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[MiamiGuy]

[h=5]Right now there's almost a mortal combat going on between proponents of using the e-cigarette to reduce harm from smoking lethal tobacco cigarettes (my doctor included) and other "scientist-types" who are out to eradicate anything that looks like smoking. These "scientist-types" might lose their jobs if using e-cigs overcomes using tobacco, since there would no longer be any use for them (in their high-paying jobs) and their organizations (such as the American Lung Association). Thus they continue to promote only government-approved (and pharmaceutical-company producing) smoking cessation products such as gums, patches and (as advertised) suicide-inducing Chantix, which don't work as well as e-cigs. It seems pretty apparent that organizations like the American Lung Association are basically in cohoots with the pharmaceutical companies and are resolutely refusing to acknowledge the benefits of using e-cigs as an alternative to smoking, much to the detriment of the public health.[/h]

 

[AgentAnia]

You got that right, MiamiGuy! Follow the money. Always follow the money....

 

[DC2]

This link results in a search of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant archive...
Robert Wood Johnson - Grant Archive

That search shows around $9.6 million in grants to the American Lung Association.
It includes some grants to others, like the American Cancer Society, but I just added up the ALA grants.

These are just the grants for the Smokeless States program, although the ALA has received many other RWJF grants.

If you're not familiar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 

[wv2win]

And this is why it is so important that every vaper, especially those on ECF, join CASAA, provide support if possible and order some of the CASAA business cards that explains what vaping is and what it is not. It is only a battle if there are those actively engaged on both sides of the issue. Otherwise, it's just a massacre of the truth.