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FDA cannot ban import of e-cigarettes--Appeals court

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:59 by Anter Prakash Singh

A U.S. court of appeals has ruled the lower court verdict that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot regulate e-cigarettes as a drug delivery devices until it is marketed as a product to help people quit smoking.

FDA warns E-cigarette firms over misleading 'stop smoking' claims

Fri, 09/10/2010 - 14:38 by Natalie James

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters Thursday to five electronic cigarette distributors, saying that they were violating federal law by claiming their products help smokers kick the habit.

Our Apologies on the E-cigarette Headline

Sat, 07/25/2009 - 18:12 by Harpreet Bhagrath

One of the news stories we covered yesterday, on FDA’s take on e-cigarettes, contains a series of errors. Miss James, the reporter, may have overlooked certain facts and distorted others. In the headline itself, which was not written by the reporter herself by the way, it was made out that, in terms of damage to health, FDA equated e-cigarettes with tobacco cigarettes. This is far from what the agency actually said.