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CASAA Call to Action! Submit Written Comments Sec. 918 of Tobacco Act
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Thanks! I used your alternate link and it appears to be working now. I submitted mine!
Submitted via online and sent off snail mail last night. Keep up the excellent work everyone!
Done and submitted.
Probably not necessary to say this, but I will anyway.
We have lots of people here with tons of knowledge about E-Cigs and such. They can cite studies and make me dizzy with numbers and data. However, you don't have to be a chemist, activist, or even an expert on E-Cigs to help with this. I'm certainly not any of those things.
What you can do though, is tell your story. Why you couldn't quit smoking before and how E-Cigs helped you.
My story alone doesn't mean much to anyone but my family and I. However, my story along with yours and thousands of others here really can make a difference. Only takes a few minutes, too. Not a bad deal.
Probably not necessary to say this, but I will anyway.
We have lots of people here with tons of knowledge about E-Cigs and such. They can cite studies and make me dizzy with numbers and data. However, you don't have to be a chemist, activist, or even an expert on E-Cigs to help with this. I'm certainly not any of those things.
What you can do though, is tell your story. Why you couldn't quit smoking before and how E-Cigs helped you.
My story alone doesn't mean much to anyone but my family and I. However, my story along with yours and thousands of others here really can make a difference. Only takes a few minutes, too. Not a bad deal.
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We need to bump this thread and others like it until January 16th. So here's my bumpidibumpup.
ThreadKiller" data-source="post: 8228781" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch">ThreadKiller said:Done and submitted.
Probably not necessary to say this, but I will anyway.
We have lots of people here with tons of knowledge about E-Cigs and such. They can cite studies and make me dizzy with numbers and data. However, you don't have to be a chemist, activist, or even an expert on E-Cigs to help with this. I'm certainly not any of those things.
What you can do though, is tell your story. Why you couldn't quit smoking before and how E-Cigs helped you.
My story alone doesn't mean much to anyone but my family and I. However, my story along with yours and thousands of others here really can make a difference. Only takes a few minutes, too. Not a bad deal.
+1000
Too bad I can only "Like" your post once.
I'm waiting on my mom to review my letter for me (she's practically a grammar cop!); my grammar is excellent, but it's always good to have another pair of eyes. I went a little over the 2000 characters, so it will be an attachment for me! 
I submitted my story. I went over the 2000 limit so attached a document. Here it is....
Thank you for the opportunity to address the topics of tobacco harm reduction (THR), nicotine replacement products (NRP) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
I will begin with a bit of my history as a smoker. I was 10 years old when my sister and her friend offered me my first cigarette. It was very cool. From that moment I was hooked. At 10 years of age I couldn't readily supply myself with cigs so I scrounged around in my dad's ashtrays looking for butts that were smokable or snuck them from his packs when he wasn't looking. This would
have been in 19XX. I began buying my own cigarettes when I was 16 after I got a job, my drivers license and access to a car. My preferred brand was Marlboro and I smoked ½ to 1 pack per day. I started with reds and gold 100s. Eventually I switched to lights and ultralights.
Over the years I did try and stop smoking without success quite a few times. I really enjoyed smoking so my attempts may have been halfhearted but, none the less, I did try. I knew my health would likely suffer (my dad developed lung cancer) if I continued to smoke but that was not a big enough deterrent. My cold turkey attempts lasted for 4-7 days. I got very stressed and angered easily during these times. Anything that angered me called for a trip to the corner store to get more smokes.
I tried Wellbutrin for a while and it did make my urges to smoke subside but not go away completely. The problem with this medication is that it made me queasy. I could not continue taking it long enough to see if it would actually work.
Chantix, I tried also. I do not remember much about it except I paid a lot of good money for it and it did not work. Nicotine gum and lozenges were very little help also.
