OK...first - the group is ASH - who's leader is Banzhaf, who has a long history of speaking out of his
on anything regarding smoking. He is, hands down, the most rabid of the dogs in the anti kennel.
2nd - we've no way of knowing how old the piece of hostility is....here's the source:
About the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association
you can see the doc is a scan of a fundraising letter, and you can actually see the creases where it was folded and shoved into an envelope.
There's no date on this doc - and given the steady stream of vitriol Banzthings has been spewing over the last 2 years, it could have come from anytime.
Third: Banzhaf has been recently replaced as the director of ASH:
ASH Announces New Executive Director
So they've put the rabid dog out in a little cage in the back 40 - hopefully, it will shut him up.