Adult flavors for vaping...

These flavors are so grown 
up, don't you think? How
could they possibly appeal 
to young folks?

RTS: Our conclusions come from doing the Research....

Quantifying the amount 
of research one does to 
bring information to the 
public about the rising 
phenomenon of electronic
cigarettes and vaping 
requires constant global 
reconnaissance to find 
pertinent articles, pro or 
con, to keep the blog up 
to date. These articles
can be found in our blog
post history.

Since May, 2014, when 
the topic started heating 
up newswise, RTS has 
posted links to 25 articles 
about e cigarettes and vaping.
These are easily accessible.
We post only 15-20% of 
what we find, so conclusions 
RTS has reached are based on
sources as varied as the WSJ
and the Guardian; Doctoral 
abstracts, the Huffington
Post, and findings from top 
medical universities. It has 
included visits to vape shops 
and listening to compelling 
pro-vape sales pitches. 

Today's earlier post's 
conclusions stem from 
reviewing hundreds of 
articles on the subject.

Teen Smoking in N. Carolina...first the good news, then...

This just in from AP....
WCNC.com: NC Teen Smoking Down, but E cig, Vaping & Hookah Use Up

Cigarette smoking is down...

Other use (vaping, hookahs) is up...

Is the playing field level with the FDA and e cigarettes...? Just heard some news...

Update to this post: I've just read 
some disturbing information that 
shows that the Tobacco Vapor
Electronic Cigarette Association
(TVECA on this blog from now on)
and the FDA have decided to develop
the rules and regulations without 
providing any of the information to 
the public until decisions are made.
This information came to the blog 
today through a highly reputable list 
serve that has its hand on the pulse 
of tobacco policy in the US. We hope 
we're not looking at a painfully relaxed 
approach to what may be a very 
dangerous product in the long term, 
both for health and alternative addiction 
reasons. Stay tuned....
The post from earlier today...
FDA to determine electronic cigarette guidelines
Article: Michael Felderbaum, AP
MSN: For E Cigarettes, the heat is on...

One Un-smoker's opinion of e cigarettes...

The battle rages about e cigarettes.
Clearly now that the Tobacco Industry 
has embraced this product, we can 
assume that they see it as the stopgap 
for the decreasing numbers of smokers 
now fascinated by the new tech toy 
that delivers nicotine. It keeps the 
gestures of the addiction to smoking 
firmly in place. It encourages the 
perpetuation of the habit.                 

Almost no regulation of the nicotine-
based product is in place; yet numerous 
big cities (Boston, Chicago, New York, 
L.A., etc.) have banned public e cig use 
in the same manner that tobacco 
products are banned. Many towns 
across the western world are following 
suit. Yet the companies and advocates 
who are promoting e cigs are quick to
claim that they must be okay and safe 
since over a million people are now 
using them. 

Is that like guns are safe because 
myriads of people shoot them?

There are wild claims that electronic 
cigarettes are helping millions of 
people to quit smoking. Using screen 
stars and rockers to swagger with an 
arrogance about the right to use just 
seems like a lot of folks are getting 
paid off to say all of this is okay. Just 
like 40's and 50's cigarette advertising. 
Try pressing any doctors who are vocal 
e cig proponents, and we may find that 
they are also financially invested in 
seeing this product succeed; those who 
are pushing what some might call 
"magical science". It's all part of the 
strategy to reframe and re-profitize 
"the habit". E cigarette lobbyists are 
particularly creepy in their cavalier
proselytizing. Like a Fox News smile.

Those who have argued the benefits 

and have attacked my opinion 

directly grow eerily silent when I 

ask them which e cigarette company 

they work for. I look forward to the 

day when I am invited to hold forth 

with my point of view on a world 

stage; but I doubt the Industry has 

the stomach for that sort of 

embarrassment.

It's knowing that something's toxic, 

but seeing the fast money that stands 

to be made. 

In my research, which includes very 
little magical thinking, most of the 
electronic cigarette users I've spoken 
with also smoke tobacco...and are very 
touchy about being asked about this.
It's a 20 something hipster thing; yet

many flavors appeal to teens and

tweens. They discuss the "hipness" 

of the particular style, color and form 

of their e cigarettes and proclaim the 

product's safety, having not really 

researched it at all. Like their IPhone 

or Android, it's part of their "Tech 

Collection". They don't want to 
hear what's wrong with the picture.

I have a new name for an e cigarette 

brand. IMMORAL.

Because it's not about the truth; it's 

about telling you what you want to 

hear...because when it comes to

smoking, people are desperate to 

believe anything. We're safe!

Like I said...organic carrots, honey 

roasted peanuts, pistachios, crackers 

and cheese...break the bond...

After all...candy cigarettes ARE 
what all my buddies and I started on.

Now go outside and take a deep 

breath of fresh spring air...

repeat as necessary...

Nicotine e-liquids are a dangerous health threat according to experts

And to think I got verbally blasted 
when I insisted that this stuff was 
both dangerous and addicting...

MSN: Nicotine e liquids a dangerous health threat says experts

So this is how Tobacco companies market their new product...

 Real class.

WUSF: Putting e-cigs in the hands of kids...

The interview in this link is hosted 
byNPR's Renee Montagne with 
Jenny Lei Bolario in conjunction 
with Youth Radio. E cigarettes are 
capturing the attention of adolescents 
and teens who have never had a real 
cigarette, but already "love" vape 
flaves like "Gummi Bear" & "Bubble 
Gum." Many states still have no age 
limit for purchase. What have we done?
Health News Florida: Candy Flavors Put E-Cigarettes On Kids' Menu