This is what I emailed my congress and senate representatives. It is a copy of a letter from another thread (thank you searchin4answers ) and I enhanced it to make it personal and I shortened it to fit into a 5000 or less character email format.
Feel free to use and email your representatives.
My life is being threatened by the FDA! Please allow me to explain:
The FDA has stated its intent to propose (by the end of October) the deeming regulation to apply Chapter IX of the 2009 tobacco Control Act (TCA) to all e-cigarettes (e-cigs), and to propose additional regulations for e-cigs. However, Chapter 910 of the TCA would ban all e-cigs currently on the market, Chapter 911 would prohibit e-cigcompanies from truthfully claiming the products are smokefree or are less hazardous than cigarettes, and the rest of Chapter IX and other likely e-cig regulations would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco (and perhaps several large companies that market Cigalikes).
As per the 10th amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the power to regulate local matters concerning the health, safety, and morality of state residents was inherently defined as a police power, meaning that such a power was reserved for the states, NOT the federal government. This legal basis alone should be reason enough to vote against this upcoming regulatory act.
- e-cigs have helped us quit smoking and/or reduce cigarette consumption.
- the deeming regulation would ban all e-cigs currently on the market per Section 910,
- FDA already unlawfully banned e-cigs in 2009 until federal judges struck it down in 2010,
- FDA has made false and misleading fear mongering claims about e-cigs since 2009,
- the deeming regulation would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco (and perhaps a few large e-cig companies) even if the FDA exempts e-cigs from Section 910,
- virtually all e-cigs are consumed by smokers and ex-smokers who switched to e-cigs,
- the CDC has falsely claimed e-cigs are addicting youth and are gateways to cigarettes,
- States (not FDA) should ban e-cig sales to minors and 25 states already have done so,
- Section 911 of the TCA would prohibit companies from truthfully saying that e-cigs emit no smoke and are less hazardous
alternatives to cigarettes,
- additional FDA regulations for e-cigs (e.g. sales/marketing restrictions, nicotine restrictions, flavoring restrictions, e-liquid sales ban) could deny me and other consumers of legal and/or affordable access to e-cig products we now consume.
I would like to give a brief description of the device in question. A liquid composed of vegetable glycerin and/or propylene glycol, which are both organic compounds defined as generally safe by the FDA, is infused with nicotine (or no nicotine, depending on individual preference.) This liquid is then electronically vaporized at a temperature of 185 degrees fahrenheit and inhaled by the user to mimic the effects of a cigarette. Using the device is considered to be an act of 'vaporizing', not smoking. This is because the temperature of combustion is not being reached. There is nothing burning, no smoke, no combustion.
The device is quite simple and very effective. I used to smoke up to 2 packs a day for over 30 years. Now, after a year of using a personal vaporizer, I don't smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day anymore!!! My energy has improved, my sleep has improved, my lungs have improved, I stopped coughing all day, my blood flow has increased, my appetite has grown stable, my sense of smell and taste has completely recovered!
These personal vaporizers come without the 4,000+ chemicals wrapped up in tobacco form. I've tried smoking cessation tips and tricks, and drugs, however, nothing but the ecig has ever worked to keep me from smoking those 2 packs of cigarettes a day!
I feel personally hurt, offended, angered, and attacked by this regulatory attempt as e-cigarettes have saved my life from the well-documented harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. Do you have family, friends, or loved ones who smoke cigarettes? Would you not defend their constitutional right to regulate and improve their health as they see fit? I would like to believe that you would.
I ask of you to represent me, current smokers, former smokers, and the Constitution itself by voting NO on the alignment of electronic cigarettes with Chapter IX of the TCA. The FDA has made false and misleading fear mongering claims about e-cigs since 2009. To this day, news articles, anti-tobacco zealots, even the common public, still believe the false claims they made. The FDA made a huge impact, for the wrong reasons. They want them to be classified as drugs, so they can collect exorbitant fees to test them, perhaps. The deeming regulation would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco even if the FDA exempts e-cigs from Section 910. Banning online sales, in favor of big tobacco products sold at gas stations and convenience stores, is detrimental to small vendors and consumers alike. That would kill the economical growth and the American spirit both.
