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Detection of secondhand cigarette smoke via nicotine using conductive polymer films

A sensing element has been developed that can reliably detect secondhand and thirdhand tobacco smoke in real time through the adsorption of ambient nicotine vapor. The device was calibrated to the number of smoked cigarettes and to nicotine concentration.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Mar 21, 2013 12:28
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Themed Issue on FCTC Policy Research: Issues and Challenges

EDITORIAL Judith Mackay: The Role of Research on the Development and Implementation of Policy / Converging Research Needs Across Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Articles: Making Research Relevant to Global Tobacco Control Practice and Policy / P
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Mar 20, 2013 00:18
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[Philippines] E-cigars found to have nicotine

THE Metro Manila Development Authority will back a ban on electronic smoking amid findings of addiction due to nicotine inhalation. Dr. Loida Alzona, head of the Health Public Safety and Environmental Protection ... said electronic cigars were no differen
Manila Standard Today (ph)
added Mar 19, 2013 01:56
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[North Carolina] Delivering an e-cigarette with a jolt

That’s why electronic cigarettes aren’t as effective as they could be, he says, at least, until now. He and his team have come up with an iPhone-sized device that aims to correct that flaw, offering up nicotine to a smoker at between one and three micron
Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
added Mar 17, 2013 14:20
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[Connecticut] Conn. lawmakers consider e-cigarette ban

"E-cigarettes are another mechanism of delivering a harmful product," Conn. Health Commissioner Dr. Jewel Mullen says. That's true. Nicotine is harmful and e-cigarettes deliver nicotine. However, smoking restrictions are designed to protect people from
New England Cable News (NECN)
added Mar 16, 2013 13:50
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SIEGEL: An FDA agenda

Top five reasons why an FDA Deeming Regulation for Electronic Cigarettes could be a public health disaster; a commentary by Boston University Prof. Michael Siegel.
Tobacco Journal International
added Mar 16, 2013 13:19
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[Europe] EWEN: Is the e-party over?

If the TPD goes through unchanged for e-cigarettes we can say goodbye to many small and medium-sized manufacturers and look forward to a battle between Big Pharma and Big Tobacco on the medical device front – and here is the good news: the proposed 75
Tobacco Journal International
added Mar 16, 2013 13:17
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[Canada, USA] Day 125: William Anthony Farone

Today was the first of his two-day appearance and the plaintiffs must be very happy with how it went. Not only did he allow some "hot documents" to become evidence, he kept the judge rapt with his stories of shenanigans in the boardrooms of Philip Morris
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Mar 14, 2013 01:56
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[China] Seven institutions demand 'tobacco science member' reinvestigation

Seven health associations have demanded the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) reinvestigate tobacco researcher Xie Jianping's academic fraud and revoke his membership, the Health News, a national health-centered newspaper, reported on Wednesday. The s
Xinhua Newswire
added Mar 13, 2013 11:38
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Niccine®, a Nicotine Vaccine, for Relapse Prevention: A Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial

Conclusions: This nicotine vaccine appeared well tolerated but did not influence trajectories of relapse possibly because of insufficient antibody levels or lack of efficacy of the vaccine concept for relapse prevention.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Mar 9, 2013 22:00
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