason for this growth is because of to the current facts stating that this electronic cigarette has no damaging effects on the human body. Adults will view “vaping,” as an available option to their social lives without possessing the need to worry about the potential health risks that normally would come from conventional cigarettes. Not just adults but also teenagers have begun to use this invention, which can either be perceived as a possible threat to the social outlook of a teenager’s life, or a positive choice toward smoking. Points of discussion will include the popularity growth of the e-cig, health concerns, and smoking cessation. Electronic cigarettes, are getting popular and may be healthier than normal cigarettes, but they may still cause health issues in the future. First topic of discussion will be about the popularity growth of the e-cig. In the past year the e-cig sales have increased as the price of tobacco cigarettes rose. The market trend has proved this to be true. As the popularity of e-cigs grew it influenced the...
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...Rachel Beck Professor Carr RWS 200 2/27/14 Electronic Cigarettes: the Future of Smoking? Today, if you were to sit at a bar on the Lower East Side, you may find yourself next to a guy smoking a light-up plastic tube that smells like cherries and think to yourself, even Humphrey Bogart couldn’t make one of those look cool. Or if you haven’t seen the 1941 film, Casablanca, you may still chuckle a bit. But could these vaping devices be the future of smoking? Author Andrew Stuttaford in his article, “Vaper Strain” published by the National Review in 2013, addresses the topic of these electronic cigarettes, arguing that these healthy alternatives are, in fact, the future of smoking. He believes they are often demonized for no good reason and he advocates for the product by addressing some of the key health concerns that consistently show up in debates on e-cigarettes. His purpose is to address these concerns, but ultimately show how the benefits of e-cigarettes outweigh their potential detriments. In his attempt to debunk arguments from the critics of e-cigarettes, he adopts a sarcastic tone for his audience, the readers of the National Review. Stuttaford’s sarcastic tone is used to introduce e-cigarettes to an older audience, predominantly one of older cigarette smokers who grew up in a time when smoking was a part of the American culture. The very first sentence in his article is introducing e-cigarettes – what they do and how they work – knowledge that is commonly known...
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... 8 IX. Online Marketing Strategy 8 * Keyword Strategy 10 * Search Engine Optimization Strategy 10 * Paid Online Advertising Strategy 10 * Social Media Strategy 10 X. Referral Strategy XI. Financial Projection XII. Conclusion EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are the most popular form of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that take the form and shape of a cigarette but are operated by a battery and involve heating a concoction of chemicals, usually called e-liquid or e-juice, to produce a...
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