E-cigs on the news!

[andthenjaredsaid]

Just saw a small (less than one minute) snippet on e-cigs on Channel 3 WFSB news. He didn't say much, just that people were circumventing the smoking ban with them. He went on to say that there is no tar, carcinogens, or chemicals like in regular cigarettes. I was pleased to see a news program paint e-cigarettes in a positive light. He said they were FDA approved... I didn't think they were?

 

[leaford]

They aren't, unfortunately. In fact, the FDA has just started actively banning them. But they aren't necessarily the final word on the subject. Smoking Everywhere is suing the FDA, and hopefully others will follow soon.

 

[GreySaber]

The news do not always check their facts.

One time I was interveiwed because I saw a crime happen.

The news said I searched a wooded area for the guy with the cops for the suspect, and that I was interveiwed by a reporter named Tiffany Reynolds. I didn't go anywhere with the cops, I just told them what happened and where the bad guy was running, and Unless "Tiffiany" was a forty year old black cameraman with a potbelly, I never met her.