What if a difinitive report was released that proved they were safer? Many religions already support the concept of reducing the number of toxins you imbibe as an adherant don't they? seems like that would be a legit basis.
And finally e-cigs aren't technically illegal yet are they? I mean if someone acted quickly enough to incorporate the church then a study was released quickly wouldn't outlawing these devices in the US be unconstitutional?
Mac--It goes to timing---if this was done say 8 months ago before the FDA started manuvering and making announcements that the e-cig was not legal to import market, or sell in the US--there might have been a change there. Now, with embargos in place, litigation in full grear, and state AG's offices like Oregon imposing enforcement action, any attempt to legitimize the e-cig though the use of religion would fail as a pretextual shame at this point. A religoin needs "deep seeded roots" with the "employment and use" of the "disputed" item. We do not have that here. What we do have is a device, that if proved safe, should be made available to the consumer with reasonable regulations.
Remember Mac--consumers and suppliers got caught in the crossfire here of the manufacutures "cavalier" approch in flooding the market with these devices knowing full well they had not sought the requisite approvals or preformed the necessary studies.
Again, we must all look at other devices that have played by the rules and gotten approval. If they work is not the question. The e-cig could and hopefully will be a huge success---the manufacuters just have to stop the greed route they have been on and re-invest some of the profits to get on board and get approval.
Sun