Optimal Regulation of E-cigarettes: Theory and Evidence

e-Cigarettes--The Roles of Regulation and Clinicians.

E-cigarettes are a rapidly evolving category of batteryoperated devices that heat nicotine, flavor additives, and chemicals to the point of areolation. Users generally refer to the inhalation of the aerosolized nicotine and chemicals as “vaping.” According to a recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 13% of high school students in the United States have tried ...

Regulation in the face of uncertainty: the evidence on electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes)

Tobacco smoking is the largest single preventable cause of many chronic diseases and death. Effective treatments exist; however, few smokers use them and most try to quit by themselves. Most of the tobacco cigarette's toxicity is related to the combustion process. Models of harm reduction applied to tobacco suggest that switching from inhalation of combustible products to a noncombustible nicot...

Federal report calls for regulation of e-cigarettes.

CMAJ, April 21, 2015, 187(7) 487 Electronic cigarettes could come under stringent federal regulations if Parliament accepts recommendations in a report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. The report, Vaping: Towards a Regulatory Framework for E-cigarettes, contains 14 recommendations based on testimonies from more than 30 experts and stakeholders. If implemented, these recom...

E-Cigarettes

E-Cigarettes: A Scientific Review Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007667 2014;129:1972-1986 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/129/19/1972 World Wide Web at: The onl...

E-cigarettes: Public Health England's evidence based confusion?