In May of 2010 I heard a commercial on the radio for the 2nd or 3rd time during a road trip to the in-laws. This commercial was an ad for electronic cigarettes as a way of quitting smoking. I decided I would do some research on them when I got home. When I got home I did do that research and decided to order a kit from an online store. The kit arrived on July 23, 2010. I had a few cigarettes left in a pack, which I finished off while trying to figure out the device. I began using my e-cig that evening and became a nonsmoker at the same time! I only cheated once, in March of 2011, during a trip to the casino. I smoked half of a pack and threw the rest away.
After xx years (age 10) or xx years (age 16) I finally found a way to quit smoking! I still get the nicotine, if I want, but no longer worry about the carcinogens and toxins that I inhaled every time I lit up a cigarette. This may not be a perfect alternative but it is a very effective NRP and a great method for THR.
After nearly 2 ½ years of using my e-cig I still use nicotine in my liquid. If I was forced to quit vaping nicotine I would very likely go back to that corner store and buy some more smokes. I DO NOT want that to happen! There should be no time limit on the use of NRTs and the strength of them should be high enough to do the job. If there is a strength limit in place some may very well use multiple products at the same time and that may not be good.
I am urging you, the FDA, not to propose the regulation that would ban electronic cigarettes or reduce the accessibility to them and increase the price significantly. I am also urging you to remove misleading and inaccurate information from your web site. Pharmaceutical nicotine (patches and gum) contain no lower carcinogens than e-liquid and those levels have not been shown to endanger health. Because your articles do not mention this many people believe that electronic cigarette use does cause cancer and can poison the user. Also, snus is a less hazardous product than smoked cigarettes but because of your statement This product is not a safe alternative to smoking many people will not switch and will continue to smoke.
Thank you for the opportunity to address the topics of tobacco harm reduction (THR), nicotine replacement products (NRP) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
I will begin with a bit of my history as a smoker. I was 10 years old when my sister and her friend offered me my first cigarette. It was very cool. From that moment I was hooked. At 10 years of age I couldn't readily supply myself with cigs so I scrounged around in my dad's ashtrays looking for butts that were smokable or snuck them from his packs when he wasn't looking. This would
have been in 19XX. I began buying my own cigarettes when I was 16 after I got a job, my drivers license and access to a car. My preferred brand was Marlboro and I smoked ½ to 1 pack per day. I started with reds and gold 100s. Eventually I switched to lights and ultralights.
Over the years I did try and stop smoking without success quite a few times. I really enjoyed smoking so my attempts may have been halfhearted but, none the less, I did try. I knew my health would likely suffer (my dad developed lung cancer) if I continued to smoke but that was not a big enough deterrent. My cold turkey attempts lasted for 4-7 days. I got very stressed and angered easily during these times. Anything that angered me called for a trip to the corner store to get more smokes.
I tried Wellbutrin for a while and it did make my urges to smoke subside but not go away completely. The problem with this medication is that it made me queasy. I could not continue taking it long enough to see if it would actually work.
Chantix, I tried also. I do not remember much about it except I paid a lot of good money for it and it did not work. Nicotine gum and lozenges were very little help also.
In May of 2010 I heard a commercial on the radio for the 2nd or 3rd time during a road trip to the in-laws. This commercial was an ad for electronic cigarettes as a way of quitting smoking. I decided I would do some research on them when I got home. When I got home I did do that research and decided to order a kit from an online store. The kit arrived on July 23, 2010. I had a few cigarettes left in a pack, which I finished off while trying to figure out the device. I began using my e-cig that evening and became a nonsmoker at the same time! I only cheated once, in March of 2011, during a trip to the casino. I smoked half of a pack and threw the rest away.
After xx years (age 10) or xx years (age 16) I finally found a way to quit smoking! I still get the nicotine, if I want, but no longer worry about the carcinogens and toxins that I inhaled every time I lit up a cigarette. This may not be a perfect alternative but it is a very effective NRP and a great method for THR.
