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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

Gallup just released this new informational poll that estimates the costs to the U.S. economy for workers that smoke, but here are a couple of highlights (or lowlights) Workers who smoke have on average 2.5 more days of absenteeism due to poor health. Healthcare costs are $2,056... Read More

In light of the previous headlines talking about the gateway effect concern of e-cigs, here’s another study that further supports the potential benefits of e-cigarettes, even as public policy experts consider the risks and benefits of this new product. The study showed that... Read More

The U.S. Center for Disease Control recently released a news release that reported 1 in 10 teens tried e-cigs in 2012, doubling the use reported in 2011.  These statistics, like all data, can be used to support either side of this debate, and to make headlines.  For example, the... Read More

September 7, 2013 / NBCNews.com / — Electronic cigarettes work about as well as nicotine patches in helping smokers kick the habit, researchers report. And e-cigarettes helped people smoke fewer cigarettes overall, even if they didn’t quit completely. The study is the first... Read More

A recent study out of Europe is one of the first to have enough longitudinal data to provide a baseline to the continuing discussion of e-cigarettes.  The conclusions of the authors are that e-cigarettes are an interesting alternative to smoking, and they believe their study can... Read More

Reaffirming what has been cited in earlier surveys and research, Gallup recently completely a survey that indicated most smokers in the U.S. would like to quit, with 85% saying they have tried to quit smoking. There were a few interesting items in their survey results: 1)     ... Read More