E-cigs must be tested, regulated for safety

[Traver]

This needs some comments. I am having trouble with the net and can't till it gets fixed.

Continuing to market e-cigs without rigorous research and strict regulation is an uncontrolled experiment conducted by those whose primary interest is to profit from addiction, which causes early, painful death.

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Ooopps put this on the wrong forum.

 

[MoonRose]

Some very good comments have been posted thus far.

 

[kristin]

My comment:

Ms. Hahn, please also tell us about the "great potential for profit" e-cigarettes are stealing away from the nicotine products sold by the pharmaceutical companies which gives you funding and depends upon the continued addiction to cigarette smoking and new smokers?

Removing a product from the market that has been widely hailed by consumers as doing what it claims, without any reports of injury or illness, only makes sense to blind tobacco prohibitoinist zealots. Certainly continue to study and monitor the products for safety, but don't take them away from those who currently depend upon them just because, despite all evidence, you irrationally continue to "think" they "might" pose a "potential danger" because you don't have any "scientific evidence" to the contrary (that spuports yoru position.)

You said it yourself - $100 million sold to date. So where are the reports of illness or injury? Where are the non-smokers flocking in droves to use e-cigarettes? Where are the teens who have been enticed into smoking or addicted to e-cigarettes? They don't exist except in your imagination.

God forbid smokers find a way to enjoy tobacco and nicotine without posing a health risk to themselves or bystanders. For you, it's "quit all tobacco/nicotine or die smoking." With such a narrow view, how can you really claim to care about public health?

CASAA also contacted Ms. Hahn and demanded a retraction and submitted a rebuttal letter to the editor this morning.

 

[Who_Wants_To_Know]

I posted my comment about their lies and putting a facts that they choose not to list.

 

[Demarko]

When I first replied earlier, there were 2 anti-ecig comments that seem to have disappeared. That's kinda weird .. hehe or did they read our posts and feel like heels? They were very uninformed ones, and seemed to only have info they read in the article itself.

 

[MoonRose]

When I first replied earlier, there were 2 anti-ecig comments that seem to have disappeared. That's kinda weird .. hehe or did they read our posts and feel like heels? They were very uninformed ones, and seemed to only have info they read in the article itself.

I noticed those when I first posted as well and then that they were no longer there a couple of hours later.

 

[Nicko]

I left this reply :


What a disappointment when two professors from the health sector write such a nonsensical and false article. They certainly set a shocking example to their students. Clearly honesty and accuracy are concepts they are not familiar with.

Ms Hahn and Ms Riker, please resign from your jobs. I say this because it seems clear you have no real concern for public health. Health professionals are supposed to help people. You are harming people.

We (in the e-cig community) know you are lying, not just because it's obvious, but because you supply no facts or evidence in your article to support your opinion. Blatant lies are a tactic often used by people when they know they can't win an argument. Another tactic you seem to like using is scare mongering. Please, just stop it.

If the increased sales of e-cigs result in a drop in profits for the pharmaceutical companies that give you funding, well - I'm sorry, but that really is not our problem.

Electronic cigarettes are saving lives.

Your article is utterly shameful.

 

[kristin]

They posted my Op-Ed for CASAA today! Woot!

Non-profit fights to reduce harm rather than to prohibit tobacco | Op-Ed | Kentucky.com

 

[Mister Hyde]

Very nice kristin, Excellent piece.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Excellent op-ed, liked it on facebook, maybe one of my friends will take notice and stop analogs.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

Hi Kristin,

I read your article today in yesterday's newspaper while out to breakfast. It's good to see that you are keeping tabs on such activity such as that of Ms. Hahn and Ms. Riker.

In the context of calls by professional health advocates, the e-cigarette industy may do well to take the initiative of self-regulation ahead of those who would regulate with the autority of government.

Petitioning elected representatives with proactive and concrete proposals from industry organizations or colition may serve all our long term interests best.

 

[Mr_Phil]

I added my two cents. Not as eloquent as most. But I was mad and typing really fast.

I smoked tobacco from about 1979 to 2008. Oh, I knew it was bad for me. I'd quit. It's easy since I did it dozens of times. The eCig did the job. You see, I didn't want to quit smoking. I just didn't want to die of cancer. Addict? Sure. Guilty as charged. And, the last time I looked this is a free country. If I want to smoke, as long as I don't infringe on your right to breathe smoke-free, why do you care?

I have two major headaches with this op-ed. The first is that any call to ban or overly regulate eCigarettes is blatantly hypocritical so long as we allow and encourage the sale of tobacco and alcohol. Both of those substances have powerful lobbies and both are proven killers. The second is more personal. This is my life to live and so long as I don't infringe on your personal liberties then I hope (pun intended) that you will eventually .... out.

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