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An electronic cigarette(e-cigarette), or vape,[note 1][1]is a vaporizerdevice that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor.[2]
Nicotine is a hygroscopic, colorless to yellow-brown, oily liquid, that is readily soluble in alcohol, ether or light petroleum. It is miscible with water in its neutral amine base form between 60 °C and 210 °C. It is a dibasic nitrogenous base, having K b1 =1×10 −6, K b2 =1×10 −11. [ 163 ]
Contents. Positions of medical organizations on electronic cigarettes. The scientific community in the United States and Europe are primarily concerned with the possible effect of electronic cigarette use on public health. [ 1 ] There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control ...
The FDA has yet to approve any flavoured vape using traditional nicotine for sale in the United States, saying companies have not been able to show that the health benefits they offer to smokers ...
September 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM. By Emma Rumney. ATHENS - Three large Chinese vape companies are researching nicotine-like chemicals they think could serve as a substitute for nicotine in products ...
E-cigarettes containing nicotine were banned starting in 2010. [136] Non-nicotine e-cigarettes are sold to adults and minors since no regulation exists for non-nicotine e-cigarettes in Japan. [136] While it is legal if the e-cigarette is registered as a medicinal product so far there have been no approved medicinal e-cigarettes. However, the ...
"The Deadly Cigarette"; a 1905 cartoon celebrates bans on the sale and possession of tobacco in three U.S. States, and calls on other states to follow their lead. In the late 1800s, the temperance movement was strongly involved in anti-tobacco campaigns, and particularly with the prevention of youth smoking. They argued that smoking was ...
As nicotine is highly addictive, marketing nicotine-containing products is regulated in most jurisdictions. Regulations include bans and regulation of certain types of advertising, and requirements for counter-advertising of facts generally not included in ads (generally, information about health effects, including addiction).