Waiting for the second shoe: 1. when will the technology for a THC-formula in e-cig cartridges be openly discussed, or made available to patients or anyone in lieu of present-day 900-mg. hot burning NIDA cigarettes? 2. if the e-cig format removes many smoking-related health hazards now blamed on the cannabis, and its use increases, is the profit-margin in today's tobackgo-based cigarette industry doomed?

The e-cigarettes are a delivery system for the drug nicotine but is not consistant in the amount delivered. To me this is a health risk to the consumer. What happens to the new consumer who becomes addictided to nicotine from this product but later finds they can not afford to get their fix from this product are we not preping these people to become smokers. and what about the vapor exhaled by the user does it not contain the nicotine as well does that expose non-smokers to nicotine as well. I feel taht the USDA has a right to regulate this drug delivery system and protect Americans health

Te e cig is designed and marketed to people who are already smokers, as a healthier alternative. Some of the vaping liquid doesn't even contain nicotine, so it offers smokers a way to gradually adjust the amount of nicotine down to zero. There are a limited number of inhalations possible in a short period of time, so the user cannot "overdose with nicotine" because the vaporizer will overheat before then. The exhalation is over 99% water vapor even when nicotine is present. The FDA should weigh in when it is ready, but not ban e cigs without good evidence of potential harm, because thousands of ex-smokers are relying on this safer alternative to smoking and without it they will return to more dangerous cigarettes.

Chuck, my understanding is a pack-a-day $igarette victim in a $7/pack state is spending over $2000 a year. The e-cigarette costs under $100, and then what if you kept it going and used up one $2 cartridge every day, the first year is $830. Also, the companies claim to know how much nicotine is in each cartridge and offer different strengths. Finally, what if 30 million smokers succeeded in switching from regular genocide $igarettes to e-cigarettes and only 30 thousand youngsters got hooked on nicotine from trying the latter?

The e-cigarette is being sold at kiosks in malls. It is offered to anyone that would like to try it. As far as I know they do not fall under the same regulations as tobacco therefore would teens decide to try it out and get hooked on the nicotine? I would not like to see them used in public ( perception they are a tobacco product) as it may influence more people to smoke. They need to be regulated!

well as i`m letting the cat of the bag...there are e-liquids that have no vapor trace...oh, same as a 2009/2010 autos. hrm...as an ex-smoker i wish i SAW these 20 years ago. the regulation wanted by e-cigarette users IS for knowing their doing better for them selfs and those around them.

Would it not stand to reason that cigarettes should be subject to any regulation before a devise that is clearly less harmful is? Is a cigarette not a drug delivery system? Lets be smart about this and give the smokers who want it a less harmful option. Make the "vaping" age 18 and get these things into to main stream and save some of the 500,000 lives lost to regular cigarettes each year.