Perhaps there is another reason the FDA decided publicly announced its investigation into e-cigarettes’ seizure risk beyond the 35 reports it received since 2010. But, more likely the agency was hoping that its press release would lead to alarming headlines and widespread belief that e-cigarettes cause seizures. The more people unjustifiably terrified of e-cigarettes the more support it has for its ongoing efforts to ban e-cigarettes. And the FDA needs to use fear because the facts don’t support what the agency wants to do, which is to build a wall between smokers and the products that could save their lives.
