Newsweek, Vape Nation, April 24, 2016: “Vaping: Big Tobacco’s Big Gamble On The Future,” by
Tim Baker. Link: http://www.newsweek.com/vaping-big-tobacco-big-gamble-future-451074

Quick Quotes:

• By purchasing existing e-cigarette brands, Big Tobacco removes potential competitors while
  gaining a foothold in what looks like the market of the future.

• Whether it’s through their legions of lobbyists arguing for new rules and regulations or via a
  crack team of engineers working on a new, innovative e-cigarette product the world can’t do
  without, Big Tobacco knows nicotine consumption stands on the precipice of change. The
  question is, will they hinder it or usher it in?

 

WSJ, April 11, 2016: Are E-Cigarettes a Healthy Way to Quit Smoking? (OpEd)

Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/are-e-cigarettes-a-healthy-way-to-quit-smoking-1460340169

Quick Quotes from Dr. Jed Rose, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the
Duke Center for Smoking Cessation at Duke University:

• Having worked my entire career to develop effective smoking-cessation treatments, I have
  realized that current approaches are ineffective for the vast majority of smokers. Alternative
  approaches are urgently needed. The World Health Organization predicts a billion deaths will be
  attributable to smoking during the 21st century.

• Electronic cigarettes have an unparalleled potential to reduce the public-health impact of smoking, by allowing smokers to replace the habit and nicotine of smoking without the toxic effects of combustion.

 

Winston-Salem Journal,  April 19, 2016: “E-cigs, vaporizers, smokeless tobacco products may gain grandfather exemption from FDA rules,” by Richard Craver (tobacco beat writer). (The deeming date was amended on April 19, 2016, a first, but imperative step for the future of the vaping industry.)

Link: http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/e-cigs-vaporizers-smokeless-tobacco-products-may-gain-grandfather-exemption/article_b58f4df2-acab-59e5-82c5-584a57d646d3.html

Quick Quotes:

• Wells Fargo Securities analyst Bonnie Herzog predicts that e-cigs ($1.5 billion) and vaporizers ($2 billion) combined will exceed $3.5 billion in sales in 2015, and overtake traditional cigarette sales within the next 10 years.

• Scott Ballin, a past chairman of the Coalition on Smoking or Health, said he was surprised by the margin of the approval. “I think that members of Congress are beginning to comprehend the idea of the continuum of risk that demonstrates that noncombustible products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems, are 95 percent lower in risk than the deadly cigarette and can help smokers quit their deadly habit.”

 

Reuters, August 19, 2015: “UK Study Endorses ‘Game-Changing’ E-Cigarettes For the First Time,” by Angus Berwick.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/health-britain-ecigarettes-update-1-pix-idUSL5N10U26W20150819

• Health officials in Britain have for the first time endorsed e-cigarettes, saying they are 95 percent safer than tobacco equivalents and even suggesting doctors should be able to prescribe the "game-changing" devices to smokers trying to quit.

 

Forbes, August 27, 2015: “Wacky British Idea: Why Not Tell The Truth About E-Cigarettes?” by Jacob Sullum, Contributor.

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2015/08/27/wacky-british-idea-why-not-tell-the-truth-about-e-cigarettes/#57bff53e5b01

• "There is a need to publicise the current best estimate that using EC is around 95% safer than smoking,” the PHE report concludes. In this country, however, public health agencies and anti-smoking groups seem determined to obfuscate that crucial point,” Public Health of England.

 

The Daily Caller, April 14, 2016: "How The CDC Turned A Fall In Youth Smoking Into An Attack On E-Cigarettes,” by Guy Bentley
Link: http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/14/how-the-cdc-turned-a-fall-in-youth-smoking-into-an-attack-on-e-cigarettes/

 

San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24, 2016: "Tobacco Control Experts Defend Vaping. E-cigs can help some smokers quit, researchers say, and regulators should tread carefully," by Bradley J. Fikes.

Link: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/24/vaping-smokers-quit-study/