Article: "Sales of E-cigs to Minors Targeted" (Idaho)

[JustJulie]

Linda Harder, health education specialist for the health district, said that while it will be good to have state laws and FDA regulations in place, waiting for them to be drafted and approved could be dangerous for Idaho children.

E-cigarettes can be a youngster's initiation to nicotine addiction, she said.

"Until they are regulated, the quality control is not there," Harder said.

Studies have shown that some e-cigarettes contain as much as three times the amount of nicotine advertised.

"And liquid nicotine is extremely dangerous," Harder said. There can be as much as 500 to 1,000 milligrams of nicotine in e-cigarette accessories, Harder said, with no warning labels.
"The lethal dosage for children, it's only 10 milligrams," she said.

And kids are using them.

"From our teen tobacco user classes, I can tell you, they talk all the time about using the electronic cigarettes," Harder said. "Parents are even purchasing them for their kids to use to quit cigarettes."

Jan Flynn, manager of health initiatives for the American Lung Association of Idaho, said e-cigarettes have not been shown to be safe, nor as effective as other methods of smoking cessation.

Sales of e-cigs to minors targeted - Coeur d'Alene Press: Local News

I'm all for banning sales to minors, but some of what passes for "fact" in this article is so ridiculous that it boggles the imagination.

 

[Vocalek]

"From our teen tobacco user classes, I can tell you, they talk all the time about using the electronic cigarettes," Harder said. "Parents are even purchasing them for their kids to use to quit cigarettes."

Gasp! 8-o

We can't have that. It's best to keep the little buggars lighting up the real thing!

 

[Vap0rJay]

Since its always "for the children" lets just make things simple.

Instead of baning the world for the "safety" of children, just ban the children. Problem solved. Lets face it, you don't want my second hand vapor -- well I don't want to hear or see your kids while I'm enjoying my dinner out. I don't want to hear them playing outside, I don't want to see them playing ball near my car... etc.

I wish we would stop placing the blame on everyone else, and place the blame where it belongs -- THE PARENT(s). Actually, if the child does already smoke and parents are giving their kids the e-cig, I say bravo. I believe it was another poster who commented that more lives would be saved if 5% of all smokers switched to a e-cig than if 100% of non-smokers picked up an e-cig.

My body, my business. I don't gave a damn who you are nor do I care about some fancy words on a piece of paper called a law. MY BODY. Period.



"Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us." From Valarie's Letter: V is for Vendetta

 

[Vap0rJay]

PS in RE: "E-cigarettes can be a youngster's initiation to nicotine addiction, she said."

CAN. Well hell, so CAN enough tomatoes. So CAN drinking the spit of someone who chews. So CAN my nicorette gum?!?!?

Anything CAN happen. Till it's proven though, its speculation. The world CAN still be flat... except it’s been proven that it’s not. You CAN choose to ignore the facts; it doesn't make the facts any less legit.

The more I read, the more ...... off I am.....

 

[Vocalek]

According to Dr. Joel Nitzken, if the hazards of smoking represent 100, switching from smoking to an e-cigarette would reduce the risks of a smoker to less than 0.01. On average, 20% of the adult population smokes, which gives us a disease risk score of 2000 for every 100 people in the population (20 * 100). This assumes a disease risk score of 0 for all non-smokers. If all 80 non-smokers took up use of an e-cigarette, the disease risk score would be increased by 0.008. If 5% of the 20 smokers (1 smoker) switched to an e-cigarette, the disease risk score for the smokers would be reduced to 1900 and the total disease-risk score for the non-smokers would increase to 0.009, for a total of 1900.009.

Even if we magnified the health risks of using an e-cigarette to 1%, the disease risk scores would come out to 2000 (for no change) versus 1981 for all non-smokers and 1 smoker to move to using an e-cigarette. If a full half of all smokers switched and all non-smokers took up e-cigarettes the disease risk score would go down to 1090 (2000-1000 plus 80 plus 10).

 

[James Wall]

um...1000 mg of nicotine in an accessory? What are they talking about. Heck, I'm sure I could purchase pure nicotine somewhere, would it count as an accessory?

 

[sqirl1]

Gasp! 8-o

We can't have that. It's best to keep the little buggars lighting up the real thing!

yeah my brothers 15 and he smokes, I'm thinking about getting him one because AT LEAST he wouldn't be actually smoking, not sure how my parents would feel about it considering they don't even know I use one or have ever used any kind of tobacco. (for the record, I'll be 21 in july)