Jump to full article: Health New Zealand (nz), 2009-05-11
Author: researchers at the
Intro: 1) E-cigarette Safety: Ruyan e-cigarette benchtop tests. Poster 5-11.
See. www.healthnz.co.nz/DublinEcigBenchtopHandout.pdf The poster itself is found in the following two powerpoint files: http://www.healthnz.co.nz/DublinEcigPoster1.ppt and http://www.healthnz.co.nz/DublinEcigPoster2.ppt
The mist of the e-cigarette has been rigorously tested. Of over 50 priority-listed cigarette smoke toxicants tested, none was detectable in the mist of the Ruyan® e-cigarette, except for a trace of mercury close to the limit of detection. Some toxicants remain to be tested before the results are submitted for publication shortly in a peer-reviewed journal. On the basis of findings to date, inhaling mist from the e-cigarette is rated several orders of magnitude (100 to 1000 times) less dangerous than smoking tobacco cigarettes. The nicotine dose per puff is comparable to that of a medicinal nicotine inhaler. E-cigarette nicotine is apparently not absorbed from the lung, but from the upper airways.
Comment: Given that continued smoking of cigarettes carries a cumulative 1 in 2 death risk, the findings, argue for
1) less stringent regulation for very low-risk non-medicinal nicotine cigarette substitute products
2) the sale of this brand as a non-medicinal cigarette substitute, as its emissions have been tested.
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