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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...

Background on electronic 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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