Dear Air Force Members:
I've been contacted via PM and asked to prepare some text that members of the Air Force can copy and paste into an email to send directly to Surgeon General Green. We could send him hundreds of identical emails, but I believe it will be more effective if each of you gives him the facts as they relate to you personally. Something like following:
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I decided to try an electronic cigarette because <fill in your reason.> I used to smoke <fill in the quantity you were smoking before> and have been a smoker for <#> years.
I began using an electronic cigarette on <fill in date>. As a result <Here, describe the effect using an e-cigarette has had on your smoking behavior--e.g. "I now smoke only X cigarettes per day", or "I stopped smoking altogether on DD/MM/YYYY.">
<Next, describe the effect on your health. Improvement in lung function? Better stamina? If there is something measurable (e.g., "It used to take me X minutes to run a mile and now I do it in Y minutes.") put it in here!>
Sir, I can't understand how something that improves the health of the user could possibly present a danger to the health of bystanders.
I believe that it is unwise to send former smokers like me to the designated smoking area. Not only does it possibly endanger our health, but also it will discourage people who still smoke from making the switch to a product that appears to be much, much safer.
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If you can rearrange the words in the last two paragraphs a little, or paraphrase them, so much the better. But that's the general idea. Tell your story. KISS.
I hope that helps.
