Potential Kentucky Ban - Help with an E-mail.

[RooksGambit]

Hey ECFers!

I live in Lexington, KY, where a local professor, Ellen Hahn who is part of a local SmokeFree group and wants to ban E-Cigs like Oregon has.

I am writing her an e-mail. I figure I have friends here, and I should capitalize on that.

What I Need: Links! Links to articles, videos, studies by medical or industry professionals that support our cause. My ultimate goal is to get her to come here and verify what I'm telling her.

Here is what I have for the email so far, and I need help with where to go next:

Hello Professor Hahn,

I am writing to you in regards to a news piece that I read in which you stated you had some serious concerns about the electronic cigarette, and intended to pursue the banning of the sale of the devices much as Oregon has. I am not a supplier, a manufacturer or distributor of these products. I'm just a guy that lives here in Lexington, I'm a server at a local restaurant, and I was a smoker for 14 years. I'm only 28. Until recently that scared me. I knew it was killing me. Then I found these products. I am not someone who easily has the wool pulled over their eyes. When I discovered these products, I researched them for several weeks. I saw the FDA report, but I am also not someone who takes one side of a story for truth, even if it is a trusted Government organization. There are always three sides to a story. What "he" said, what "she" said and what really happened.

After my research, I finally decided to purchase one of these devices. I initially bought it so that I could sneak a bit of nicotine at work without needing to go outside, and potentially missing the needs of a customer and losing a tip. To my surprise, I left an unopened pack of cigarettes on my coffee table for over a week, because I really just didn't need one. I haven't smoked tobacco in 25 days now. I breath better, my lungs do not rasp when I lay down to go to sleep. My sense of taste and smell are improving. I can smell my co-workers when they come in from smoking, and it's terrible. I tried to smoke an "analog" (the humorous term "vapers", or electronic cigarette users coined for traditional tobacco cigarettes), and it was absolutely disgusting.

From what I have found, the FDA report is disingenuous at best."

Now that I have the personal stuff out of the way, where do I go next?

Thank you, very much, for any and all help, folks!

-Rook

[yvilla]

Rook, soupervapor has put together a page with some very key links:

Alternative to Smoking?

The letter to the FDA by Dr. Nitzkin/the AAPHP linked to on the above page is wonderful, well actually all the links provided are great, so check them all out!

One thing not on that page is the article in the Washington Times by Dr. Elizabeth Whelen; that is here:

FDA smoke screen on e-cigarettes - Washington Times

Another thing not there is an interview of David Sweanor, a world renowned anti-smoking expert who is also solidly pro-ecigs:

E Cigarette Interview with David Sweanor

[RooksGambit]

Thank you very much yvilla!

Those are several of the documents I was actually looking for. I knew someone had to have collected this stuff somewhere.

-Rook

[Ellis]

Hey ECFers!

I live in Lexington, KY, where a local professor, Ellen Hahn who is part of a local SmokeFree group and wants to ban E-Cigs like Oregon has.

I am writing her an e-mail. I figure I have friends here, and I should capitalize on that.

What I Need: Links! Links to articles, videos, studies by medical or industry professionals that support our cause. My ultimate goal is to get her to come here and verify what I'm telling her.

Here is what I have for the email so far, and I need help with where to go next:


Hello Professor Hahn,

I am writing to you in regards to a news piece that I read in which you stated you had some serious concerns about the electronic cigarette, and intended to pursue the banning of the sale of the devices much as Oregon has. I am not a supplier, a manufacturer or distributor of these products. I'm just a guy that lives here in Lexington, I'm a server at a local restaurant, and I was a smoker for 14 years. I'm only 28. Until recently that scared me. I knew it was killing me. Then I found these products. I am not someone who easily has the wool pulled over their eyes. When I discovered these products, I researched them for several weeks. I saw the FDA report, but I am also not someone who takes one side of a story for truth, even if it is a trusted Government organization. There are always three sides to a story. What "he" said, what "she" said and what really happened.

