3,452 Parents and Grandparents urge President Obama to protect children from all tobacco products.

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"Today, the American Lung Association sent President Barack Obama a letter signed by 3,452 parents and grandparents from all 50 states, asking him to protect our nation’s children from all tobacco products. The letter asks the President to direct the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move forward with oversight over the manufacture, sales and marketing of all tobacco products including cigars, e-cigarettes and hookah."

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I agree to protect the children. A national ban on the sale of ecig products to minors is a good thing.

amazing how the FDA does not oversee the cosmetics and such our children use.
"Companies and individuals who manufacture or market cosmetics have a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of their products. Neither the law nor FDA regulations require specific tests to demonstrate the safety of individual products or ingredients. The law also does not require cosmetic companies to share their safety information with FDA."
FDA Authority Over Cosmetics

 

[WillyZee]

3452 ... wow

 

[Robert Cromwell]

yeah that was all they could round up?

heck a person could find more satanists than that nationwide.

 

[Lessifer]

I agree to protect the children. A national ban on the sale of ecig products to minors is a good thing.

What exactly are we protecting the children from? VG and PG are relatively benign, nicotine, according to several studies, is not addictive when not consumed with tobacco smoke. Also, what makes you think they'll stop anywhere near a minor sales ban?

 

[cinetrope]

Surprised that they didn't advocate for an invasion of Virginia.

 

[Mossy]

Thats fine............. protect them from tobacco products by all means................E cigarettes do not contain tobacco so leave them alone........... what a bunch of ....s

 

[Robert Cromwell]

What exactly are we protecting the children from? VG and PG are relatively benign, nicotine, according to several studies, is not addictive when not consumed with tobacco smoke. Also, what makes you think they'll stop anywhere near a minor sales ban?

Ohh i do not think they will stop with what is reasonable at all.

 

[Lessifer]

Ohh i do not think they will stop with what is reasonable at all.

I fail to see how a ban with no rational or scientific basis is reasonable, especially when that "reason" is used as the basis for nearly all other legislation.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Are there scientific reasons you need to be 21 to buy alcohol? Vaping esp with nicotine is not the best choice for children.

 

[Lessifer]

Are there scientific reasons you need to be 21 to buy alcohol? Vaping esp with nicotine is not the best choice for children.

Alcohol actually damages the brain and body, there are many diseases directly linked to the consumption of alcohol, in addition to it's impairment effects. What exactly are the harms associated with nicotine? Not the harms associated with smoking or tobacco use, nicotine. I don't think processed cheese product is the best choice for children, but I'm not advocating a nationwide minor sales ban.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Nicotine is a toxin. Cheese not so much.

 

[Maiar]

I agree with laws to prevent sales to minors. But I don't agree that e-cigarettes are tobacco products. This might be the price we pay for whoever had the ....ing genius idea to call them an electronic "cigarette". I bet some people just don't realize that they aren't actually a tobacco product.

 

[Lessifer]

Nicotine is a toxin. Cheese not so much.

So is potassium in high enough doses, but we're not carding people when they buy bananas. It would actually be very difficult for someone to consume a dangerous amount of nicotine from commercial e-liquid.

 

[AndriaD]

I think it's about damn time parents do their jobs and protect their own spawn, and stop expecting Big Nanny to do it for them.

Andria

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I think it's about damn time parents do their jobs and protect their own spawn, and stop expecting Big Nanny to do it for them.

Andria

Yes, but about as much chance of that as there is of the gummit staying out of our business.

 

[nicnik]

Nicotine is a toxin. Cheese not so much.

But doesn't cheese contain toxins? Like fruits and vegetables (other than pesticides)?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

1-13 mg per kilogram of weight is the median lethal dosage of nicotine. So a 15 ml bottle. With a nic strength of 24 mg/ml would be likely be fatal to someone weighing around 28 kg and that is at the 13 mg/kg or high end of the level. At .mid level of 6 mg/kg it is 60 kg.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Parents with children need to guard their ejuice like the toxin that it is. They see mommy and daddy using it and mommy telling daddy how good this ejuice is and will think it is good and try it themselves. We ALL need to protect OUR children, it IS a function of a society and our community. 5 ml of 18 mg/ml ejuice CAN be fatal to a 90 kg person.

 

[Lessifer]

1-13 mg per kilogram of weight is the median lethal dosage of nicotine. So a 15 ml bottle. With a nic strength of 24 mg/ml would be likely be fatal to someone weighing around 28 kg and that is at the 13 mg/kg or high end of the level. At .mid level of 6 mg/kg it is 60 kg.

Yes, if a child drank a 15ml bottle of 24mg/ml liquid and absorbed all of the nicotine, it would probably be fatal. Fortunately, in most cases the person would vomit almost immediately, so exposure would be minimized.

Parents with children need to guard their ejuice like the toxin that it is. They see mommy and daddy using it and mommy telling daddy how good this ejuice is and will think it is good and try it themselves. We ALL need to protect OUR children, it IS a function of a society and our community. 5 ml of 18 mg/ml ejuice CAN be fatal to a 90 kg person.

Yes, PARENTS should keep e-liquid out of the hands of THEIR small children, as they do/should with any other potentially hazardous things around the house like alcohol, detergents, paints, vitamins, medicines, knives, etc.

Most importantly, a minor sales ban would do nothing to prevent accidental exposure of small children. If you want to advocate for CRP and warning labels, go ahead, though most eliquid already has both.