Good evening VapeTV!

Here we go with another news item about Dr. Siegel's most entertaining harm reduction blog.

Yesterday, I posted a news item about Dr. Michael Siegel’s latest rant on what he considers bad advice from the FDA.  He’s posted a followup article today.  While the bulk of that article is similar and points out the FDA is ignoring the million people or so who have given up cigarettes in favor of the electronic variety, he does offer up some constructive advice for the agency.

“If you have successfully quit smoking using electronic cigarettes, congratulations! You have succeeded in the most important action you can take to improve your health. Because the long-term risks of electronic cigarettes are not completely understood, you may want to consider efforts to wean yourself off electronic cigarettes, or if that is not possible, to wean yourself from a high to a low nicotine cartridge and then down to a zero nicotine cartridge if possible. But in no case should you return to regular cigarettes. You are an ex-smoker and we want you to stay that way for the sake of your health. The FDA has made it an urgent priority to study the safety and efficacy of electronic cigarettes and should we gain any new information which alters the above advice, we will share it promptly. We will be issuing regulations this summer to make sure that the quality control processes used by electronic cigarette distributors are as solid as they can and should be.”

At least one part of the idealized advice from above is likely to come to fruition.  The FDA is fully planning on issuing regulations this summer.  However, I am pretty certain they won’t exactly have vapers’ best interests as the cornerstone of the new regs.

Until Next Time!

-Steve K

Steve K's Vaping World www.stevevape.com

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05/17/12 21:24:29