lets achieve the 10,000 goal for petition

[Reverend Damien Caine]

I do have to say that as far as any legality goes, the e-cig petition is worthless. It will not affect the FDA in anyway were it submitted to them as it does not follow their official format. They would literally, just shred the document without a further glance.

HOWEVER, What it does do is tell a few thousand stories, express the urgent of many to allow these devices, provides a base of first hand experiences to those who HAVE been using these devices to those who are simply intrigued. You could very well say it was useless to hit the 10k sig mark as there will be no flashing "YOU WIN" sign when it does hit. Yet if 10k people swear up and down by the product, others will be interested, start trying to find a supplier, and find out that the FDAs claims and action have no representation.

The petition was never meant to save the E-cig, it was meant to educate others, which in turn, COULD create a loud enough voice to be heard by the fellows at the FDA, even through the cash in their ears, which I believe Phillip Morris put there.

It was never about law, thinking so is absurd, it was simply a matter of making the voice of few into many.

 

[moose88]

I do have to say that as far as any legality goes, the e-cig petition is worthless. It will not affect the FDA in anyway were it submitted to them as it does not follow their official format. They would literally, just shred the document without a further glance.

HOWEVER, What it does do is tell a few thousand stories, express the urgent of many to allow these devices, provides a base of first hand experiences to those who HAVE been using these devices to those who are simply intrigued. You could very well say it was useless to hit the 10k sig mark as there will be no flashing "YOU WIN" sign when it does hit. Yet if 10k people swear up and down by the product, others will be interested, start trying to find a supplier, and find out that the FDAs claims and action have no representation.

The petition was never meant to save the E-cig, it was meant to educate others, which in turn, COULD create a loud enough voice to be heard by the fellows at the FDA, even through the cash in their ears, which I believe Phillip Morris put there.

It was never about law, thinking so is absurd, it was simply a matter of making the voice of few into many.

thanks, i wholeheartedly agree

 

[Reverend Damien Caine]

Anytime, I hate to disappoint the few here on the forums who might have thought the petition was all it would take though....

 

[Krakkan]

No, if you really care about your product - WRITE A PHYSICAL LETTER to those who matter.

E-petitions DO NOT WORK, they never have. There's no point in bothering with it. I'm not going to waste my time or other people's time getting involved with one.

Organizing a letter writing campaign is a far better use of time and resources. Why do people not understand this? I'm sorry if I sound harsh, but this annoying trend of people thinking e-petitions make ANY difference at all has to STOP.

WRITE A LETTER IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Lets see I created this petition and I think it has done more good than anything you could have imagined thus far. It has garnered attention, it has helped motivate, it has brought a community to one common goal.


Will it effect the FDA decisions? Maybe maybe not it isn't being sent as a ONLINE petition it is being printed and sent in paper form. The comments in the petition are valid and you cannot fake a signature on it unless you are coming from a totally different IP address as it will not let you sign more than once.

The FDA has in the past been influenced by petitions as well much of their organization requires a form of petition for their processes. Whatever you or anyone may think or feel just the fact that over 7k people are motivated to DO SOMETHING is better than the nothing you were doing before I created the petition.

I SAY WRITE A LETTER CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND BY ALL MEANS SIGN THE ****ING PETITION. ITS BETTER TO DO ALL OF THE ABOVE THEN TO HAVE SOME DUMB MORAL STAND OR ARGUMENT ON THE WEB.

Either way my only goal was to get you off your ... and looks like it worked!

Peace,

JD

 

[Boston George]

Either way my only goal was to get you off your ... and looks like it worked!

To this end efforts such as the petition have been very effective. However, I feel the petition would have had impact if it had gotten the 10k quickly. Instead it has shown that those who are informed about e-cigs are actually a much smaller minority than thought.

 

[Krakkan]

Yeah I actually could have pushed for any signatures but it wouldn't in my eyes be a honest figure. All signatures on this came from folks like you guys through forum efforts supplier efforts the community as a whole. No matter how it turns out I am still very proud of everyone.

 

[palermo45]

No, if you really care about your product - WRITE A PHYSICAL LETTER to those who matter.

E-petitions DO NOT WORK, they never have. There's no point in bothering with it. I'm not going to waste my time or other people's time getting involved with one.

Organizing a letter writing campaign is a far better use of time and resources. Why do people not understand this? I'm sorry if I sound harsh, but this annoying trend of people thinking e-petitions make ANY difference at all has to STOP.

WRITE A LETTER IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Maybe they don't work, but I feel that every little thing helps.

 

[fiap]

No, if you really care about your product - WRITE A PHYSICAL LETTER to those who matter.

E-petitions DO NOT WORK, they never have. There's no point in bothering with it. I'm not going to waste my time or other people's time getting involved with one.

Organizing a letter writing campaign is a far better use of time and resources. Why do people not understand this? I'm sorry if I sound harsh, but this annoying trend of people thinking e-petitions make ANY difference at all has to STOP.

WRITE A LETTER IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Doesnt hurt to try, i have sent it out to a lot of people hoping they will all sign it!