State AGs "urge regulation" using false claims

[dr g]

This being an AP piece is probably playing in the other states whose AGs are mentioned but:

Hawaii AG, others urge regulation of e-cigarettes - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

BOSTON >> Forty attorneys general, including Hawaii AG David Louie, sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products. The letter, co-sponsored by Massachusetts Attorney Martha Coakley and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, says e-cigarettes are being marketed to children through cartoon-like advertising characters and by offering fruit and candy flavors, much like cigarettes were once marketed to hook new smokers.

So many things wrong with this approach. It is so brainless on its face to ask for regulation of these alternative products in the same way as tobacco is regulated.

The false claim that e-cigarettes are being marketed to children smacks of agenda, has anyone ever seen an e-cigarette cartoon ad? And of course the flavor boogeyman is raised again; we really need to figure out a way to effectively counter that. Perhaps something as simple as saying, why should something that isn't burning tobacco be flavored like burning tobacco?

At any rate, this and any postings of similar news in the other applicable states should be met with the vaping community's usual strong response to correct the record with truth. Too many people believe there are no studies on this.

 

[Vocalek]

From CASAA's press release regarding the OTHER letter, the one sent from the ANTZ organizations such as ALA, AHA, ACS, CTFK, AMA, etc. etc.

Only 2.1% of the youth had taken so much as one puff from an e-cigarette recently. As far as we know from that survey, none of them are using e-cigarettes daily, in contrast with the millions of youth who are known to smoke. The CDC did not report the daily use statistics for e-cigarettes, or even whether the e-cigarettes being tried contain nicotine.

How do these statistics compare to recent smoking of conventional cigarettes? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has published, "Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Finding." According to the SAMHSA report, past month cigarette use among youths aged 12 to 17 fell from 9.1 percent in 2009 to 6.8 percent by 2012 for males and from 9.3 percent to 6.3 percent for females. Furthermore, the rate of initiation of smoking among youths in the same age group fell from 6.3 percent to 4.7 percent for males and from 6.2 percent to 4.8 percent for females.

CASAA's Scientific Director, Dr. Carl V. Phillips, pointed out, "Those who want to ban e-cigarettes make up any claim they can think of, regardless of whether there is evidence to support it. If e-cigarette use really caused kids to start smoking and there really was an alarming use of e-cigarettes by youth, we would see an increase in kids smoking, the opposite of the actual trend.

 

[bruiser]

There's a lot of stupid comments over there.

 

[BernieVideo]

Should we just post our "they are stupid" rants or should we send emails and tweets and letters and voicemails to these people who pass laws that control our lives? Maybe we could educate them?

Nah!


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[dr g]

I just realized I wrote "stage AGs" rather than "stage AGs" in the title. Maybe a mod could change it?

 

[Scott_Simpson]

I just realized I wrote "stage AGs" rather than "stage AGs" in the title. Maybe a mod could change it?

LOL ... I think you just did it again! Don't you mean "state AGs"?

 

[AgentAnia]

Originally Posted by dr g

I just realized I wrote "stage AGs" rather than "stage AGs" in the title. Maybe a mod could change it?

LOL ... I think you just did it again! Don't you mean "state AGs"?

Actually I think dr g had it right the first time. These clowns qualify more as actors than as attorneys. (Wonder who's producing and/or directing the show, hmmmm?)