A report by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that e-cigarettes contain a number of known carcinogens and toxic chemicals including diethylene glycol – a chemical used in antifreeze.
In an increasingly health conscious age smokers have been looking for all the help they can get to kick their dirty habit, and with the advent of e-cigarettes a few years ago it looked like technology had come to the rescue once again.
Smoking kills
Apparently not. Laboratory analysis of a range of e-cigarettes by the FDA has revealed that, in addition to diethylene glycol, half of the samples also showed the presence of tobacco-specific nitrosamines, which are also carcinogenic.
In addition, virtually all of the e-cigarettes labelled as not containing any nicotine were found to contain low-levels. Furthermore, even within the same brand, different cartridges were found to release different amounts of nicotine ranging between 26.8 to 43.2 mcg nicotin/100mL per puff.
"The FDA is concerned about the safety of these products and how they are marketed to the public," said Margaret A. Hamburg, commissioner of food and drugs.
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usbjiggerlighter
October 18th 2010
2. Anyway, the report by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is no doubt a destructive hit to the E-cigarette. Whether it's really harmful or not, it might take more time. What matters more is that more and more people want to improve their health condition.
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halox
August 11th 2009
1. The lab report states that they found a chemical (diethylene glycol) at a miniscule amount of less than 1% from 1 specific cartridge from 1 specific flavor from 1 specific brand of <a href="http://www.halocigs.com">Electronic Cigarette</a> (No other cartridges had any of this chemical), the same brand that is currently SUING the FDA for stealing their shipments without authority - SmokingEverywhere (Jeez i wonder if there is a connection there)...
Less than 1% was found... WHATS THE MARGIN OF ERROR??
Secondly the other chemicals found that are apparently toxic are nitrosamine's... These are nicotine derivatives that are already found and known to be in real cigarettes and these were only found in LESS than HALF of the cartridges tested.
This means that about half of the cartridges tested contained NO TOXIC SUBSTANCES and 99% tested were safer than real cigarettes. Yet they are marketing the conclusion that all ecigs are dangerous? Where does this come from... if you even read the report they specifically point out this is not their conclusion.
Johnny Blaze
http://www.halocigs.com
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