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Stan Glantz forwarded the following e-mail from Karen Blumenfeld, who wants folks to urgeg the Olympic Cmte to ban e-cig use by falsely claiming that e-cigarette use is the same as smoking. Since no contact info for the Olympic Cmte was provided in Blumenfeld's e-mail, its doubtful that many recipients of her e-mail (or of Stan's forwarded e-mail) will actually contact the Olympic Cmte.
----- Original Message -----
From: Glantz, Stanton A
To: STANGLANTZ-L@LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 6:48 PM
Subject: FW: Stop free e-cigarette giveaway at the Olympics
Global Advisors on Smokefree Policy just learned that electronic cigarette retailers in the UK are giving away free e-cigarettes to smokers, to use indoors during the Olympics, at the Olympic Village as well as outside of the village in restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. See Truvape and Hangsen offer free electronic cigarettes for the Olympic Game - Press Release - Digital Journal
REQUEST: Can your organization contact the Olympics Committee to ask them to enact a policy that smoking, including of no electronic smoking devices, can be used inside the Olympic facilities? It is our understanding that the UKs no smoking law does not include a ban on the use of electronic smoking devices. We are deeply concerned about the use of electronic cigarettes in the Olympic Village for the following reasons:
1. It will be an enforcement nightmare for the Olympic organization and UK police, since it will be difficult for the public and enforcing agencies to tell what people are smoking is it a cigarette or an electronic cigarette?
2. Nonusers will be in close proximity to e-cigarette smoking, thereby exposing them to unknown chemicals from the exhaled e-cigarette vapor that becomes invisible to the eye, yet still present in the air. The unknown health concerns with breathing in secondhand hand e-cigarette vapors is yet to be determined, and propylene glycol is produced from an e-cigarette exhale which is known to cause asthmatic attacks in asthmatics and people with compromised pulmonary conditions. Clearly, the Olympic Committee would not want to release toxins into the air by patrons, which would injure other patrons. Here is a link to our white paper on the public health concerns with e-cigarettes, including findings by the United States Food and Drug Administration: http://www.njgasp.org/E-Cigs_White_Paper.pdf
3. The Olympics prides itself on symbolizing athletic competition, free from drug use and addiction. Allowing the use of non-FDA approved (or the equivalent of the FDA in the UK) nicotine delivery devices at the Olympics Village gives mixed messages to the youth attending and participating at the event.
Here is sample language to amend the Olympics Committees policy on smoking at the Olympic Village, to include electronic smoking devices. The definition is from the State of New Jersey (USA)s smokefree air law NJSA 26:3D-57:
"Smoking" means the burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or the possession of a lighted cigar,
cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be smoked, or
the inhaling or exhaling of smoke or vapor from an electronic smoking device.
Thank you for helping to facilitate this public health initiative at the Olympics, and please let me know if you can be of assistance. You can reach me on my cell at 908-377-3900 or at karen.blumenfeld@verizon.net
Karen Blumenfeld, Esq.
Executive Director
New Jersey GASP
7 Cedar Street, Suite A
Summit, NJ 07901
Cell: 908-377-3900
Direct email: Karen Blumenfeld@verizon.net
ph: 908-273-9368
fax: 908-273-9222
email: info@njgasp.org
www.njgasp.org
Please donate to New Jersey GASP. GASP is funded by public and private grants and membership donations. If you are a New Jersey GASP member, we truly need mid-dues donations. If you are not a member, please consider joining New Jersey GASP to support our goals of smokefree air for nonsmokers and tobacco-free lives for children. Our tax deductible membership donation is only $25.00 per year, and it's easy to donate. Go to Support GASP or mail your donation to NJ GASP, 7 Cedar Street, Suite A, Summit, NJ 07901. Thank you.
This information is created by the Tobacco Control Policy and Legal Resource Center of New Jersey GASP, which provides expert information, guidance, and technical assistance about policy, legislation, and litigation, especially regarding smokefree air. The information presented is not intended as, nor to be construed, or used, as legal advice, and should not be used to replace the advice of your legal counsel.
----- Original Message -----
From: Glantz, Stanton A
To: STANGLANTZ-L@LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 6:48 PM
Subject: FW: Stop free e-cigarette giveaway at the Olympics
Global Advisors on Smokefree Policy just learned that electronic cigarette retailers in the UK are giving away free e-cigarettes to smokers, to use indoors during the Olympics, at the Olympic Village as well as outside of the village in restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. See Truvape and Hangsen offer free electronic cigarettes for the Olympic Game - Press Release - Digital Journal
REQUEST: Can your organization contact the Olympics Committee to ask them to enact a policy that smoking, including of no electronic smoking devices, can be used inside the Olympic facilities? It is our understanding that the UKs no smoking law does not include a ban on the use of electronic smoking devices. We are deeply concerned about the use of electronic cigarettes in the Olympic Village for the following reasons:
1. It will be an enforcement nightmare for the Olympic organization and UK police, since it will be difficult for the public and enforcing agencies to tell what people are smoking is it a cigarette or an electronic cigarette?
2. Nonusers will be in close proximity to e-cigarette smoking, thereby exposing them to unknown chemicals from the exhaled e-cigarette vapor that becomes invisible to the eye, yet still present in the air. The unknown health concerns with breathing in secondhand hand e-cigarette vapors is yet to be determined, and propylene glycol is produced from an e-cigarette exhale which is known to cause asthmatic attacks in asthmatics and people with compromised pulmonary conditions. Clearly, the Olympic Committee would not want to release toxins into the air by patrons, which would injure other patrons. Here is a link to our white paper on the public health concerns with e-cigarettes, including findings by the United States Food and Drug Administration: http://www.njgasp.org/E-Cigs_White_Paper.pdf
3. The Olympics prides itself on symbolizing athletic competition, free from drug use and addiction. Allowing the use of non-FDA approved (or the equivalent of the FDA in the UK) nicotine delivery devices at the Olympics Village gives mixed messages to the youth attending and participating at the event.
Here is sample language to amend the Olympics Committees policy on smoking at the Olympic Village, to include electronic smoking devices. The definition is from the State of New Jersey (USA)s smokefree air law NJSA 26:3D-57:
"Smoking" means the burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or the possession of a lighted cigar,
cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be smoked, or
the inhaling or exhaling of smoke or vapor from an electronic smoking device.
Thank you for helping to facilitate this public health initiative at the Olympics, and please let me know if you can be of assistance. You can reach me on my cell at 908-377-3900 or at karen.blumenfeld@verizon.net
Karen Blumenfeld, Esq.
Executive Director
New Jersey GASP
7 Cedar Street, Suite A
Summit, NJ 07901
Cell: 908-377-3900
Direct email: Karen Blumenfeld@verizon.net
ph: 908-273-9368
fax: 908-273-9222
email: info@njgasp.org
www.njgasp.org
Please donate to New Jersey GASP. GASP is funded by public and private grants and membership donations. If you are a New Jersey GASP member, we truly need mid-dues donations. If you are not a member, please consider joining New Jersey GASP to support our goals of smokefree air for nonsmokers and tobacco-free lives for children. Our tax deductible membership donation is only $25.00 per year, and it's easy to donate. Go to Support GASP or mail your donation to NJ GASP, 7 Cedar Street, Suite A, Summit, NJ 07901. Thank you.
This information is created by the Tobacco Control Policy and Legal Resource Center of New Jersey GASP, which provides expert information, guidance, and technical assistance about policy, legislation, and litigation, especially regarding smokefree air. The information presented is not intended as, nor to be construed, or used, as legal advice, and should not be used to replace the advice of your legal counsel.
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