Connecticut AG Blumnethal wants to ban e-cigarettes..

August 18, 2009 - The Connecticut State Attorney General (AG) Richard Blumenthal called on consumers and retailers Tuesday to avoid electronic cigarettes, discounting claims that the devices are safer than real cigarettes.

The Electronic cigarettes are battery operated devices that look like traditional cigarettes e-cigarettes, as they are known, are powered by batteries and produce a mist containing nicotine and propylene glycol, an organic compound. Users inhale the mist, satisfying their craving for nicotine.

”I will vigorously fight to ban e-cigarettes, unless approved by FDA, and any attempt to retail the devices in Connecticut, as well as work with federal authorities to regulate Internet sales,” Blumenthal said at a press conference in Hartford.

He cited the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's finding last month that two brands of e-cigarettes, Smoking Everywhere and NJoy, contain known carcinogens. An antifreeze ingredient, diethylene glycol, was found in a Smoking Everywhere cartridge.

Reference: Blumenthal Pledges Fight For A Ban On E-Cigarettes by Brian Hallenbeck, theDay.com, 8/19/2009.