The Alternative Smoking Experience
9 Mar
The Sunday Mirror told its four million readers that the SmokeStik provides “a nicotine hit, without the fatal diseases… there’s no doubting the benefits.”
See the full press release at: http://m.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=105693&catid=1038

9 Mar
from: HollywoodLife.com
February 19th, 2010
It is NO fun kissing a smoker, but luckily for Marc Anthony, his wife of nearly six years, Jennifer Lopez, loves him anyway! And loving her husband means never having to say sorry for trying to make him quit, which is why she’s hoping her latest plan finally sticks.
According to an insider, the actress/pop diva, 40, spotted a partygoer puffing on an electronic Smokestik at Benny Medina’s January birthday bash in Miami and made her hubby, 41, try it immediately.
“She – and he – love it! She’s been trying to get him to quit for ages,” the source tells HollywoodLife.com. “They’ve made a huge difference – and Jennifer is very, very happy with the results.”

8 Mar
An article frorm health.com on electronic cigarettes.
http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20347308,00.html

After three years of diligent policy-related work, the AAPHP Tobacco Control Task Force finds itself in the unexpected position of being a major advocate for the widespread use of electronic cigarettes,…
The AAPHP also submitted 2 petitions to the FDA, one to re-classify electronic cigarettes as a tobacco product and another to request the FDA to correct misinformation given in the FDA’s July 22, 2009 Press Conference. Even doctors agree that the FDA was mis-representing the evidence! For a full description, the full text of each petition, and 100+ pages of supporting evidence, go to:
http://www.aaphp.org/special/joelstobac/2009/TobaccBill.htm

12 Feb
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12 Feb
From local station WBTV.com, in Charlotte, NC
February 9, 2010
http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11960850
They should try some of our new cartomizers for their electronic cigarettes…

10 Feb
February 1, 2010
Jersey Shore J-WOWW’s Court-side Smoke is SmokeStik. From Radar Online:
http://www.radaronline.com/category/tags/smokestik

9 Feb
CNN’s latest article says that electronic cigarettes, also known as personal vaporizers, don’t deliver. The comments show that a lot of people disagree. Why is it that the media and organizations have such a different perspective than ordinary people? I guess that ordinary people’s experiences and opinions don’t matter because they aren’t “clinical”. See the article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/08/e.cigarette/index.html

27 Jan
The CASAA formally announced the creation of their non-profit organization today:
http://www.prlog.org/10505345-former-smokers-create-nonprofit-association.html
“These products could save the lives of millions of smokers,” states Michal Douglas, president of The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association. CASAA advocates a more effective approach to smoking cessation than nicotine abstinence.”

25 Jan
January 24, 2010 – New Zealand Herald
Electronic Fags Draw Huff and Puff
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10622002
Excerpt from article:
“Basically, in all the testing that we did we did not find anything that would make them unsafe relative to other tobacco products,” said Laugesen.
“Anybody can see they are much safer than tobacco and other regular cigarette products.”
