A hat tip to Lori Newman, whose article on electronic cigarettes is now online at LifeScript. In it, Newman discusses the benefits of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation device, aided by our own Dr. Gilbert Ross, as well as ACSH scientific advisor Dr. Michale Siegel, a tobacco researcher and professor of community healthsciences at Boston University s School of Public Health.
Newman explains how exactly an e-cigarette works, responds to detractors, and discussesthe logistics of the e-cig as a smoking cessation device.