After nearly 2 ½ years of using my e-cig I still use nicotine in my liquid. If I was forced to quit vaping nicotine I would very likely go back to that corner store and buy some more smokes. I DO NOT want that to happen! There should be no time limit on the use of NRTs and the strength of them should be high enough to do the job. If there is a strength limit in place some may very well use multiple products at the same time and that may not be good.
I am urging you, the FDA, not to propose the regulation that would ban electronic cigarettes or reduce the accessibility to them and increase the price significantly. I am also urging you to remove misleading and inaccurate information from your web site. Pharmaceutical nicotine (patches and gum) contain no lower carcinogens than e-liquid and those levels have not been shown to endanger health. Because your articles do not mention this many people believe that electronic cigarette use does cause cancer and can poison the user. Also, snus is a less hazardous product than smoked cigarettes but because of your statement This product is not a safe alternative to smoking many people will not switch and will continue to smoke.
Are you using the updated document ID? See CASAA's CTA for the updated link: CASAA: Call to Action! Submit Written Comments – Sec. 918 of Tobacco Act
I sent this, hopefully its not rude
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I purchased an ecig on a whim 2 years ago and 2 days later stuck my cigars in a desk drawer never to be touched again. I smoked 2 packs of little cigars daily for at least 20 years, with ecigs walking away from smoking has been a joy. I've reduced my nicotine intake on my own and often vape without any nicotine in the e-liquid because for me the hand-to-mouth fixation is being met without any other issues.
My breathing is better, my blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are down and lost 34lbs because I'm more active.
I will fight tooth and nail to keep my ecig and I am not alone. There are easily a million vapers now, so this is not going away as a flight of fancy, vaping is a fantastic piece of reality that causes no problems or harm to anyone so please just leave it alone; ecigs do not need any regulating from some organization that knows little and understands even less, our vaping community will manage itself.
Ecigs are far and beyond better suited and safer than other harm reduction products already FDA approved. Biased, outdated and grossly inaccurate data that's been publicized in the past against ecigs has been proven to be flawed. including commentary that flavorings will attract kids to vaping which is total conjecture ~ being spouted since there really is NOT anything else to complain about with ecigs.
More recent studies are being released everyday with concrete and up-to-date scientific facts are proving beyond a doubt that ecigs are a better alternative to smoking.
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I purchased an ecig on a whim 2 years ago and 2 days later stuck my cigars in a desk drawer never to be touched again. I smoked 2 packs of little cigars daily for at least 20 years, with ecigs walking away from smoking has been a joy. I've reduced my nicotine intake on my own and often vape without any nicotine in the e-liquid because for me the hand-to-mouth fixation is being met without any other issues.
My breathing is better, my blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are down and lost 34lbs because I'm more active.
I will fight tooth and nail to keep my ecig and I am not alone. There are easily a million vapers now, so this is not going away as a flight of fancy, vaping is a fantastic piece of reality that causes no problems or harm to anyone so please just leave it alone; ecigs do not need any regulating from some organization that knows little and understands even less, our vaping community will manage itself.
Ecigs are far and beyond better suited and safer than other harm reduction products already FDA approved. Biased, outdated and grossly inaccurate data that's been publicized in the past against ecigs has been proven to be flawed. including commentary that flavorings will attract kids to vaping which is total conjecture ~ being spouted since there really is NOT anything else to complain about with ecigs.
More recent studies are being released everyday with concrete and up-to-date scientific facts are proving beyond a doubt that ecigs are a better alternative to smoking.
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I like it. We have lots of comments playing nice, it never hurts to throw in a few that tell them we mean business.I sent this, hopefully its not rude
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Cute. Wonder how many will fail to get published online.
Cute. Wonder how many will fail to get published online.
Bump...Why dear Fiamma, are you suggesting censorship happens???
<runs off to chortle in the corner>
Finally got my comment in....tracking number 1jx-831s-fvho
Your comment is great Asti!
Your comment is great Asti!
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