My HR dept manager tried to reason with her corporate bosses about it, but they are still among the ignorant that go by what the FDA says. The insurance is thru United Health Care (UHC). Here is what their site has to say about e-cigs.
Their first article is that age-old nonsense from the FDA about e-cigs containing anti-freeze.
The second article makes this quote:
The study found serious flaws in e-cigarette products and health claims. The researchers evaluated six different brands of electronic cigarettes that were bought online and found that:
-- Fluid containing nicotine leaked out of most cartridges.
-- The devices were difficult to take apart or put together without getting nicotine all over the user's hands.
-- Nicotine cartridge labeling was poor, with most replacement packs lacking any indication of cartridge content, expiration date, or health warnings.
-- Cartridges that claimed to have no nicotine content looked identical to those that claimed to have high nicotine content, making them indistinguishable once removed from their packs and wrappers.
-- All brands had "ambiguous amounts of nicotine," with stated levels ranging from 6 milligrams to 24 mg.
-- None of the instruction leaflets or product Web sites offered adequate instructions for proper disposal of used cartridges.
-- Safety features did not always work correctly.
-- Print and Internet material often contained information or claims that could not be backed up by scientific evidence. Examples included: "Be careful to avoid inhaling any significant quantity of fluid. Although it gives you a slight tingling sensation, it is not harmful," and "Within two weeks your lung capacity will increase by 30 percent ... Wrinkles in your skin will become less noticeable."
So, kind of hard to reason with them when they buy into all the misinformation and paranoia. I partly blame the e-cig industry for not countering and getting more involved with insurance companies and HMOs, etc. If UHC was claiming that milk was actually poisonous, and charged employers extra for employees that use dairy, do you think the milk industry would sit quietly by? They need more national attention, get on 20/20 or Dateline, get on the 6:00 network news, get Ellen & Oprah to endorse them.
I just have to wait it out for a few more years until the blinders come off.
Their first article is that age-old nonsense from the FDA about e-cigs containing anti-freeze.
The second article makes this quote:
The study found serious flaws in e-cigarette products and health claims. The researchers evaluated six different brands of electronic cigarettes that were bought online and found that:
-- Fluid containing nicotine leaked out of most cartridges.
-- The devices were difficult to take apart or put together without getting nicotine all over the user's hands.
-- Nicotine cartridge labeling was poor, with most replacement packs lacking any indication of cartridge content, expiration date, or health warnings.
-- Cartridges that claimed to have no nicotine content looked identical to those that claimed to have high nicotine content, making them indistinguishable once removed from their packs and wrappers.
-- All brands had "ambiguous amounts of nicotine," with stated levels ranging from 6 milligrams to 24 mg.
-- None of the instruction leaflets or product Web sites offered adequate instructions for proper disposal of used cartridges.
-- Safety features did not always work correctly.
-- Print and Internet material often contained information or claims that could not be backed up by scientific evidence. Examples included: "Be careful to avoid inhaling any significant quantity of fluid. Although it gives you a slight tingling sensation, it is not harmful," and "Within two weeks your lung capacity will increase by 30 percent ... Wrinkles in your skin will become less noticeable."
So, kind of hard to reason with them when they buy into all the misinformation and paranoia. I partly blame the e-cig industry for not countering and getting more involved with insurance companies and HMOs, etc. If UHC was claiming that milk was actually poisonous, and charged employers extra for employees that use dairy, do you think the milk industry would sit quietly by? They need more national attention, get on 20/20 or Dateline, get on the 6:00 network news, get Ellen & Oprah to endorse them.
I just have to wait it out for a few more years until the blinders come off.
Yeah, they do say that about nic, but honestly, I have many of the same juices from 12 nic, 18 nic, and 24 or 26 (varying on vendor) and have not seen any diff between them on throat hit, vapor or taste...though I haven't tried anything under 12. I usually start high in the am and maybe go lower, particularly if I'm vaping more than usual (like if I'm having a few drinks
You may want to remind your insurance providers that Nicotine is a great drug and is awesome for memory and in prevention of dementia LOL (well, maybe), there are studies being done with nicotine for use in treating dementia, Alzheimer's and autism....
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