The "Evil Empire," aka three famous non-profit disease organizations that receive the bulk of their finances from Big Pharma, plus one anti-nicotine organization that is supported largely by tobacco settlement money, has issued a manifesto to guide their staff and volunteers at the local level. You can read the document here:
http://vaperscoalition.org/FPGD.pdf
Translation: We are very concerned about the decrease in profits of the pharmaceutical companies that support us.
Translation: We don't give a darn what the courts have to say about it, we want what we want and we want it now. So in the meantime, we are putting our paid lobbyists to work at the local level to circumvent the courts.
Translation: We want a a comprehensive ban that doesn't allow any sales whatsoever to anyone, regardless of age. Do not, under any circumstances, settle for a ban that only prohibits sales to minors. We know the kids aren't buying them anyway, so that ban won't do us any good. The point is to prevent all the smokers (who are mostly adults) from being able to quit!
http://vaperscoalition.org/FPGD.pdf
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and the Campaign for tobacco Free Kids are very concerned about the increase in the marketing and sales of electronic cigarettes or "e-cigarettes."
Translation: We are very concerned about the decrease in profits of the pharmaceutical companies that support us.
Our organizations strongly support the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s assertion that the products should be regulated as drug-delivery devices and not as tobacco products. As litigation between FDA and two e-cigarette manufacturers works through the federal court process, the importation of e-cigarrettes is prohibited although sales continue online and at kiosks and stores. In the meantime, our organizations are issuing this joint policy guidance document to assist field staff and others.
Translation: We don't give a darn what the courts have to say about it, we want what we want and we want it now. So in the meantime, we are putting our paid lobbyists to work at the local level to circumvent the courts.
[Yeah, I know, we had to parse their last sentence 3 or 4 times, too. The wording is very awkward.]
- Our organizations support legislation that would prohibit all sales of e‐cigarettes until these products are approved by FDA. Bans on the sale of e‐cigarettes should prohibit all sales and avoid including e‐cigarettes in youth access laws while at the same time allowing sales to adults to continue.
Translation: We want a a comprehensive ban that doesn't allow any sales whatsoever to anyone, regardless of age. Do not, under any circumstances, settle for a ban that only prohibits sales to minors. We know the kids aren't buying them anyway, so that ban won't do us any good. The point is to prevent all the smokers (who are mostly adults) from being able to quit!
Translation: We know that e-cigarettes don't actually create any air quality problems, but we want them specifically included in indoor smoking bans -- provided that the wording of the legislation doesn't support the Federal court's decision that e-cigarettes should be considered tobacco products.
- Our organizations support including e-cigarettes in smoke-free laws but such legislation must not imply e-cigarettes are tobacco products. Our organizations recommend that new smoke-free laws, or ordinances and amendments to existing smoke-free laws, be specific in defining e-cigarettes as different from tobacco products.
- There is no scientific evidence that e[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]‐[/FONT][/FONT]cigarettes can help smokers quit.
Translation: The only way we make money if is those smokers continue to try (and fail) and try (and fail) to quit using the FDA-approved products sold by our benefactors.
- The U.S. Public Health Service has found that that the seven drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in combination with individual or group cessation counseling is the most effective way to help smokers quit.
Translation: On the other hand, all of the misleading (and even downright untrue) claims that we make and that the FDA makes are perfectly legal.
- The health claims being made by ecigarette companies are misleading and illegal under federal law.
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