Device delivers nicotine-laced vapors without smokers burning up anything
Jump to full article: Columbus (OH) Dispatch, 2009-06-13
Author: Dana Wilson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Intro: Jacobs, a buyer for the Garden, an adult store on N. High Street, said she purchased her InLife brand e-cigarette about a month ago, when her store started selling them.
She uses it at work when she's too busy to take a smoke break and has tried it out at restaurants, bars and airports.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved e-cigarettes and has halted 17 shipments of them from coming into the country since March 1, said Karen Riley, an FDA spokeswoman. She said many of the blocked shipments arrived from China, where most e-cigarettes are made.
The FDA says e-cigarettes are "drug-delivery devices," not tobacco products, and is evaluating them on a case-by-case basis, Riley said. She acknowledged that it's possible that some overseas shipments still are passing through. . . .
There was no mention of e-cigarettes, however, in legislation approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate and yesterday by the House that would give the FDA the power to regulate the content and marketing of cigarettes, Riley said. President Barack Obama, a smoker, has said he will sign the bill.
Meanwhile, e-cigarettes are being sold in Ohio and are untouched by the statewide smoking ban.
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Leadbeater said his company sells only to clients who are of legal smoking age.
"There are people out there that believe that the product is being marketed to children," Leadbeater said. "Our company and companies within the association are certainly not doing that in any shape or form."
Puff N Stuff, a shop along N. High Street, has opted against selling e-cigarettes for now. "We've stayed away from it because it doesn't have the (FDA) approval," said Joseph Allen, general manager. "We have no idea what it is. It's a cartridge filled with whatever they tell you."
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We've stayed away from it [the e-cig] because it doesn't have the (FDA) approval. We have no idea what it is. It's a cartridge filled with whatever they tell you.
Joseph Allen, general manager of the "Puff N Stuff" in Columbus, OH.
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