Sure, lets do it. ASH.ORG is encouraging people to go to the FDA website to enter their comments on the tobacco bill and forward a copy ro ASH.ORG. And I obliged Banzhaf.
" Document ID: FDA-2009-N-0294-0511
Your "ban" on flavored cigarettes is an abysmal failure and your attempt to ban an obvious safer alternative called the Electronic Cigarette, by releasing a sloppy, half done report on cartridges tested by the two distributors who just happen to be the ones distributed by the two suing you, simply to scare the public, is just downright wrong. Releasing a report that was not as a full, unbiased test, but a sloppy one already being condemned.. These tests are already being disputed by physicians and medical groups all over the country and the general public is not buying it.
First off, banning flavored cigarettes, the probable reason this flavored-cigarette ban was allowed by the tobacco comapnies as that is constitutes about 0.1% of the entire cigarette market. Kids are simply not smoking flavored cigarettes in general. Menthol was allowed because it has a huge market share.
It has been studied and proven that "kids" start smoking using non flavored cigarettes and the cigarettes of choice for todays youth is Marlboro, Camel, and Newports. And who makes these brands? You guessed it, Philip Morris, proud sponsors of this "Marlboro Monopoly Protection Act" bill, a bill that a Congress full of suckers voted on.
And now, Electronic Cigarettes are on the chopping block. Why not do this, test the electronic cigarette and compare the results to that of a real cigarette, and not some nicotine inhaler. I'm sure that your results will prove beyond all doubt that the electronic cigarette is far safer than a real one. But it really boils down to Big Pharma, who has you in their pockets, who stand to lose a lot of money because more and more smokers switch to the e-cigarette instead of the non effective patches and gums, or worst yet, Chantix that has been known to make people commit suicide.
This bill is a joke and your recent actions are a farce. These are my comments.
And tell Banzhaf to mind his business. He has no business sticking his attention whoring egotistical nose in it. ASH is a joke too."
And I forwared it to them. Let him read that.
TELL THE FDA What YOU Think Should Be Done About Cigarettes, E-Cigs, Etc. -- and Please Forward a Copy to ASH
You can go here and post your opinion
FDA Seeking Public Comment on Tobacco Regulation
And be SURE to forward a copy to ASH.
" Document ID: FDA-2009-N-0294-0511
Your "ban" on flavored cigarettes is an abysmal failure and your attempt to ban an obvious safer alternative called the Electronic Cigarette, by releasing a sloppy, half done report on cartridges tested by the two distributors who just happen to be the ones distributed by the two suing you, simply to scare the public, is just downright wrong. Releasing a report that was not as a full, unbiased test, but a sloppy one already being condemned.. These tests are already being disputed by physicians and medical groups all over the country and the general public is not buying it.
First off, banning flavored cigarettes, the probable reason this flavored-cigarette ban was allowed by the tobacco comapnies as that is constitutes about 0.1% of the entire cigarette market. Kids are simply not smoking flavored cigarettes in general. Menthol was allowed because it has a huge market share.
It has been studied and proven that "kids" start smoking using non flavored cigarettes and the cigarettes of choice for todays youth is Marlboro, Camel, and Newports. And who makes these brands? You guessed it, Philip Morris, proud sponsors of this "Marlboro Monopoly Protection Act" bill, a bill that a Congress full of suckers voted on.
And now, Electronic Cigarettes are on the chopping block. Why not do this, test the electronic cigarette and compare the results to that of a real cigarette, and not some nicotine inhaler. I'm sure that your results will prove beyond all doubt that the electronic cigarette is far safer than a real one. But it really boils down to Big Pharma, who has you in their pockets, who stand to lose a lot of money because more and more smokers switch to the e-cigarette instead of the non effective patches and gums, or worst yet, Chantix that has been known to make people commit suicide.
This bill is a joke and your recent actions are a farce. These are my comments.
And tell Banzhaf to mind his business. He has no business sticking his attention whoring egotistical nose in it. ASH is a joke too."
And I forwared it to them. Let him read that.
TELL THE FDA What YOU Think Should Be Done About Cigarettes, E-Cigs, Etc. -- and Please Forward a Copy to ASH
You can go here and post your opinion
FDA Seeking Public Comment on Tobacco Regulation
And be SURE to forward a copy to ASH.
