Ecigarettes should not be restricted, says American Scholar

An important reminder of the importance of electronic cigarettes to former smokers was given to us this week in USA, courtesy of Sally Satel, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a psychiatrist specializing in addiction.

She states “E-cigarettes, however, could be what we need to knock the U.S. smoking rate from a stubborn 18 percent to the government’s goal of 12 percent by 2020.”

The article goes on to remind readers that the main ingredients in e-cigarettes are propylene glycol and glycerin. These are generally regarded as harmless — they’re found in toothpaste, hand sanitizer, asthma inhalers, and many other FDA-approved foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. 

She ultimately reccomended that governments do not introduce restrictions on electronic cigarettes as “The potential for e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking is encouraging”.

Happy vaping from KIX.

For the full article, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-e-cigarettes-could-save-lives/2014/02/14/31bce704-8d18-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html