Convert to the cause explains his thinking

[Mossy]

How and why I changed my mind on e-cigarettes

This little gem was buried at the bottom of the News Review from vapers.org.uk

Hopefully others will follow, and hopefully it receives some press in the UK

 

[Jman8]

Most excellent. Thanks for posting @Mossy

 

[r77r7r]

Great Blog, TY.

 

[Lessifer]

I'm not entirely sure who this man is, but someone buy him a pint on me.

 

[WillyZee]

Thank you for posting this @Mossy

 

[AndriaD]

Tweeted it!

Andria

 

[pianoguy]

Bravo!

 

[haleysdadda]

Wouldn't it be nice if the FDA felt this way? Shared it on facebook!

 

[Tache]

What a great and refreshing blog!

It is still disturbing that the TPD and the FDA Deeming are either here or on the horizon. It actually makes a normally law abiding citizen (me) so angry that my reaction is - "To hell with them! I will continue to find a way, not only to vape for myself, but to help others (if they wish) to experience it too - no matter what." If each and every one of us does that, the "regulations" won't matter. The sad part is that it destroys the average person's respect for any laws when they see such claptrap BS promulgated by legislators.

 

[sofarsogood]

This is one of the best defenses I've read. It would be interesting to see some macro and micro economic models tweaked to estimate the impact on smokers, families and regional economies when people switch to vaping. There are vested interests who are hurt when tobacco taxes decline but the overall economic effect has to be very positive. Why aren't economists stepping up?

 

[Marina2]

Thanks for posting Mossy. So much of what we've been saying all along. It's good to hear it come from someone who previously held an opposing view. The common sense in this article is massive. It should be tweeted/shared with every one of our legislators.

 

[AndriaD]

This is one of the best defenses I've read. It would be interesting to see some macro and micro economic models tweaked to estimate the impact on smokers, families and regional economies when people switch to vaping. There are vested interests who are hurt when tobacco taxes decline but the overall economic effect has to be very positive. Why aren't economists stepping up?

Likely because the only possible career for an "economist" is with the gov't or some university -- the vested interests that have slapped muzzles on so many legitimate scientists. Being an economist is kinda like being a philosopher... nice way to spend your time in college, but how do you make a living? You sell your soul to some thinktank or university.

Andria

 

[EBates]

The driving concept of the FDA, EU and others is MONEY. If there are any studies of the economic impact other than those benefiting from Prohibition of vaping. Do you really think the Powers That Be Would Allow Them To See The Light Of Day?
Really???

 

[philoshop]

This is one of the best defenses I've read. It would be interesting to see some macro and micro economic models tweaked to estimate the impact on smokers, families and regional economies when people switch to vaping. There are vested interests who are hurt when tobacco taxes decline but the overall economic effect has to be very positive. Why aren't economists stepping up?

Bonnie Herzog at Wells Fargo has been on this for a while. She's a 'securities analyst' rather than an economist per se, but it's some very interesting reading.

 

[DrMA]

I'm not entirely sure who this man is, but someone buy him a pint on me.

Jim McManus is an influential PH figure in the UK. This is a very powerful statement coming from someone like him
Jim McManus - About Jim

 

[rico942]

My favorite line was this ...

I happen to believe you should be able to disagree vehemently without behaving like a churl to those with whom you disagree.

Churl is a medieval term that needs to be brought back to contemporary vernacular, it exactly describes those who feel justified in assaulting total strangers in public regarding their harmless behavior ...

 

[choochoogranny]

Don't we call them "nannies" now?

 

[Maytwin]

Don't we call them "nannies" now?

..... only in polite society

 

[edyle]

My favorite line was this ...



Churl is a medieval term that needs to be brought back to contemporary vernacular, it exactly describes those who feel justified in assaulting total strangers in public regarding their harmless behavior ...

and I thought it was just a typo!

 

[Kent C]

Interesting:

Churl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

churl (etymologically the same name as Charles / Carl and Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e), and denoting the lowest rank of freemen. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it later came to mean the opposite of the nobility and royalty, "a common person".

Not sure if I wouldn't consider it a compliment :- )

A bit like some 'factions' consider "hillbillies" or in general, "Southerners", here, so as to depict their own "nobility" - which, to me, shows their lack of it.