Ash has responded quickly to: An Open Letter to the Editor of The Peninsula, Qatar, Author: Jean Rasbridge Managing Director E Cigarette Direct post you can read here: OfficialWire: False Media Report On Electronic Cigarettes Will Cost Lives
ASH's response is declared war:
ASH RESPONDS TO E-CIGARETTE LETTER
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Excerpts:
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has sent a communication, which responds to a letter written by an e-cigarette company, which alleged that a news article pointing out some of the dangers of e-cigarettes reported by the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] "could lead to the deaths of smokers and electronic cigarette users."
ASH provided information about potential dangers of e-cigarettes which were not included in the FDA's report, including the fact that some e-cigarettes are now being sold to admininter ...... as well as nicotine, and a new report concluding that e-cigarettes "are potentially lethal to children." ASH's communication is set forth below.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a non-profit tax-exempt scientific organization, America's first antismoking organization, and one with extensive involvement for more than twenty years with nicotine, nicotine devices, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA], writes to provide you and your readers with additional information about electronic cigarettes to supplement your article entitled "Saudi Arabia to Curb E-Cigarettes" [Web posted at: 8/4/2009 2:28:44].
More specifically, we are aware of a so-called "open letter" written to you by the managing director of an e-cigarette company which, especially because it is written by an entity with an obvious financial interest in the topic, and someone who apparently has no scientific or medical training, may not reveal all relevant information.
...Other excerpts:
In summary, in evaluating e-cigarettes, we respectfully suggest that both your publication and your readers not rely upon the largely unsubstantiated representations of sellers (who have an obvious bias and usually no medical training or credibility), some allegedly supported by studies which have not been published in reputable medical journals and which may have been financed by the industry itself (thereby creating a clear conflict of interest).
Instead, we would urge your publication and your readers to rely upon the impartial governmental body charged by U.S. law with evaluating such products [FDA], major U.S. national health organizations which are impartial and have the necessary scientific authority and credibility to address these issues, and decisions by impartial and unbiased entities such as the Attorney General of Oregon, Facebook, etc.
In this regard you should find the links [URLs] set forth in this communication, as well as the many URLs contained in the linked documents, helpful. We urge you and your readers to consult them for the truth. The simple truth is that no reputable scientific study, much less one published in a major scientific or medical journal, has ever shown that e-cigarettes are any less dangerous than conventional tobacco cigarettes.
****Much more can be found at the link but at this pont in time there is an official PR war between ASH and e-cigarettedirect.
MORE ASH NEWS...declaration of effective paypal interference with a e-cig PR release offered as proof of THEIR efforts. Jeez, these guys are masters at manipulation!
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=15057&catid=105
E Cigarette Users Send Resounding Backlash For Paypal Stunt By Ash
PayPal, ASH and the FDA may have awakened a sleeping giant in the American population with corruption and political favors
Published on August 12, 2009
by Tiffany Ellis
(Ash is acting quickly and their web crawlers are very efficient.)
ASH's response is declared war:
ASH RESPONDS TO E-CIGARETTE LETTER
saudiecig
Excerpts:
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has sent a communication, which responds to a letter written by an e-cigarette company, which alleged that a news article pointing out some of the dangers of e-cigarettes reported by the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] "could lead to the deaths of smokers and electronic cigarette users."
ASH provided information about potential dangers of e-cigarettes which were not included in the FDA's report, including the fact that some e-cigarettes are now being sold to admininter ...... as well as nicotine, and a new report concluding that e-cigarettes "are potentially lethal to children." ASH's communication is set forth below.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a non-profit tax-exempt scientific organization, America's first antismoking organization, and one with extensive involvement for more than twenty years with nicotine, nicotine devices, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA], writes to provide you and your readers with additional information about electronic cigarettes to supplement your article entitled "Saudi Arabia to Curb E-Cigarettes" [Web posted at: 8/4/2009 2:28:44].
More specifically, we are aware of a so-called "open letter" written to you by the managing director of an e-cigarette company which, especially because it is written by an entity with an obvious financial interest in the topic, and someone who apparently has no scientific or medical training, may not reveal all relevant information.
...Other excerpts:
In summary, in evaluating e-cigarettes, we respectfully suggest that both your publication and your readers not rely upon the largely unsubstantiated representations of sellers (who have an obvious bias and usually no medical training or credibility), some allegedly supported by studies which have not been published in reputable medical journals and which may have been financed by the industry itself (thereby creating a clear conflict of interest).
Instead, we would urge your publication and your readers to rely upon the impartial governmental body charged by U.S. law with evaluating such products [FDA], major U.S. national health organizations which are impartial and have the necessary scientific authority and credibility to address these issues, and decisions by impartial and unbiased entities such as the Attorney General of Oregon, Facebook, etc.
In this regard you should find the links [URLs] set forth in this communication, as well as the many URLs contained in the linked documents, helpful. We urge you and your readers to consult them for the truth. The simple truth is that no reputable scientific study, much less one published in a major scientific or medical journal, has ever shown that e-cigarettes are any less dangerous than conventional tobacco cigarettes.
****Much more can be found at the link but at this pont in time there is an official PR war between ASH and e-cigarettedirect.
MORE ASH NEWS...declaration of effective paypal interference with a e-cig PR release offered as proof of THEIR efforts. Jeez, these guys are masters at manipulation!
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=15057&catid=105
E Cigarette Users Send Resounding Backlash For Paypal Stunt By Ash
PayPal, ASH and the FDA may have awakened a sleeping giant in the American population with corruption and political favors
Published on August 12, 2009
by Tiffany Ellis
(Ash is acting quickly and their web crawlers are very efficient.)
