What would happen? Would things be any better if ecigs were regulated as a medicine/smoking cessession product rather than being regulated as a tobacco product?
Should Electronic Cigarettes be Regulated as a Medicine? Like the Nicotrol Inhaler or the Nicotine Patches and Gums?
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I would *not* want to have to go to my doc for an e-cig prescription. Especially since I know more about it than he does.
You'd most likely have to get a prescription; how much nicotine you could have and for how long would be decided by someone who very probably never smoked; you could only buy the devices certain companies sold; it's possible it could become a scheduled medication, making DIY illegal.
I'm sure others will chime in.
I'm sure others will chime in.
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Oh yeah, this would have gotten me off of tobacco...
"Looks very much like a cigarette"
I think it looks like a feminine hygiene product.
"Looks very much like a cigarette"
I think it looks like a feminine hygiene product.
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In my opinion they should be neither regulated as a medicine/smoking cessation product nor regulated as a tobacco product. They are in a total class of their own and as far as I am concerned there is no need for any governmental regulation.
Ditto x 10! At least no regulation outside of the things that vendors do already like labeling and no underage selling.
What would happen is, quite simply, this: The number of products would shrink to only a few, innovation would be crushed, the products would be vastly more expensive, and most if not all of the few remaining products would be manufactured by Big Tobacco and Big Pharma.
Should Electronic Cigarettes be Regulated as a Medicine? NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
What would happen? Would things be any better if ecigs were regulated as a medicine/smoking secession product rather than being regulated as a tobacco product?
Then pharmaceutical corporations would control things and you would see a rise in cost and need a prescription to get nic. And who knows what else.
What would happen? Would things be any better if ecigs were regulated as a medicine/smoking secession product rather than being regulated as a tobacco product?
Then pharmaceutical corporations would control things and you would see a rise in cost and need a prescription to get nic. And who knows what else.
you dont need a prescription to buy nicotine patches and gums. They sell them at most conveience stores.
well for one...
prices would go through the roof. it would be probably 50 years before the prices came back down to the equivalent of what they are in today's economy... and that would be generic brands. surely they'll be priced out of the hands of most anyone without prescription coverage.
and for another...
when was the last time you got something from BP companies or pharmacies that didn't contain copious, unnecessary amounts of binders, fillers and carriers?
and another...
imagine nic fitting while waiting for your appt. or in line at the clinic to get your prescription filled... then being treated like an addict and having your dosage limited because "you're abusing a dangerous and/or addictive drug"
and another...
the device...
ever try to justify to your doctor why you need another nebulizer for your 6 yr old kid to do his breathing treatments... because he knocked it off the counter and snapped the nipple that holds the air tube in place... you get reminded how expensive a mediocre air pump is and told "i'll see what i can do for you"
just spend the friggin' $2 it costs to injection mold a new top half of the body and i'll screw it in place... i'm not ......ed, ya know... now gimme' the damn machine so my son can breath again and get off my back, you ignorant, pretentious, high brow .........
Yes but if no prescription would be needed there would be no need to regulate e-cigs as medicinal products.
well for one...
prices would go through the roof. it would be probably 50 years before the prices came back down to the equivalent of what they are in today's economy... and that would be generic brands. surely they'll be priced out of the hands of most anyone without prescription coverage.
and for another...
when was the last time you got something from BP companies or pharmacies that didn't contain copious, unnecessary amounts of binders, fillers and carriers?
and another...
imagine nic fitting while waiting for your appt. or in line at the clinic to get your prescription filled... then being treated like an addict and having your dosage limited because "you're abusing a dangerous and/or addictive drug"
and another...
the device...
ever try to justify to your doctor why you need another nebulizer for your 6 yr old kid to do his breathing treatments... because he knocked it off the counter and snapped the nipple that holds the air tube in place... you get reminded how expensive a mediocre air pump is and told "i'll see what i can do for you"
just spend the friggin' $2 it costs to injection mold a new top half of the body and i'll screw it in place... i'm not ......ed, ya know... now gimme' the damn machine so my son can breath again and get off my back, you ignorant, pretentious, high brow .........
Geez, I hadn't thought of it in that way.
and with as many of us addicts as there are, that specialist might be the same clinic as those that dispense meds to alleviate addiction to "street medication".
worst case scenario, but not entirely out of the question.
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