Check out the Electronic Cigarette FDA Battles

The electronic cigarette FDA court battle declares a winner – the e-cigarette. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to be absolutely determined to regulate e-cigarettes one way or another. They claim they are drug-delivery devices instead of tobacco products. The battery-powered heat cartridges create a mist from a liquid that may or may not contain nicotine that the user will inhale. The FDA classifies the e-cigs as "drug-delivery devices" much like nicotine patches and nicotine gum. The patches and gum must be approved by the FDA before they can be sold to the public.

In December 2010, an appeals panel consisting of three judges in the District of Columbia ruled that the only way to regulate the electronic cigarette FDA was if the suppliers advertised that the e-cigs help folks quit smoking tobacco products or had other benefits. The FDA appealed the decision but the Court of Appeals also sided with the electronic cigarette industry. The next stop for the FDA is the Supreme Court if it chooses to continue the court battle. The e-cig was invented in 2003 by a Chinese pharmacist named Hon Lik, and it began marketing abroad in 2005.

Although no extensive studies on the electronic cigarette FDA have been done in the US, the agency is still arbitrarily warning folks against e-cig use as a tobacco replacement. It also seems that lawmakers are ignoring studies from other countries as well. A well known New Zealand physician, Murray Laugesen, has conducted extensive research on e-cigs and says there is very little to worry about with regards to the vapor. Dr. Laugesen has concluded that inhaling the e-cigarette mist is 100 to 1000 times less dangerous than using real tobacco cigarettes. Also there are thousands of chemicals in tobacco but only a few in e-cigarettes. The World Health Organization awarded Dr. Laugesen a medal in 1998 for "achievements deemed worthy of international recognition in promoting the concept of tobacco-free societies."

Approximately eight million people die each year of a tobacco-related illness, and still the electronic cigarette FDA battle continues. New York state is attempting to pass legislation to ban e-cigarettes entirely. Dr. Theresa Whitt says banning sales would be dangerous to those who rely on e-cigs to stay off the more harmful tobacco products. The Journal of Public Health Policy published an article stating that e-cigs are much safer than conventional tobacco cigarettes. Apparently eight million dead have little meaning for politicians.

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