February 2010 Dr Laugesen
will attend the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Research
on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Early 2010 E-cigarette trial (pharmacokinetics and
craving) to be published by Clinical Trials Research Unit University of
Auckland. In Tobacco Control first on line.
October 2009: Dr Laugesen slide presentation on the electronic
cigarette (personal nicotine vaporizer). Oceania Tobacco Control Conference.
Darwin. ElectronicCigsDarwinOct09.pdf
13 Aug. 09. Electronic buzz:
E-cigarettes
stir excitement, concern. 2000
sold in one day from one store, US$60 ea. “The best stop-smoking
tool I have seen” – says doctor treating patients with
emphysema. - WFAE 90.7FM Charlotte NC USA http://wfae.org/wfae/19_100_0.cfm?id=5343&action=display
July 2009: Over 7000
visitors to this site, mainly to read or download
Health NZ research on e-cigarettes, and mainly from USA, but many from NZ
and a wide spread of other
countries.
3o July 2009. FDA report – actually shows
e-cigarettes much safer than conventional ones ecigarette.htm
26 June
2009. RYO cigarettes dangerous money-savers - Health NZ research coynews.htm
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