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The Real Reason Big Tobacco Loves E-cigs By: Julia Jackson
Apparently, the nicotine business never changes—with smoke or without. Big Tobacco fought government overseers for decades, but eventually traditional cigarettes became heavily regulated products.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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Big Tobacco Vs. Small Players As E-cigarette Smoke-off Begins By: Julia Jackson
For the past decade, small purveyors of electronic cigarettes have largely had the U.S. market to themselves.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarette Pioneers Holding Breath As Big Firms Invade By: Julia Jackson
For the past decade, small purveyors of electronic cigarettes have largely had the U.S. market to themselves. Now, with sales projected to double to $1 billion this year, e-cig brands with such names as Logic, Njoy and Vapor are waiting to exhale as giant tobacco companies begin to invade their turf.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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Are E-cigs Cool? By: Julia Jackson
I am staring at myself in the mirror, taking my very first drag of a cigarette ever. I look like a man who fought every man I ever thought about fighting, slept with every woman I ever thought about sleeping with, got a free song from every jukebox I thought about punching.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarettes: A Moral Quandary By: Julia Jackson
With sales expected to boom in the next year, e-cigarettes are the subject of much debate. Data for their safety and efficacy are desperately needed, and from a public health perspective, many questions remain unanswered.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarette Use Doubles Among Children By: Julia Jackson
The percentage of middle and high school students who smoke electronic cigarettes more than doubled between 2011 and 2012, bringing to light questions about whether an item that is not currently regulated by the FDA and is touted as less harmful than conventional cigarettes may actually spur people to smoke the old-fashioned way.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarettes Contain Chemicals That Make Some 'as Harmful As Normal Tobacco By: Julia Jackson
Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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Some Diseases That An Acupuncturist From Denver Can Help You With By: Shavonda Wallis
The Health situation in Colorado isn't exactly bad, but it certainly has room for improvement. America's Health Rankings reports that the state ranked 11th in terms of overall health in 2012.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarettes As Good As Nicotine Patches By: Julia Jackson
Electronic cigarettes worked just as well as nicotine patches to help smokers quit, according to the first study to compare them.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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E-cigarettes: To Use Or Not By: Julia Jackson
I have been questioning my feelings about the use of the e-cigarette — a seemingly harmless plastic cigarette that emits a water vapor to simulate smoke and that purportedly helps smokers wean themselves from the real deal. It's also a way for cigarette smokers to still “smoke” in our new smoke-free establishments without the actual smoke injuring others.(read entire article)(posted on: 2013-10-29)
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