In a recent interview with ECigaretteDirect.co.uk Carl Phillips, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, told us that the electronic cigarette was an order of magnitude safer than regular cigarettes and that an FDA study into the electronic cigarette was “pure propoganda”.
The electronic cigarette carried, he estimated, around one percent of the risk of regular cigarettes.
While he acknowledged that the electronic cigarette carried traces of carcinogens, he pointed out that banning the electronic cigarette based on the very low levels of carcinogens contained within would also mean “banning half the foods available.”
Given that, he argued, the FDA’s stance on the electronic cigarette was motivated by propoganda and not by science.
You can read the full interview here: Electronic Cigarette Interview with Carl Phillips.
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The FDA is just out to protect the Pharmaceutical Industry as well as Philip Morris!!!! Corruption is the name of the game.
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