E-cigarette manufacturers have been criticized before over targeting youth and young adults in its advertising and promotions – but now, one manufacturer has been taken to court because of the practice. The complaint is not about marketing practices, however – it is about trademark infringement.Chi-Town Vapers is not...

A recent study appearing in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics now confirms what many researchers have long suspected: e-cigarettes are not safer than the combustible tobacco type, and do increase cancer risks. Not by themselves, but because they do indeed encourage young people to take up regular cigarettes.The...

Years ago, Big Tobacco was infamous for covertly targeting its advertising toward young people. In fact, it is still going on. According to the organization Truth Initiative, tobacco companies continue to place a disproportionate number of ads in low-income neighborhoods, particularly in predominantly African-American communities.Fortunately, the efforts of...

Hopes in the e-cigarette industry for regulatory relief were dashed this week as Congressional Democrats, with the help of a number of Republicans, killed an amendment to the Tobacco Control Act that would have reined in some of the FDA's “deeming” regulations. Had the amendment passed and the complete...

While a great deal remains unknown about the long-term health effects of e-cigarette smoking, two recently published medical research studies are shedding more light on the subject. Two specific risks have been identified: heart disease and childhood asthma.The first study was published in the March 2017 Journal of the...

“E-cigarettes,” or as they are more properly known, “electronic cigarettes,” have been around for well over fifty years, although the modern version has only been on the market for the past dozen years. Since that time, the use of e-cigarettes has increased exponentially. According to figures from the Centers...

E-cigarettes are devices designed to deliver nicotine to the user without ever having to light up a conventional cigarette. These devices were first patented in 2003, and they've been available for sale in the US since 2007. Manufacturers of these products advertise them as safe, safer than traditional forms...

When electronic cigarettes were first introduced in 2004, one of their touted benefits was that they could help people to quit their nicotine habits. However, they seem to be having the opposite effect, particularly among young people. A study appearing this week in the journal Pediatrics has found that,...