E-Cig Presentation

[McVapor]

So I'm doing a presentation on Tuesday about E-Cigs in my liberal arts elective to raise awareness. What points should I hit on?

Points I'll make:
Average age of beginner smokers (12-17 btw)
Chemical number count perhaps? (compare between analog/PV)
Why the FDA wants to ban (This is where I will need help)
???

There is a lot of information on e-cigs I could give but for a college campus that is reletively unaware I want to gear my facts torward that. The main topic of my report must surround why 'they' want to ban them.

 

[keelalagirl55]

PM either of these 2....they will have some GREAT advice for your presentation

Vocalek or kristin

 

[McVapor]

I jsut emailed both of them. anyone else have any advice?

 

[TeeFour]

Not only on the fact that there are fewer chemicals, but more importantly that there is no combustion. Combustion is a radical reaction. Meaning it forms a large amount of radical species (compounds with an unpaired electron). Electrons like to be in pairs, and so radicals are EXTREMELY reactive. They start reacting with your dna and RNA, and then you get cancer from transcription errors in your genetic code.
No combustion, no free radicals. And all chemicals in ecigs are GRAS by the FDA. Granted there have not been many studies at all on the effects of inhaling, which may be good to mention for the sake of honesty and evenhandedness, but that is why we want further study, not an outright ban.

 

[keelalagirl55]

And all chemicals in ecigs are GRAS by the FDA. Granted there have not been many studies at all on the effects of inhaling

Yes and no.....pg is used, FDA approved, as a carrier for asthma meds and well...almost all other vaporized medications.....So if the FDA proclaims unhealthy and carinogenic....well....they approved it!

 

[McVapor]

So true keel
Teefour, I will be sure to mention that

 

[OldDragon]

As far as the FDA trying to ban, I don't think we know if it is the goal of the dept or just some group within trying to make points with upper management. Money wise, the news is constantly reporting about States that are broke and looking for any income that can be taxed. I'm fairly sure that for every dollar spent on a pack is over 50% tax and I don't know of anything else that is taxed that high. So if one person stops smoking, both the fed and state lose several $1000 per year in income. I'm not really sure why the fed supports the drug companies in stop smoking pills - if they work and the person quits they lose the same amount of money as the person is now out of the system. I really don't think the drug companies make that much that off each quieter unless they are doing something to keep the person smoking - selling something to the cig companies to add to cigs that keeps the smokers coming back for more?
You may also want to find out if the government still gives money to the farmers to grow tobacco, I believe they use to provide funds to the growers. Also in the past and maybe present - peanuts, cotton, milk and most likely other crops are still funded. I think hemp was also funded in the past for making ropes.
And I do not like the FDA's track record, too many things that they have approved are being shown today to be worse than the disease they are suppose to cure. And there are lots of 'natural' products that are sold and never really looked at, all they have to do is not make any farout claims of what the item is for and put a little claim on the item 'not fda approved' - then it can be sold anywhere.
I truely can not figure out why E-cig products can not put a label on them "Not for stopping cig smoking" and let the whole issue die.