Carsten Prasse

assistant professor of environmental and engineering health at Johns Hopkins University

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For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration this month authorized the sale and marketing of an electronic cigarette. The e-cigarette is from a company called Vuse.

FDA approves e-cig days after Johns Hopkins finds thousands of chemicals in vaping liquid

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