O.k. If the FDA is all up in arms about e-cigs because they aren't sure of the long-term effects and are contemplating banning them, why the 
do they still allow for the sale of CIGARETTES when they KNOW that they're bad for you? Why is alcohol still legal (but only over the age of 21, because by then you're supposedly "old enough" to make "rational" decisions??? Don't get me started on our servicemen and servicewomen who are "old enough to put their lives on the line to protect our country", but aren't "old enough" to buy themselves a beer!)
E-Cigarettes Under Fire
One of the things that got my goat in this article:
"We are concerned about the potential for addiction and abuse of these products. We don't want the public to perceive them as a safer alternative to cigarettes."
-- Rita Chapelle, FDA spokeswoman.
WHATEVER!
"They are nicotine delivery devices intended to be used like a cigarette. What happens to someone who stops inhaling the tars of cigarettes and inhales only nicotine? We don't know. There is at least the potential for harm."
-- Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer, American Lung Association
Uhh, so they stop sucking in a bunch of tar into their lungs. What about the people who use the gum or patches????? Aren't they still getting nicotine delivered into their system????
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do they still allow for the sale of CIGARETTES when they KNOW that they're bad for you? Why is alcohol still legal (but only over the age of 21, because by then you're supposedly "old enough" to make "rational" decisions??? Don't get me started on our servicemen and servicewomen who are "old enough to put their lives on the line to protect our country", but aren't "old enough" to buy themselves a beer!)E-Cigarettes Under Fire
One of the things that got my goat in this article:
"We are concerned about the potential for addiction and abuse of these products. We don't want the public to perceive them as a safer alternative to cigarettes."
-- Rita Chapelle, FDA spokeswoman.
WHATEVER!
"They are nicotine delivery devices intended to be used like a cigarette. What happens to someone who stops inhaling the tars of cigarettes and inhales only nicotine? We don't know. There is at least the potential for harm."
-- Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer, American Lung Association
Uhh, so they stop sucking in a bunch of tar into their lungs. What about the people who use the gum or patches????? Aren't they still getting nicotine delivered into their system????
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