It appears the FDA is whining after a judge (U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon) told them they did not have any authority to regulate electronic cigarettes. Anyone who has been following the drama knows that the FDA has been trying to get full control over electronic cigarettes but so far haven’t succeeded.
Importations have been blocked disrupting stock and customer services for a couple of larger e cig suppliers. The disruptions prompted swift actions as the companies retaliated, suing the FDA for their actions.
Now, I’m not a radical or against government regulation but I agree that in this particular case the FDA overstepped their boundaries. The truth is while preliminary test resulted in traces of carcinogen present in the liquid, the agency has only tested a couple of big manufacturers. This means that based on the products manufactured by these two companies, the other manufacturers product is also the same. NOT THE CASE! Each company has its own unique way of making the product. To prove this there is one such company I know of that send their products to research laboratories for analysis. The product analysis was posted online you can see it is relatively safe.
Now for legal purposes I can’t say they are 100% safe but you be the judge. Bottom line is if they FDA wants to take control and make a fair trial out of this, they have to analyze not just one or two companies but the gamma. I think it would be relatively simple for the FDA to gain samples of the major vendors and analyze them.
I don’t see this ending very smoothly since the FDA has already gone to court over this matter. Furthermore, I don’t think they’re willing to swallow their pride even if their future finding are safe. I mean if we want to talk about carcinogens and nicotine problems let’s take a brief look into why half a million people dying each year from a product that the FDA isn’t getting involved in. TOBACCO. I’m not a scientist nor a chemical analyst but from the information I’ve come across so far it seems clear that e cigs are safer than traditional cigarettes.
