I find the wording of this document vague in relation to the types of "tobacco products" regulated under the proposed law. Is it not already illegal to sell or purchase tobacco cigarettes through mail order or internet order?
I am an electronic cigarette user who has no brick and mortar store to buy from. All my electronic cigarette hardware and flavored liquids are obtained through mail order. If electronic cigarette products were not available through online order and mail delivery, I would have to drive approximately 3 hours one way to purchase supplies. This would likely make me revert to tobacco cigarettes until I could taper off and quit nicotine gradually. I DO NOT wish to return to tobacco cigarettes!
Electronic cigarettes provide nicotine without the high levels of carcinogens of tobacco. FDA studies have shown that nitrosamine and carcinogens approximately equal the low levels of Nicorette gum (about 8ng/ml), which is available at any drug store without prescription. I'm not sure I understand why the FDA seems adamant on its attack of the electronic cigarette industry. I'd think that the FDA would welcome a product that has no record of harm and reports a tobacco quit rate of over 80% through use as compared to prescription tobacco cessation products whose quit rate averages around 7% effectiveness.
Electronic cigarettes not only supply nicotine without the carcinogens of tobacco cigarettes, but also reinforce the feel of smoking through the hand to mouth habit that people trying to quit tobacco cigarettes miss the most. Electronic cigarettes are an effective and, in my opinion, a much safer transition from cigarettes to quitting altogether. You should test electronic cigarettes extensively and advise the public that they are a safer router to cessation, should you find and agree that they reduce the harm caused by tobacco.
