This product is sold purely for recreational purposes - it is not a smoking cessation product and has not been tested as such
She says this current study highlights the urgent need for the FDA to be able to regulate all tobacco products, including little cigars
"Tobacco fight not over, Phillip Morris says", by Chris Zappone, The Age , 15 August 2012
Tobacco Control, 18 , 358-364
You end up with a lot of cheap components, like a lead-based alloy. He says its unclear why manufacturers are using these lower-quality parts, but says it could be that theres incentive to make cheaper products, and so theyre using materials that are cheaper in them, instead of something like stainless steel or a higher-quality metallic component. The researchers tested flavored and clear versions of three of the most popular products Esco Bar, Flum Pebble, and ELF Bar and found excessive emissions of toxic metallic elements in the aerosols from each of them