While it is theoretically possible that an electronic cigarette company could some day get a full reduced risk claim approved, the regulatory burden is extreme. Not only would the company have to show that the product is safer than smoking, but the company would also have to demonstrate that the product will not deter smokers from quitting and will not introduce youth to the use of nicotine. The studies required would be substantial. For most companies, the costs would be prohibitive. It would take many years before any company could even have a reasonable chance of getting such an application approved and by then it will be too late for the market to continue to expand.

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For this reason, I believe there is a serious question as to the constitutionality of this provision of the deeming regulations. The government cannot interfere with commercial speech unless that interference is necessary to promote a legitimate government interest. The only way that the government could show that a ban on stating that electronic cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes advances a legitimate government interest would be to provide evidence that electronic cigarettes are not safer than real cigarettes. Since such evidence does not exist, the government would have a difficult time making the case. Therefore, I believe that if the deeming regulations are promulgated in their current form, this aspect of the regulations will be successfully challenged by the electronic cigarette industry.

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"This is the first study to examine the acute effects of electronic cigarette use on myocardial function. No adverse effects on LV [left ventricular] myocardial function were observed after using electronic cigarette with nicotine-containing liquid for 7 minutes. On the contrary, significant changes in diastolic function parameters were found after smoking 1 tobacco cigarette."

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