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Although they’re often hailed as a healthier variant to regular cigarettes or even as a means to curtail nicotine addiction, the status of e-cigarettes or e-cigs continues to be as controversial as it was when they first appeared on the market. In the US, their sale is not banned, but the Food and Drug Administration has just issued a new warning as to the health risks they entail, as well as to them being illegal, WebMD informs. In the US, e-cigarettes are available both online and in specialized tobacco kiosks, which is why the FDA has taken it upon itself to do some investigating and analyzing of some of the brands currently available for customers. Not surprisingly, it was found that two of the brands analyzed were illegal, as they included ingredients not listed and known as carcinogens, as well as not abiding by the current legal stipulations. Still, the FDA has not yet moved to ban the products altogether because of their legal status as of now. “The products !
we reviewed so far we found to be illegal. There is pending litigation on the issue of FDA’s jurisdiction over e-cigarettes.” attorney Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s office of compliance in the division of drug evaluation and research, says, as quoted by the aforementioned publication. “We felt it important that...
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