December 12th, 2012
Hearld Online
Smokers Utopia claims that another new study is suggesting that the electronic cigarette may be the future of smoking alternatives
By Smokers Utopia WAVERLY, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — It is commonly stated that you can’t have your cake and eat it too, but the electronic cigarette may break the long held beliefs by the anti-smoking establishment and do away with pharmaceuticals that come in at a dismal 5% success rate or less.Over the last year new studies, trials and test including the new Polish report have suggested that the electronic cigarette may be superior to any known pharmaceutical remedy or alternative. This may be why major pharmaceutical companies are dumping hundreds of millions into these anti-smoking groups that attack the electronic cigarette amid the mounting scientific evidence supporting the use of the electronic cigarette.
December 9th, 2012
ZEE News.
Berlin: Electronic cigarettes, viewed as a healthy alternative to conventional smoking, may not be all that safe, says a latest study from Germany.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI, in Braunschweig, conducted a study to find out whether e-cigarettes polluted the surrounding air. The results of the study pointed to discharged solid particles remaining in the surrounding air for a considerable time.
Compared to conventional cigarettes, which constantly emit smoke as the tobacco burns, the electronic equivalent only releases volatile substances when it is turned on.
December 4th, 2012
Reuters
Dec 3 (Reuters) – California officials have tapped reserves for payments on two series of state tobaccobonds due to insufficient tobacco settlement revenue, according to notices filed with Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Monday.
The draws indicate how municipal bond issuers that sold debt backed by settlement revenue must contend with the effects of declining sales of tobacco products.
Moody’s Investors Service takes the decline so seriously that it said in July a majority of tobacco bonds sold by U.S. states, counties and cities will default if cigarette consumption keeps falling at a 3 percent to 4 percent annual pace.
November 28th, 2012
NASDAQ
–Lorillard says FDA has become more communicative as it evaluates new tobacco products
–Shift in FDA’s tone could lead the agency to approve Lorillard’s new tobacco products that have been in limbo
–Lorillard has blamed FDA inaction for stalling new product offerings this year that could have helped sales
By John Kell
Lorillard Inc. (LO) said its dialogue with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has improved recently, a shift in tone that could soon allow the maker of Newport cigarettes to bring new products to market.
