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About one in five U.S. adult cigarette smokers have tried an electronic cigarette

“E-cigarette use is growing rapidly,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH. “There is still a lot we don’t know about these products, including whether they will decrease or increase use of traditional cigarettes.”
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
added Feb 28, 2013 18:45
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OTP Becoming Increasingly Important for C-stores

other tobacco products (OTP) will become even more important for convenience store retailers, according to today's Convenience Store News webcast, "Putting OTP Into Context: Insights and Perspectives."
Convenience Store News
added Nov 14, 2012 13:22
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[Ohio] Alternative tobacco use up in teenagers

Instead of smoking cigarettes, some students are chewing tobacco, or smoking cigars or flavored tobacco from a hookah, according to the American Lung Association in Ohio. But these students who are expanding their tobacco use aren't just high school stu
Willoughby (OH) News-Herald
added Apr 29, 2013 14:34
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Comment Now! Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice; Establishment of a Public Docket

establishing a public docket to obtain input on recommendations for regulations on good manufacturing practice for tobacco products that were submitted to FDA by a group of 13 tobacco companies (tobacco companies' recommendations). FDA is establishing thi
Regulations.gov
added Mar 20, 2013 00:34
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[UK] Philip Morris to Begin Next Round of Studies for New Products

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) is kicking off a round of clinical studies this year for new tobacco products, with plans to commercialize those products as soon as 2016. In June, the maker of Marlboro and L&M cigarettes sold in markets outside th
Dow Jones Newswires
added Mar 18, 2013 12:58
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[Indiana] Richard Feldman: Big tobacco lures new generation of addicts

Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would diminish the FDA's authority over some of these alternative tobacco products. If enacted, this legislation would only serve to facilitate the tobacco industry's efforts to maintain adult nicotine dep
Indianapolis (IN) Star
added Sep 20, 2012 14:59
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[UK] VIDEO: Last gasp: Big tobacco’s search for a ‘safer’ smoke ($$)

Meet Robo-Puffer. Deep inside Building 27, a glass and red-brick structure on an industrial complex ... this machine does nothing but inhale contentedly all day. Scientists feed 20 cigarettes at a time into the device and watch it smoke them down to the
Times Of London (uk)
added Apr 22, 2013 08:34
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Reducing smokers' exposure to cigarette smoke toxicants -- our first clinical study results

We have shown in our first clinical study of our novel prototype cigarettes that it is possible to reduce smokers' exposure to certain smoke toxicants. ... We have spent several decades researching the nature of tobacco smoke, identifying key toxicants
EurekAlert
added Mar 25, 2013 20:58
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Clinical Notes: Users Deem E-Cigs Safer

Some 80% of individuals who reported using so-called electronic cigarettes in a large survey said the products are safer than traditional cigarettes.
MedPage Today
added Feb 11, 2013 11:28
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[North Carolina] Reynolds wants changes to warning label on smokeless tobacco products

Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make changes to one of the warning labels on smokeless products, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The change would say that while smokeless tobacco is not saf
Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
added Dec 13, 2012 15:19
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