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  1. aubergine

    Positive Article In The Boston Globe

    The Baltimore Sun! (OK, not major. But it's a real city...) Really excellent, positive coverage. Also Baltimore City Paper, which is a typical little city paper, and a few others. Growing use of e-cigarettes draws attention of entrepreneurs, lawmakers - Baltimore Sun E-cigarette stores ignite...
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    MRSA threat....Daily Mail

    Since reading this I've not lathered up without noting that I'm popping bacteria. I think I can hear them. :) :) :)
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    BBC: E-cigarettes "help smokers quit"

    What I do is send emails to staff, including editorial staff and the journalist who wrote the article, anytime a negative article appears, objecting point by point, with solid sources, and suggesting that CASAA (I briefly explain what it is) is an excellent source for checking information and...
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    Trying to make it really easy for people to do something positive...

    Done. Or somewhat done. I think there are more B&M vendors in Md., still working on it.
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    Baltimore, MD - Indoor Use Ban & retail placement

    Props to Maryland's Vapor Alley for a nice contribution to CASAA and a pledge to action!
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    FDA Why Isn't Vaping the FDA Center for Tobacco Product's Biggest Ally?

    It does seem to me that dual use doesn't compete with cessation - it's a continuum of good. I'm getting a little lost in the fine points here. Could someone remind me what it is exactly that we're trying to establish here, and why?
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    FDA At what point should we hear from the FDA about a comment extension?

    I haven't got a good idea of what sort of numbers would be impressive here - 9,000 is what? Terrific? Pitiful? Somewhere in between?
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    Overheating E-Liquid May Produce Formaldehyde

    Maybe we should send him a Kayfun. Nothing like learning to rebuild a clever little atty to take an engineer's mind off politics. He might even be charmed.
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    FDA Why Isn't Vaping the FDA Center for Tobacco Product's Biggest Ally?

    That's the thing. Efforts to educate have been going on for years. Some of this can be chalked up to just dogged, prejudiced stupidity (endemic in Congress) but there's money at stake here, and at some point idiocy intersects with cunning.
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    FDA Why Isn't Vaping the FDA Center for Tobacco Product's Biggest Ally?

    Tom is right to point out that the FDA isn't fundamentally evil (especially simply by virtue of being a government agency). Like the police force, it was designed to, and often does, serve a crucial protective function; we'd in fact be fairly screwed without it. I don't see our issue as part of...
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    FDA Champions

    It'd be nice if some of these folks would do more than get their picture taken. http://www.pinterest.com/ecigreviewed/e-cigarettes-celebrities/ Come on guys, we know you're in here! Show yourselves! (Especially Johnny Depp. :nun:)
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    FDA Why Isn't Vaping the FDA Center for Tobacco Product's Biggest Ally?

    Well, I'm going to send them flowers (I think a dozen American Beauties would be apropos) and then go to their separate offices and vape all the frik OVER them. I think this campaign is finally getting some real legs. :D :D :D
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    FDA CASAA FDA Call to Action #2!

    I see that now - skimmed it in a rush! Absurd indeed! Didn't mean to be blowing you off at all.
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    NC Legislative committee to look at E-Cig exise tax *UPDATED 5/23/14*

    Oh dear, no, no! I was referring to a comment that I'd written there, which I decided was NOT sensible, so I deleted it. Yours was probably quite fine. But I see you've deleted it. Gosh. :( Apologies!
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    NC Legislative committee to look at E-Cig exise tax *UPDATED 5/23/14*

    No, that made no sense. Delete. /:
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    FDA CASAA FDA Call to Action #2!

    Bumpity bump, Call to Action! Janus, not sure what you're referring to but someone on one of the FDA Deeming Regs threads might be able to clarify.
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    Seeking feedback from CASAA as to whether or not they would object to this in any way...

    I've never purchased anything from Vapor Alley. You're my next go-to. Sidetracked a lot this week: commitment - send that stuff to the Md. vendors I've gathered tomorrow.
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    Let nothing be unregulated.....................

    Well, let's line these up on one side, and three bottles of e-juice on the other, and see which one the little kids thinks contains Starbursts. That stuff tasted like erasers dipped in weak Koolaid.
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    CDC TV Ad - A $2,500 Dirty Trick?

    Oh Bonnie... I love Bonnie. Sigh.
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    CA vote STILL GOING!! - action needed NOW by 5/23/14!

    Cheerleading from the East Coast...