FDA restricts tobacco marketing to kids

[Vocalek]

An unfortunate choice of words for the headline. Makes it sound as if tobacco companies are now allowed to market only to children!

FDA restricts tobacco marketing to kids - Addictions - MSNBC.com

Be that as it may, the story mentioned that smoking is no longer on the decline. I took this as my cue to leave a comment about electronic cigarettes:

If the FDA is serious about making a dent in the stagnated smoking prevalance rate, they can stop their misguided war against electronic cigarettes. Polls show that ~80% of regular users of e-cigarettes have substituted inhaling vaporized nicotine for all of their tobacco cigaretes. As a result they are enjoying improved lung health, lower BP and greatly reduced cancer risks. Electronic cigarettes, aka personal vaporizers, are marketed to adult smokers as a reduced-harm alternative. For more information, see http://www.casaa.org

For comments, clink the link at the bottom of the story "Discuss story on Newsvine" It is right next to the button for rating the story. You can read all the comments of others, and leave a comment yourself. If you elect to comment, you are prompted to register for Newsvine.

When you register for Newsvine, you get your own home page. Mine is CASAA.newsvine.com - Elaine Keller. On the home page, however, they truncate the comment you left with the story. It looks like I will be able to submit stories, too, so I will be placing some of the CASAA press releases there!

 

[taz3cat]

Vocalek, that is a great web site, and some of the comments are really rabid. Well the anti's are more organized then we are and have more people to watch and make comments.