HealthDay News — The artificial sweetener neotame is ubiquitous in popular disposable e-cigarettes, according to a research letter published online June 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Hanno C. Erythropel, Ph.D., from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues analyzed current popular U.S.-marketed disposable e-cigarettes, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products, and nicotine-free products to assess the prevalence of neotame. Analysis included 73 devices and one reference mint candy product. The researchers found that neotame was detected in 57 of 73 tested e-cigarettes, with a mean neotame content approximately 4.6 times higher than in ... [Read more]