FDA Electronic Cigarette Study Is Unscientific Proproganda

Professor: FDA Electronic Cigarette Study Is Unscientific Proproganda

In an interview a respected scientist and reseacher into tobacco harm reduction has criticised the FDA's stance towards the electronic cigarette Published on December 29, 2009 by James Dunworth (OfficialWire) LONDON, ENGLAND

In a recent interview on the electronic cigarette with E Cigarette Direct, Carl Phillips, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, launched a devastating  attack on an FDA study into the electronic cigarette. "There's no significance of those findings whatsoever from a scientific or health stand point. From a political standpoint the fact that they did that was quite significant." The original FDA study found traces of carcinogens in NJOY and Smoking Everywhere electronic cigarettes. Diethylene Glycol was also found in one Smoking Everywhere cigarette. The study was followed up with an FDA press release warning of the dangers of using the electronic cigarette. However, the professor argued that the tiny quantities of carcinogens found invalidated the FDA's warning, pointing out that these could also be found: "in nicoderm, nicorette, any product that contains nicotine that has been extracted from a tobacco plant...." The quantities, which are similar to those found in nicotine cessation products licensed by the FDA, were: "...so many orders of magnitude smaller than those, say, in smokeless tobacco, which has been shown to not cause a measurable risk of cancer, so we know that that doesn't matter." The full interview with Professor Phillips can be read here: Electronic Cigarette Interview with Carl Phillips. E Cigarette Direct is the UK based online retailer of the NJOY Electronic Cigarette. E Cigarette Direct has a strong interest in promoting research into the electronic cigarette and tobacco harm reduction. More information on the product as well as several technical articles, interviews and information can be found on its website www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk.