A Letter to my Senator w/response

[TokenVapor]

I am asking for your support to block the FDA from banning electronic cigarettes.

I have smoked over a pack a day for 25 years. I have tried to quit and always fail. With this device I stopped smoking seven days ago and have not lit up a cigarette since. If the FDA succeeds in banning this device it constitutes a death sentence for millions of Americans. As well as adding to the cost of health care.

Response:

Dear Mr. Seder:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I will certainly keep your views in mind should this issue come before the Senate.

Sincerely,
Carl Levin

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Bear in mind that on issues running counter to an officials stand. Usually result is a longer winded response. At least that was my experience with Mr. Levin on the last issue we didn't agree on.

Still waiting on an email from Representative, Bart Stupak.

 

[TheTout]

At least we are in Michigan, took until now to ban smoking, should take at least 20 more years for them to think about banning e-cigs. Besides Michigan passed the medical marijuana law and they some people use a personal vaporizers to get their marijuana.

Carl Levin is usually not very bright!

 

[TokenVapor]

At least we are in Michigan, took until now to ban smoking, should take at least 20 more years for them to think about banning e-cigs. Besides Michigan passed the medical marijuana law and they some people use a personal vaporizers to get their marijuana.

Carl Levin is usually not very bright!

Count ourselves lucky that the Michigan smoking ban did not include language to include e-cigs.

Have you asked Stabenow for her support to block a potential ban by the FDA?

 

[Storyspinr]

Tokenvapor, the Virginia smoking ban didn't mention e cigs, either, but that didn't stop the Va. Dept. of Health from twising the definitions of "smoke" and "cigarette of any kind" to include e cigs. I hope the Michigan ban was written better than the one we're enduring here.

 

[TokenVapor]

Tokenvapor, the Virginia smoking ban didn't mention e cigs, either, but that didn't stop the Va. Dept. of Health from twising the definitions of "smoke" and "cigarette of any kind" to include e cigs. I hope the Michigan ban was written better than the one we're enduring here.

Rearranged for ease of reading:
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(s) “Smoking paraphernalia” means any equipment, apparatus, or furnishing that is used in or necessary for the activity of smoking.

(r) “Smoking” or “smoke” means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter or substance that contains a tobacco product.

(t) “Tobacco product” means a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human consumption, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco, as those terms are defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.422, and cigars.
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We're good!! As long as I don't light the end of my PV on fire I'll be OK...
I would suggest that people contact their representatives and urge support for the electronic cigarette BEFORE someone else convinces them otherwise.