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In a prior blog posting, I expressed our view that nicotine is in fact not the key to cessation.  If it were, then the NRTs available today would have had a much better success rate than they’ve shown to have.  As far back as 2003, research was showing that nicotine replacement... Read More

The estimates of current e-cig usage and forecasts of growth in sales continue to be revised upwards, with the latest from Wells Fargo suggesting U.S. sales for 2013 will be $1.8 billion, $10 billion by 2017, and surpass cigarette consumption in less than 10 years. Here is an... Read More

October 2, 2013 / Forbes / — Lorillard’s announcement it will pay as much as $100 million for a top British e-cigarette manufacturer demonstrates the rapid evolution of what started out as a niche business. On top of Lorillard’s $135 million purchase of blu eCigs in April... Read More

Update: The following article also highlights the origins of e-cigarettes and the clear lack of interest initially from tobacco companies. Many articles that are negative toward e-cigs falsely try to tie e-cigs toward another plot by tobacco companies to manipulate the public,... Read More