Could a FDA stop on a well known smoking alternative create a potential for deadly results for U.S. smokers?

Originally reported on November 19, 2009 by Jeff Smith (OfficialWire) ST LOUIS, MO - There are now reports flying across message and forum boards that a decision is near on the fate of the electronic cigarette. Several of the post concerning the case states that the decision has been made and the paperwork is ready for the announcement of the decision by a top federal judge.
Electronic cigarettes continue to rise in popularity.

Online PR News – 16-November-2009 – Electronic cigarettes are very quickly gaining in popularity throughout the United States. These relatively new inventions are becoming a common item in the smoking community these last few months. The heavy spark of interest coming from the media concerning these products is most likely because of the surge in popularity. Although electronic cigarettes (or electric cigarettes or e-cigarettes) have been around for a few years, it has taken them a little longer to catch on in the United States.
What many electronic cigarette users have feared from day one may be in the works.

November 23, 2009 by Jeff Smith (OfficialWire) ST LOUIS, MO - Philip Morris, the biggest maker of tobacco cigarettes in the US, has been discovered to be in talks with Ruyan Group, which manufactured the original electronic cigarette several years back in 2005. A news article found on Quamnet.com states the seriousness of the matter:
“Ruyan Group said that an agreement between the Company and Philip Morris International Management S.A. could not be reached on matters relating to the co-operation between them on its “electronic cigarettes” by the end of the first and exclusive phase of negotiations.”
Self proclaimed public health organizations and federal agencies seem to have lost public trust over electronic cigarette fiasco.

November 23, 2009 by Jeff Smith (OfficialWire)ST LOUIS, MO - Talk’s of a black market are already underway on many social sites and forums across the internet as the decision comes closer on the fate of the electronic cigarette in a federal court. Other than several special interest groups that are funded by huge pharmaceutical companies putting pressure on the Food & Drug Association to act against them, the general public and health officials are singing praises over the electronic cigarette.
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