After my research, I finally decided to purchase one of these devices. I initially bought it so that I could sneak a bit of nicotine at work without needing to go outside, and potentially missing the needs of a customer and losing a tip. To my surprise, I left an unopened pack of cigarettes on my coffee table for over a week, because I really just didn't need one. I haven't smoked tobacco in 25 days now. I breath better, my lungs do not rasp when I lay down to go to sleep. My sense of taste and smell are improving. I can smell my co-workers when they come in from smoking, and it's terrible. I tried to smoke an "analog" (the humorous term "vapers", or electronic cigarette users coined for traditional tobacco cigarettes), and it was absolutely disgusting.

From what I have found, the FDA report is disingenuous at best."

Now that I have the personal stuff out of the way, where do I go next?

Thank you, very much, for any and all help, folks!

-Rook

I am from Kentucky also and have not heard about this. Do you happen to have a link to anything she has written about wanting to ban e-cigs? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks for posting.

[sherid]

Hey ECFers!

I live in Lexington, KY, where a local professor, Ellen Hahn who is part of a local SmokeFree group and wants to ban E-Cigs like Oregon has.

I am writing her an e-mail. I figure I have friends here, and I should capitalize on that.

What I Need: Links! Links to articles, videos, studies by medical or industry professionals that support our cause. My ultimate goal is to get her to come here and verify what I'm telling her.

Here is what I have for the email so far, and I need help with where to go next:

Hello Professor Hahn,

I am writing to you in regards to a news piece that I read in which you stated you had some serious concerns about the electronic cigarette, and intended to pursue the banning of the sale of the devices much as Oregon has. I am not a supplier, a manufacturer or distributor of these products. I'm just a guy that lives here in Lexington, I'm a server at a local restaurant, and I was a smoker for 14 years. I'm only 28. Until recently that scared me. I knew it was killing me. Then I found these products. I am not someone who easily has the wool pulled over their eyes. When I discovered these products, I researched them for several weeks. I saw the FDA report, but I am also not someone who takes one side of a story for truth, even if it is a trusted Government organization. There are always three sides to a story. What "he" said, what "she" said and what really happened.

After my research, I finally decided to purchase one of these devices. I initially bought it so that I could sneak a bit of nicotine at work without needing to go outside, and potentially missing the needs of a customer and losing a tip. To my surprise, I left an unopened pack of cigarettes on my coffee table for over a week, because I really just didn't need one. I haven't smoked tobacco in 25 days now. I breath better, my lungs do not rasp when I lay down to go to sleep. My sense of taste and smell are improving. I can smell my co-workers when they come in from smoking, and it's terrible. I tried to smoke an "analog" (the humorous term "vapers", or electronic cigarette users coined for traditional tobacco cigarettes), and it was absolutely disgusting.

From what I have found, the FDA report is disingenuous at best."

Now that I have the personal stuff out of the way, where do I go next?

Thank you, very much, for any and all help, folks!

-Rook

Ellen Hahn is the female equivalent of John Banzhaf. You are wasting your time.
In spirit of Orwell?s ?1984,? administration proposes campuswide tobacco ban | The Kentucky Kernel
News Democrat Leader - Smoke clears for students not for nicotine nannies

Try this group. They speak out against smoking bans. I am sure they would be receptive to e cigs.
Reclaiming Liberty! :: Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions

[dragonpuff]

This is my all-time favorite site i refer people to who inquire about my quit-smoking method:
Tobaccoharmreduction.org

[yvilla]

This is my all-time favorite site i refer people to who inquire about my quit-smoking method:
Tobaccoharmreduction.org

Dragon, I would have definitley referred Rook there too, but it IS included in the links provided on souper's page that I linked to.

[PlanetScribbles]

WOW. Ban-hoff has a female equivilent? The anti-smoking lobby has infiltrated the whole of Amerika!

[Vex444]

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Comparison of Carcinogen Levels Shows that Electronic Cigarettes are Much Safer Than Conventional Ones

[ShakaCthulu]

Maybe some "anecdotal evidence" in the form of testimonials, like HaploVoss's experience with replacing cigs with vaping helping his epilepsy:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/for...tml#post552145

I don't see how anti-......... zealots can keep parroting their drug war line after seeing footage of an MS sufferer getting relief from it, but such is the way when someone is lacking in the conscience department. If you're dealing with the female equivalent of Pantzhaf here, such will be the case.