E-Cigarettes Contain Unregulated Synthetic Nicotine Products, Label Discrepancies: Researchers

Some e-cigarette companies are substituting nicotine with more potent, nicotine-mimicking chemicals that evade U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, recent research shows. Researchers at Duke and Yale University found that the amount of nicotine-mimicking chemicals, or nicotine analogs, in e-cigarette products may differ from what is on the label. Some product labels do not specify that they contain certain nicotine analogs, while some products contain fewer nicotine analogs than what is shown on the label. This mismatch leaves consumers unaware of what they’re inhaling, raising their health risks, according to a research letter published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association....