(The Wall Street Journal) E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War

[ezmoose]

E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War - WSJ.com

Also appears in MyFoxLA.com

E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War

 

[kristin]

We have two threads going now - great story!!

 

[GregH]

I think this one deserves two threads (and not because I was quoted in it).

 

[ezmoose]

Commented MyFoxLA.com

Thanks for a fair and balanced article. I tried an E Cigarette on December 6, 2009. I immediately quit smoking; this after 40 years of smoking two packs a day. The improvement in my health, particularly my ability to breathe, has been remarkable. I don’t understand the FDA’s reluctance to just regulate E Cigarette for what they are; a reduced harm tobacco product. I suspect that health is not the driving force behind the FDA’s insistence that E Cigarettes be classified as a drug delivery device; effectively banning them. I believe it’s more likely that the FDA is attempting to ban E Cigarettes because they compete with their cozy buddies’ (Big Pharma) nicotine replacement products. Few people can quit smoking cold turkey. FDA approved cessation products (with or without counseling) only marginally improve the chances of quitting. For me (and many other nicotine addicted smokers who can not or choose not to quit nicotine), E Cigarettes are a solution that reduces harm to levels that parallel abstinence. So in the name of public health, the FDA would have me give up E Cigarettes and return to a well known killer; smoking? Thanks for nothing FDA!

 

[ezmoose]

We have two threads going now - great story!!

GregH beat me by five minutes! lol I didn't even see it posted when I checked just before making my post. Oh well, good news deserves special (double posting/more exposure) treatment imho! lol

 

[pianoguy]

Excellent article!!

 

[Dee74]

Good, for the most part unbiased article and great coverage for e cigs. They need more comments! If you are a subscriber leave yours! I just did, under Dh's name though, but hey it there.

 

[Vocalek]

Commented in both, but was more brief in the FoxLA version. Only fair, since they cut out a few parts of the story.

Oh Crud! Just noticed that spell-check didn't catch the typo, "They only way..."

 

[ezmoose]

FDA Wants Regulations For E-Cigarettes - OzarksFirst.com

 

[Vocalek]

FDA Wants Regulations For E-Cigarettes - OzarksFirst.com

Your Title was right on. It certainly is the Reader's Digest version.