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  1. NorthOfAtlanta

    Proposition: Handling Safety Concerns (without additional safety-based bans)

    Simply put, lowest common denominator, we must protect the careless/stupid. :2c::vapor:
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    Pseudoscience in electronic cigarette policy

    Bookmarked, nice one to email to doubters.
  3. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA Regulation, Big Tobacco, and Pending Bond Defaults

    As usual, they counted their eggs before they hatched. Nobody thought that a pharmacist in China would invent a product that would have smokers stopping to the point that it was percentage points a year instead of decades. now their scrambling for a way to pay back what they borrowed on our...
  4. NorthOfAtlanta

    White House Weakens Proposed FDA E-Cigarette Regulations

    Her's your answer, politics: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/576953-white-house-weakens-proposed-fda-e-cigarette-regulations-2.html#post13518527
  5. NorthOfAtlanta

    phillip morris buys Nocigs in the UK

    Wonder why this is happening? Quote from the story. :p:vapor:
  6. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA White House position now NEWS, and it's good

    Old news, this is a press release about what OMB did in April, already being discussed here. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/fda-regulations/577015-white-house-waters-down-fda-proposals-e-cigs.html
  7. NorthOfAtlanta

    Report about BMA's (British Medical Association) plan to lobby for public vaping ban

    I noticed she is a GP, in other words someone who generally gets to know their patients well and a vaper herself. It's not so slowly spreading and if she was willing to say this at BMA's conference you have to wonder how many feel this way and are not speaking out. :2c::vapor:
  8. NorthOfAtlanta

    CALIFORNIA - SB 648 would define ecigs as cigarettes!

    Nice to see the ANTZ showing their true colors, I just hope they have done some serious damage to their reputation with the legislature by doing so. :D:vapor:
  9. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA FDA Extends Comment Period to Aug 8 - no reason cited in article

    A possible 45 million customer market, wonder if anyone will try and fill that void? :D:vapor:
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    FDA FDA Extends Comment Period to Aug 8 - no reason cited in article

    This and it keeps the deeming regulations out of what is a contentious election cycle. They don't want it to become a political football as in general the R's are against more regulation that would affect job creation. They may be making a mistake as the regulation as written could cost 50,000...
  11. NorthOfAtlanta

    Sabot DDD for the Billet Box

    Just posting to mark this thread, still recovering from road trip and will clean sabots and my tanks tonight and give them a try. :D:vapor:
  12. NorthOfAtlanta

    *UPDATED* Rhode Island Gov's proposed budget would tax e-cigs at 80%, ANTZ bill would severely restrict online sales

    It sounds like it was written by someone who doesn't have a clue about the e-cigarette business. (Or they do and knew exactly what they were doing.) :facepalm::D
  13. NorthOfAtlanta

    New York State issues 3 Bills to: Impose 75% or 95% tax on Ecigs, Ban E-Liquid, Ban Ecig Use!

    Here is an excellent site that allows you to follow bills in any state. LegiScan | Bringing People to the Process Sign up for one vote, the free part, and you can follow a bill in your home state as it works its way through the legislature. Search for "electronic cigarette" and you'll get a...
  14. NorthOfAtlanta

    129 Scientists ask UN health group for strict rules on e-cigarettes

    Then die younger and save them from having to use some of the exorbitant taxes they have collected for your long term care. We pay much more and receive less. eta: I mean look at my signature, at $1.11 a pack federal tax that's ~ $4260 that uncle sugar has not collected from me...
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    129 Scientists ask UN health group for strict rules on e-cigarettes

    Anyone else catch this, we are now being thrown in with other mean, evil, nasty people. I wish they would start giving glANTZ his proper title, mechanical engineer, in stories like this. :facepalm::vapor:
  16. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA Small Business Administration submits comment on FDA proposed rule

    Just another thought, this letter could be exhibit A going for a court ordered hold on implementing the deeming regulation if the FDA decides to ram it through anyway as it would affect thousands of small business'.
  17. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA Small Business Administration submits comment on FDA proposed rule

    Nice, from my first read through it sounds like there are some adults asking the right questions. The FDA would have to rewrite the whole thing with some real alternatives and real cost estimates.
  18. NorthOfAtlanta

    FDA just got a White house response to a petition i signed here is the message!

    Lets not forget BG, out of $80 billion in sales PMI passed $48.8 billion in taxes collected on to governments world wide. Out of every pack of 20 cigarettes they sell 12 of them are sold for BG. :facepalm::vapor:
  19. NorthOfAtlanta

    Senate Dems Boxer, Durbin, Blumenthal, Harkin, Brown, Markey, Reed urge US DOT to ban “smoking” of e-cigs on planes

    We need to point out that Pg is germicidal and therefore a plane with vapors on board is safer. :D:vapor:
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    Still floating around like a turd that wont flush!!!

    Another sign that they are becoming mainstream. :D:vapor: