Electronic cigarette sales are booming! Although the final numbers have yet to be tallied, estimates for 2013 were expected to reach $1.7 billion. Wells Fargo projects that the figure will top $10 billion by 2017 and Bloomberg predicts that sales will exceed...
With the safety of electronic cigarettes in question and comparisons being made to traditional tobacco products, it’s no surprise that politicians have entered into the fray. Sadly, the cliché of ‘just following the money’ leads directly to the offices of many elected...
For the past 50 years, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Surgeon General have been on the front lines of science to discover how cigarettes affect the body. During that time, smoking has been implicated in almost...
Critics often claim that electronic cigarette companies are using fruit and candy flavors to entice children, completely overlooking the fact that adults enjoy these flavors just as much as kids. It’s an argument that vapers have been making all along – that...
In the vast majority of news stories about electronic cigarettes lately, the author provides some basic, generally positive information about e-cigarettes and then leads into all the fears and worries that the so-called “experts” have about these devices. They almost always feature...
There was a time (not that long ago) when traditional cigarette ads littered the pages of newspapers, magazines, television and almost every form of media. They depicted famous celebrities, beautiful models, rugged mountain men, doctors, cartoon characters and even Santa Clause smoking...
According to the American Lung Association, smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease worldwide. In 2004, smoking cost the U. S. over $193 billion, including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct health care expenditures – an...
Nicotine gets a bad rap! For decades it’s been negatively linked to tobacco and cigarettes, but surprisingly, IT’S NOT responsible for any of the deadly diseases associated with smoking. Unlike their electronic counterparts, traditional cigarettes contain over 5,000+ chemicals, 60 of which are known...
For most vapers, their first experience with an electronic cigarette comes in the form of a disposable e-cig from a local gas station or convenience store. While these products provide a quick and convenient way to experience vaping, they’re by no means...
The liquid or “smoke juice” used in most electronic cigarettes is made up of four main ingredients: propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine and added flavoring. These ingredients are almost always listed on the label, but what happens after the liquid is vaporized...
This week Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper joined 37 other state attorney generals in signing a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to regulate electronic cigarettes like tobacco. The letter states that e-cigarettes are being marketed to...
According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, the percentage of middle and high school students who have tried electronic cigarettes more than doubled in the U.S. from 2011 to 2012. All of the major news...
A top tobacco industry analyst is predicting $1.7 billion in electronic cigarette sales for 2013 – more than double the previous year’s numbers. Analyst Bonnie Herzog of Wells Fargo Securities said “conservative data” from traditional retail stores already indicates $700 million in...