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03/23/09 - The Hill : Stearns on e-cigs -

“Before the FDA takes any immediate action, it should put forward scientific evidence that these products are harmful or unsafe,” he said in a statement.

“These e-cigarettes are smokeless and do not produce carcinogens. The nicotine in e-cigarettes is controlled in a capsule that can help in smoking cessation by allowing the user to reduce gradually the nicotine level, hopefully to zero.”

Stearns has sent electronic cigarettes to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama to help them quit smoking. He’s been seen using the device in the Speaker’s Lobby, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) banned smoking two years ago. Her office did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

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03/09/09 - Just Jared : Dicaprio smoking e-cigs -

Leonardo DiCaprio indulges in a short e-cigarette break while out with some pals in New York City on Friday (March 6).

The 34-year-old actor was seen biking through Manhattan’s East Village with his fellow helmet-wearing actor pals — Lukas Haas, Tobey Maguire and Kevin Dillon.

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• The Washington Times: FDA smoke screen on e-cigarettes
  
• E-cigarettes: The new frontier in the war on smoking (NPR All things considered)
  
• American Medical Association to study electronic cigarettes
  
• The Electronic Cigarette Now Available In New Zealand as a Medical Device (sans nicotine)
  
• Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Found in Nicotine Replacement Products; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Removal of these Products from the Market?
  
• Dekang release a statement declaring that their e-liquid does not contain Diethylene Glycol
  
• Njoy release a response to the FDA
  
• FDA release e-cig liquid test results, warn users they contain they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals
  
• New Zealand researchers clash with US health officials' view on electronic cigarettes
  
• The American Lung Association urges mall manager to evict kiosk selling electronic cigarettes
  
• Turkish restaurant owner shot dead after he tried to comply with a new tobacco law that bans customers from smoking indoors
  
• Ruyan who previously received approval from Israel's Health Ministry to market e-cigs continue to call their product safe.