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Despite Ad Claims, You Can't Smoke E-Cigs on Planes

Editor's note: This is the second article of an AOL News special report. Read the first part here. (Sept. 16) -- The world of electronic cigarettes is often filled with misleading statements, half-truths and outright lies, and the consumer is often caught smack in the middle. For example, soon after taking off from...

E-Cigs: Popular With Kids, but What's in Them?

Editor's note: This is the first article of an AOL News special report. Read the second part here. (Sept. 16) -- Two eighth-grade girls carrying their pink cell phones and a tan envelope with cash stopped at a stand in a far corner of the sprawling Union Station in Washington, D.C. The one-table kiosk offered individual...

FDA Seeks to Stub Out E-Cigarette Makers' Overblown Health Claims

(Sept. 9) -- The manufacturers of electronic cigarettes today met with the long arm of the health law, as the Food and Drug Administration issued warnings to five companies and announced new, industrywide regulations. The products, also known as e-cigarettes, are usually designed to resemble traditional cigarettes. Using...

Debate: Why a Ban on E-Cigs Would Be Wrong

(Feb. 17) -- The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to protect the public's health and safety. So why is it trying to block the sale of an electronic alternative to cigarettes that can save people's lives by simulating smoking without burning tobacco? Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are...

Background on e cigarettes

An electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, is an electrical device that simulates the act of tobacco smoking by producing an inhaled vapor bearing the physical sensation, appearance, and often the flavor (with or without nicotine content) of inhaled tobacco smoke, without its odor or, ostensibly, its health risks.

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