| Electronic cigs have been under a lot of scrutiny. | | | | compounds. |
| Read the FDA's warning about electronic cigs and the | | | | It is a humectant for TOBACCO, cork, printing ink |
| health related dangers. | | | | and glue. |
| Electrical cigarettes have been around since 2002 but | | | | It is also found in brake fluid, lubricants, wallpaper |
| have only been in the United States for about 2 | | | | strippers, artificial fog solutions and heating and |
| years. Any product that cuts into the market share | | | | cooking fuel. |
| of tobacco companies is going to come under | | | | Personal care products such as lotion, skin cream and |
| extreme scrutiny. | | | | deodorants all contain DEG. |
| This new wonder device, electronic cigs, is a nicotine | | | | So yes, electronic cigs do contain DEG but I use |
| delivery system that uses a small battery to power a | | | | lotion and deodorant everyday. Why is the FDA not |
| heating element that vaporizes a flavored, nicotine | | | | concerned with the DEG my body is absorbing this |
| liquid stored in a cartridge. Nicotine is a highly | | | | way? Perhaps DEG isn't the chemical in antifreeze |
| addictive substance that can cause high blood | | | | that makes it so poisonous? |
| pressure in the same way as caffeine. | | | | <strong>It is said that the FDA detected the |
| <em>"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration | | | | carcinogen nitrosamine. What products have |
| today announced that a laboratory analysis of | | | | nitrosamines in them?</strong> |
| electronic cigarette samples has found that they | | | | Tobacco smoke, American dip snuff, beer, fish, meat |
| contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as | | | | and cheese (as a preservative) and latex products |
| diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze." | | | | such as balloons and condoms. |
| FDA News Release: July 22, 2009</em> | | | | One tobacco cigarette contains over |
| <em>"What? Are you kidding? You want me | | | | <strong>4000</strong> chemicals. We |
| to inhale vaporized antifreeze?" </em> This is | | | | know 50 of those are carcinogens known to cause |
| most likely the thought the FDA is trying to instill in | | | | cancer in humans and many of the other chemicals |
| people's minds. But lets go a step further and ask | | | | are poisonous as well. Electronic cigs have a small |
| our own questions. | | | | fraction of the chemicals of a tobacco cigarette. |
| <strong>What other products contain diethylene | | | | Vaporizing is heating a substance to a point that it |
| glycol(DEG)?</strong> | | | | turns to a vapor without igniting the substance and |
| DEG is a building block in organic synthesis. It is used | | | | creating smoke. Vaporizing is a much cleaner |
| as a solvent for dyes, resins, oils and other organic | | | | nicotine delivery system. |