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E-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, have been largely unregulated, and there have been many doctors and others questioning the safety of these products. Electronic cigarettes typically use a rechargeable battery-operated heating element to vaporize the nicotine in a replaceable cartridge. Nicotine, the addictive element of tobacco, is usually dissolved in propylene glycol, a clear and colorless liquid that is commonly found in inhalers, cough medicines and other products. A laboratory analysis of e-cigarettes samples by FDA revealed that...
Kick Butts Day is a day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco across the United States and around the world. Big Tobacco is a group of tobacco companies which manipulate you into using harmful and addictive tobacco products by denying or down playing their deadly effects all for profit. They especially go after the youth by creating candy flavored cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to entice them into trying their products. Big Tobacco needs...
In a recent landmark study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, researchers at Columbia University identified a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person’s future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well. The study is the first to show that nicotine might prime the brain to enhance the behavioral effects of cocaine. In a national survey conducted by the National Institutes of Health it was learned that over 90 percent of adult cocaine u...
The Montana Tobacco Quit Line is now offering combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy for callers who are ready to work on quitting tobacco and may need extra help combating cravings during the initial quitting period. Two weeks of free short acting nicotine products, the nicotine gum and lozenge, are now available to augment the use of the nicotine patch or the prescription medication bupropion to provide extra help in overcoming cravings and withdrawal symptoms. When people call the Montana Tobacco Quit Line, the Quit Coaches will discuss...
