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Back in the year of April 2009, the Food and Drug Administration, better known as FDA, was sued by a Florida based e-cigarette company. The company, 'Smoking Everywhere', claimed in its suit that the FDA had been unjust in banning the imports of e-cigarettes. The FDA had often been up in arms with e-cigarettes, saying that the portrayal of e-cigarettes as a healthier way of smoking was wrong and it influenced people to keep on smoking.
The Smoking Everywhere Company, argues that according to a Supreme Court resolution passed in 2000, the FDA could not regulate the import and export of conventional cigarette. The company argued, that in the same breath, the FDA could not regulate the import and export of e-cigarettes. In e-cigarettes, smokers inhale gases which are not poisonous, unlike what conventional smokers do. Though some research has gone into how useful and safe these e-cigarettes are, the FDA feels a lot more of research needs to be done.
The opposite argument that the FDA faces comes from e-cigarette companies, which say that e-cigarettes come under the same regulations as normal cigarettes do. The regulations, which are made by Federal Trade Commission, often stop FDA from acting outside its limits. A lot of e-cigarette makers have fought for this exclusion from the FDA.
For the e-cigarette makers, the e-cigarettes are not a drug and do not contain many of the harmful chemicals which conventional cigarettes have. They do not have side effects and the scientific community too does not have a problem with e-cigarettes as they are much safer than conventional cigarettes. It is often difficult to find the contents of tobacco smoke, but e-cigarette vapors' contents are easily decipherable making it a lot safer.
In fact, e-cigarettes do not contain most of the chemicals of conventional cigarettes, and even when they do, the contents are much less. So they do not cause much damage to health. There is a lot of uncertainty in the contents of tobacco smoke and this makes it highly unsafe. Most of the chemicals and carcinogens in tobacco smoke haven't yet been identified, and only around 5300 of the hundreds of thousands of carcinogens of tobacco smoke have been deciphered. In e-cigarette, the levels of these harmful carcinogens are much lower, at times up to 500 to 1400 times lower!
In many ways, electronic cigarettes are better than even NRT products like those of patch and gum. It has been proven through comparison that e-cigarette is much better when compared to nicorette in the short run. Governments could actually use e-cigarettes to help its population get rid of its smoking habits!
The Smoking Everywhere Company, argues that according to a Supreme Court resolution passed in 2000, the FDA could not regulate the import and export of conventional cigarette. The company argued, that in the same breath, the FDA could not regulate the import and export of e-cigarettes. In e-cigarettes, smokers inhale gases which are not poisonous, unlike what conventional smokers do. Though some research has gone into how useful and safe these e-cigarettes are, the FDA feels a lot more of research needs to be done.
The opposite argument that the FDA faces comes from e-cigarette companies, which say that e-cigarettes come under the same regulations as normal cigarettes do. The regulations, which are made by Federal Trade Commission, often stop FDA from acting outside its limits. A lot of e-cigarette makers have fought for this exclusion from the FDA.
For the e-cigarette makers, the e-cigarettes are not a drug and do not contain many of the harmful chemicals which conventional cigarettes have. They do not have side effects and the scientific community too does not have a problem with e-cigarettes as they are much safer than conventional cigarettes. It is often difficult to find the contents of tobacco smoke, but e-cigarette vapors' contents are easily decipherable making it a lot safer.
In fact, e-cigarettes do not contain most of the chemicals of conventional cigarettes, and even when they do, the contents are much less. So they do not cause much damage to health. There is a lot of uncertainty in the contents of tobacco smoke and this makes it highly unsafe. Most of the chemicals and carcinogens in tobacco smoke haven't yet been identified, and only around 5300 of the hundreds of thousands of carcinogens of tobacco smoke have been deciphered. In e-cigarette, the levels of these harmful carcinogens are much lower, at times up to 500 to 1400 times lower!
In many ways, electronic cigarettes are better than even NRT products like those of patch and gum. It has been proven through comparison that e-cigarette is much better when compared to nicorette in the short run. Governments could actually use e-cigarettes to help its population get rid of its smoking habits!
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