2:45 today - FDA & CDC on e-cigs - C-SPAN Live Stream!

[GaryInTexas]

I think all Harkin got out of this was a bad case of diaper rash.

 

[DoMortas]

By his logic Big League Chew bubble gum is a gateway..

 

[beebopnjazz]

I didn't watch but was keeping up with the FB Casaa page - apparently Zeller let it be known that the flavorings in their priceless premium cigars will come into play at some point as well. Harkin camed off as an idiot - Burr was the champion of the day.

 

[DoMortas]

And for the record, if Burr runs for president he has my vote!

 

[Rodeorat]

I love that Zeller's primary point was, the results of their "many" (expensive) studies are really not important. What's important is that the FDA be given legislative oversight first. They just want the right to take control of the ecig industry.

Also, interesting that unless the FDA can get Congress to classify e-cigs as a tobacco product, they're powerless.

 

[GaryInTexas]

Harkin on Facebook is getting some knowledge put on him whether he wants it or not.

https://www.facebook.com/tomharkin

 

[tj99959]

Let him know what you think.

Home Page

Done .....

 

[Rodeorat]

Done .....

Ditto! Thanks for the link

 

[FACE MEAT]

A video of the proceedings: FDA Regulation ECigarettes | Video | C-SPAN.org

ETA: I just noticed that the video link has already been posted. Doyeeee

 

[klynnn]

And people wonder why this country is in trouble. All you have to do is watch them showing their ignorance in these hearings making the rules for the little people.

 

[TheJakeBailey]

Harkin on Facebook is getting some knowledge put on him whether he wants it or not.

https://www.facebook.com/tomharkin

Thank you for posting this. I posted a respectful comment, and suggest as many of you as possible do as well!

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Harkin on Facebook is getting some knowledge put on him whether he wants it or not.

https://www.facebook.com/tomharkin

I just gave him my opinion.

 

[yzer]

I just finished watching the C-span coverage. It took Sen. Harkin (committee chairman) the entire 90 minutes to figure out that e-cigarettes were being regulated as tobacco products and not as medicine. What a dumba$$.

 

[ruet]

Here are my overall thoughts on the hearing. ...and I think it's good news. Senator Harkin seemed to want the witnesses to make proclamations that they were not ready or willing to make. He wanted them to lay into e-cigs and became upset to the point of mumbling and interrupting when they didn't. At the end they brought everything back to a heavy emphasis on combusted tobacco. I think (see hope) the data is starting to come in and it's not turning out the way they pictured in their preconceived notions.

 

[Ms.P]

Zeller continues to say how cigarettes now are MORE dangerous than they were 30-40 years ago..
Now seems like a pretty good time for a safer alternative to that. I wish there was something that could do that for us... /sarcasm

Thank you! I was afraid I was going to have to watch it all over again; couldn't remember who said that. "(Was it Zeller) who said despite regulation, cigarettes are actually more dangerous now than 30+ years ago? That's just great - way to go, great job you're doing protecting us. Good grief. Keep your protective regs off my e-cig, please." (my FB post - also made my first tweet to Senator Harkin. I'm neither Democrat nor Republican - I hate politics. On this issue, I'm apparently Republican. Gawd, I hate this.

"Hello, my name is Ms.P and I like strawberry, pear, and mint flavored e-cigarettes."

 

[zoiDman]

OK, done.........now I have a head rush from all that chain vaping..........maybe that will cause me to take up cigs again? Thought???? lol

I want to Thank You stylemaster2001 for doing the Play by Play on this. Felt like I was Sitting at the Game and Not in the Chair at my Desk.

 

[yzer]

Thank you! I was afraid I was going to have to watch it all over again; couldn't remember who said that. "(Was it Zeller) who said despite regulation, cigarettes are actually more dangerous now than 30+ years ago? That's just great - way to go, great job you're doing protecting us. Good grief. Keep your protective regs off my e-cig, please." (my FB post - also made my first tweet to Senator Harkin. I'm neither Democrat nor Republican - I hate politics. On this issue, I'm apparently Republican. Gawd, I hate this.

"Hello, my name is Ms.P and I like strawberry, pear, and mint flavored e-cigarettes."

It was Dr. MacAfee from CDC who made that statement about cigarettes being more deadly than 30 years ago. He said the vent holes added to filters may have had something to do with it by making it easier for smoke to travel further into the lungs. If I recall filter venting was added to cigarettes to make reduced tar cigarettes more palatable.

 

[zoiDman]

FDA Regulation ECigarettes | Video | C-SPAN.org

Outstanding.

I was keeping my fingers crossed that there would be a link to a Rebroadcast.

 

[Ms.P]

It was Dr. MacAfee from CDC who made that statement about cigarettes being more deadly than 30 years ago. He said the vent holes added to filters may have had something to do with it by making it easier for smoke to travel further into the lungs. If I recall filter venting was added to cigarettes to make reduced tar cigarettes more palatable.

Rats. I guess I'm going to have to re-watch... I could only half-watch while at work, but I was listening.

 

[zoiDman]

My God!

I'm 5 Minutes in and I Can't Tell if Harkin is Completely Uninformed. Or just Bold Face Lying.

Or BOTH.