contingency plans for an FDA or state ban

[OaklandCA]

Advanced tobacco Products, Inc., d/b/a Advanced Therapeutic Products, Inc. was engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a product based on nicotine technology. In 1987, ATP sold patented nicotine technology, know how and related assets to Pharmacia Corporation, a worldwide pharmaceutical company that manufactures the Nicotrol/Nicorette Inhaler (Inhaler), Nicorette Chewing Gum, the Nicotrol/Nicorette Patch, and the Nicotrol/Nicorette Nasal Spray. The nicotine technology acquired from ATP forms the basis of the Inhaler developed by PHA for use in the nicotine replacement therapy market. The Inhaler is the only nicotine replacement product designed to help control a smoker's cravings for cigarettes while providing a key behavioral component of smoking--the hand-to-mouth ritual. ATP receives product payments from sales of the Inhaler by PHA equal to 3% of PHA's net sales. In addition, ATP has an agreement with PHA under which, among other matters, ATP has the right to receive a royalty equal to 0.1 percent of net revenues received by PHA from the sale of any product using a nicotine impermeable copolymer technology. ATP also has an exclusive worldwide license to certain dry powder nicotine inhaler technology from Duke University. ATP has obtained several patents covering this technology. As of September 24, 2003, Advanced tobacco Products, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of IVAX Corp.

Advanced Tobacco Products: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek

 

[Xenu]

Has it occurred to anyone to get the big drug companies in on this? They have the resources to fight the FDA tooth and nail and could make alot of money from this.

 

[CES]

NPR had a story a week or two ago about a chocolate vaporizer.


Xenu, The issue with having big pharma involved is that testing a new product for takes lots of time and even more money. The FDA would like e-cigs regulated as drug delivery devices- which would mean they would be unavailable until safety and efficacy studies were done. That would be a de facto ban.

 

[grim_piper]

And yet, they let out a pill to make you quit that might make you suicidal.

 

[optsmk]

Personally, I am not worried at all about a ban. I just continue to buy a month or two of juice and parts as I need them.
I for one won't be voting for Jerry Brown and at least Arnold was smart enough not to pass the bill for a ban that was on his desk last year.
If for some reason e-cigs do get banned I will still find a way to get what I need. As long as their is a demand, there will be a supply.

 

[Dillan]

My concern is that Meg Emptysuit Whitman won't be any better than Moonbeam. On any issue, not just e-cigs. But the devil you don't know, in this case, has got to be better than the devil you do know.

 

[optsmk]

My concern is that Meg Emptysuit Whitman won't be any better than Moonbeam. On any issue, not just e-cigs. But the devil you don't know, in this case, has got to be better than the devil you do know.

You might be right about Meg not being any better than Moonbeam when it comes to e-cigs. At this point I am not sure who I will vot for, but it won't be Brown. I think he has kind of lost his mind a little. I suppose it is due to his old age. I saw him not long ago talking to some local news person on TV and he is definately not the same person that I remember. He never really completed one full thought in the whole interview. He just sounded like an old man rambling on and on. I know that he has kind of always sounded like that as long as I can remeber, but in this particular interview it was worse that usual.

Since I am a registered Libertarian, I will probably vote for whoever that candidate is. I dont think there is one yet, but when they announce who he is, I'll do a little research on him and go from there.