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I have submitted the following to their editor and also posted in their comments section I also passed on Murray Laugesens press statement he drew up for me that was posted on the Australian Ban thread
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I replied to your comments section on the article entitled " E-cigarettes being sold online" dated 19.1.2009
I invite any of your editorial staff or interested parties to contact me on this matter
"I am a e-cigarette user, I chose to stop smoking the 4000 chemicals and over 60 carcinogens that our Government legally allows me to purchase in a corner store. After considerable research I chose to replace
tobacco products with a blend of propylene glycol, water,a very small amount of alcohol, food grade flavourings and pure nicotine. THIS is what is in the liquid in e-cigs!!! All of the ingredients are food grade or better. E-cigarettes have to my knowledge have NEVER been marketed towards those who don't already smoke...this is HARM REDUCTION OF THE FIRST ORDER. I would strongly recommend all readers look at the Heath NZ site which has extensively tested these products ( The only Govt who has) and have declared them a far safer alternative to
tobacco and in fact recommend that tobacco be banned and replaced by e-cigarettes ( see
Untitled Document ) and download their extensive testing at
http://healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport21-Oct-08.pdf for the FACTS on e-cigarettes... I invite the editors and publishers as well as anyone interested of this article to contact me as I have done extensive research on these items and remain firmly convinced it is NOT in the public interest to ban them whatsoever !!!
I feel it is a shameless act of the government to ban these , based on misinformation and the need to foster a "nanny " state upon us
Not to mention the fact they haven't formalised a taxing framework as yet , so they knee jerked and banned it by using a loophole in legislation and making the nicotine a schedule 7 poison.... funny how you can still buy it in a taxable form though ( cigarettes )???
This ban was foisted without public consultation, and turned me into a criminal overnight, businesses were shut down with 14 hours notice,.... I will continue to "vape" knowing it is far far safer for me and those around me...
SHAME ON YOU , when tax dollars over-rides public health and interest ! "
