New York Moves Towards Total E-Cigarette Ban | Tobacco Facts.
Mine:
"Elaine,
The FDA has never released the quantitative results from their study. They simply say certain things were found in the liquids. Their refusal to release the data, or the specifics of the study are suspect at the least. Those of us who use these products have seen other studies that do list the components of the liquid, as well as any carcinogens. What has been found before is that any carcinogens detected are in trace amounts hundreds if not thousands of times weaker than a traditional cigarette, if present at all. What is not present, even in trace amounts, are the hundreds of other harmful substances that result from the combustion of an organic substance such as tobacco, and the paper it is wrapped in. It is a travesty for these devices to be outlawed because they "might" be harmful. We KNOW cigarettes are harmful, yet they are legal. Do the science, and then make the decision. For those of us that have completely given up tobacco products of any kind in favor of using this device it is pure insanity to outlaw them. The question as to whether it is a smoking cessation device is academic. It can be if you want it to be, or it can be a substitute, or you can do both (somewhat rare from what I can tell). That is up to the individual user. It's called freedom of choice, an increasingly alien concept in this society it seems.
As far as marketing to minors, I know of no place that sells or encourages minors to use electronic cigarettes. In fact, they discourage ANYONE who isn't presently using tobacco from using them."
Mine:
"Elaine,
The FDA has never released the quantitative results from their study. They simply say certain things were found in the liquids. Their refusal to release the data, or the specifics of the study are suspect at the least. Those of us who use these products have seen other studies that do list the components of the liquid, as well as any carcinogens. What has been found before is that any carcinogens detected are in trace amounts hundreds if not thousands of times weaker than a traditional cigarette, if present at all. What is not present, even in trace amounts, are the hundreds of other harmful substances that result from the combustion of an organic substance such as tobacco, and the paper it is wrapped in. It is a travesty for these devices to be outlawed because they "might" be harmful. We KNOW cigarettes are harmful, yet they are legal. Do the science, and then make the decision. For those of us that have completely given up tobacco products of any kind in favor of using this device it is pure insanity to outlaw them. The question as to whether it is a smoking cessation device is academic. It can be if you want it to be, or it can be a substitute, or you can do both (somewhat rare from what I can tell). That is up to the individual user. It's called freedom of choice, an increasingly alien concept in this society it seems.
As far as marketing to minors, I know of no place that sells or encourages minors to use electronic cigarettes. In fact, they discourage ANYONE who isn't presently using tobacco from using them."