Feel free to use and email your representatives.
My life is being threatened by the FDA! Please allow me to explain:
The FDA has stated its intent to propose (by the end of October) the deeming regulation to apply Chapter IX of the 2009 tobacco Control Act (TCA) to all e-cigarettes (e-cigs), and to propose additional regulations for e-cigs. However, Chapter 910 of the TCA would ban all e-cigs currently on the market, Chapter 911 would prohibit e-cigcompanies from truthfully claiming the products are smokefree or are less hazardous than cigarettes, and the rest of Chapter IX and other likely e-cig regulations would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco (and perhaps several large companies that market Cigalikes).
As per the 10th amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the power to regulate local matters concerning the health, safety, and morality of state residents was inherently defined as a police power, meaning that such a power was reserved for the states, NOT the federal government. This legal basis alone should be reason enough to vote against this upcoming regulatory act.
- e-cigs have helped us quit smoking and/or reduce cigarette consumption.
- the deeming regulation would ban all e-cigs currently on the market per Section 910,
- FDA already unlawfully banned e-cigs in 2009 until federal judges struck it down in 2010,
- FDA has made false and misleading fear mongering claims about e-cigs since 2009,
- the deeming regulation would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco (and perhaps a few large e-cig companies) even if the FDA exempts e-cigs from Section 910,
- virtually all e-cigs are consumed by smokers and ex-smokers who switched to e-cigs,
- the CDC has falsely claimed e-cigs are addicting youth and are gateways to cigarettes,
- States (not FDA) should ban e-cig sales to minors and 25 states already have done so,
- Section 911 of the TCA would prohibit companies from truthfully saying that e-cigs emit no smoke and are less hazardous
alternatives to cigarettes,
- additional FDA regulations for e-cigs (e.g. sales/marketing restrictions, nicotine restrictions, flavoring restrictions, e-liquid sales ban) could deny me and other consumers of legal and/or affordable access to e-cig products we now consume.
I would like to give a brief description of the device in question. A liquid composed of vegetable glycerin and/or propylene glycol, which are both organic compounds defined as generally safe by the FDA, is infused with nicotine (or no nicotine, depending on individual preference.) This liquid is then electronically vaporized at a temperature of 185 degrees fahrenheit and inhaled by the user to mimic the effects of a cigarette. Using the device is considered to be an act of 'vaporizing', not smoking. This is because the temperature of combustion is not being reached. There is nothing burning, no smoke, no combustion.
The device is quite simple and very effective. I used to smoke up to 2 packs a day for over 30 years. Now, after a year of using a personal vaporizer, I don't smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day anymore!!! My energy has improved, my sleep has improved, my lungs have improved, I stopped coughing all day, my blood flow has increased, my appetite has grown stable, my sense of smell and taste has completely recovered!
These personal vaporizers come without the 4,000+ chemicals wrapped up in tobacco form. I've tried smoking cessation tips and tricks, and drugs, however, nothing but the ecig has ever worked to keep me from smoking those 2 packs of cigarettes a day!
I feel personally hurt, offended, angered, and attacked by this regulatory attempt as e-cigarettes have saved my life from the well-documented harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. Do you have family, friends, or loved ones who smoke cigarettes? Would you not defend their constitutional right to regulate and improve their health as they see fit? I would like to believe that you would.
I ask of you to represent me, current smokers, former smokers, and the Constitution itself by voting NO on the alignment of electronic cigarettes with Chapter IX of the TCA. The FDA has made false and misleading fear mongering claims about e-cigs since 2009. To this day, news articles, anti-tobacco zealots, even the common public, still believe the false claims they made. The FDA made a huge impact, for the wrong reasons. They want them to be classified as drugs, so they can collect exorbitant fees to test them, perhaps. The deeming regulation would give the entire e-cig industry to Big Tobacco even if the FDA exempts e-cigs from Section 910. Banning online sales, in favor of big tobacco products sold at gas stations and convenience stores, is detrimental to small vendors and consumers alike. That would kill the economical growth and the American spirit both.
