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rolling tobacco” products were allegedly
sold to a person younger than age 18
“during [FDA’s] investigation,” and
were deemed adulterated under the
FD&C Act because Mac Baren Cherry
Choice and Mac Baren Vanilla Choice
purport to contain a natural or artificial
characterizing flavor. Details of the
investigation were not disclosed.
…A study by scientists at BAT and
MatTek Corporation investigated the
potential
effects of e-cig vapor on
airway tissue
compared with cigarette
smoke’s effects. The study, which used
a combination of the VITROCELL
smoking robot and a 3-D model of
human respiratory epithelial tissue in
a laboratory setting, found that e-cig
vapor from two different types of
commercially available e-cigs had no
cytotoxic impact on the airway tissue,
with results similar to those of control
cells exposed to only air even after six
hours of continuous exposure. Cigarette
smoke exposure for six hours reduced
cell viability to 12 percent or “near
complete cell death.”
…A study by researchers atThe Scripps
Research Institute in California found
that an enzyme called NicA2 found in
bacteria known as
Pseudomonas putida
,
originally isolated from soil in a tobacco
field, consumes nicotine as its exclusive
source of carbon and nitrogen.The study
suggests that NicA2 could be used as a
smoking-cessation drug candidate by
making it seek out and destroy nicotine
before it reaches the brain and depriving
the smoker of the “reward” of nicotine.
…Startup company
Nicotrax
founded
by Kyle Linton and Suraaj Doshi, recent
graduates of North Carolina State
University’s Engineering Entrepreneurs
Program, created a prototype of a “smart”
cigarette case designed to help smokers
quit by keeping track of the number of
times the smoker reaches for a cigarette,
capturing the locations where the user
tends to smoke, flashing photos of friends
and family, recommending cessation aids
at vulnerable moments, giving reminders
about quit goals, and making users better
understand their own habits.
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