VOTE NOW! Wall Street Journal Poll: Should e-cigarettes be regulated as drug-delivery devices by the FDA?

[Villager]

Elevating this to a broader audience:
So far, 75% voted NO (this is a good thing)!
****UPDATE*****
NO votes are up to 75.9% now, but even if that goes to 90%, MOST PEOPLE on the WSJ site WILL NEVER SEE IT unless there are the comments to keep it a "hot" thread. The *new* threads get clicked on the most, JUST LIKE HERE.

This "Question of the Day" was started 4 days ago and bumps to the top of the list every time someone leaves a comment - voting goes on FOREVER. So, people on ECF can vote NO whenever they discover the link, and grow the # of NO votes (2,224 now), but voting is not enough it is the COMMENTS that keep the issue prominent (only 14 total comments now - there were already about 8 when this hit ECF!).

This is a major platform showcasing public opinion on our side of this issue. STICKY anyone?

This is the main WSJ Question of the Day page: Wall Street Journal: Question of the Day Topics .
It is not the # of votes or the # of comments but the most recent comment that keeps the E-cig Q "thread" alive -- hey, just like here in this forum! If even one ECF person voted & COMMENTED each day, that thread would be bumped to the top for a good long while.
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I'm new here so can't post links. So just search on the following titles:

Wall Street Journal: Question of the Day: Should e-cigarettes be regulated as drug-delivery devices by the FDA?

E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War - WSJ.com

Rush Limbaugh Touts Benefits of E-Cigarettes, Slams FDA

Pass it on!

Thanks steeleb, Here's your link(s)

Wall Street Journal: Question of the Day: Should e-cigarettes be regulated as drug-delivery devices by the FDA? Poll is HERE

An article E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War - WSJ.com Here

And the last one Rush Limbaugh Touts Benefits of E-Cigarettes, Slams FDA here

Thank you. Is there a way you can elevate this to a broader audience? I think it is very important to get the word out ASAP.

 

[ec!gg]

Thanks Villager. We put our vote up... NO!

 

[MacTX]

Very cool stuff! It's going to take people with broad audiences like Limbaugh has supporting this. I also have the Magma from Volcano, that was a cool little aside for me. In any case, it all comes down to $$$$. Drug companies marketing nicotine cessation products hate it because it delivers the nicotine in a FAR safer manner for the user and a COMPLETELY safe manner for the environment and those around the smoker (no second-hand smoke issues). What the tobacco and drug companies SHOULD be doing is developing their own ecig models to provide more competition in the mainstream.

 

[scheherezade]

Bumping, more people here should see this and comment. WSJ is looked at by many, many, readers.

 

[Villager]

Thanks Villager. We put our vote up... NO!

Your welcome, spread the word... or the post. Glad you voted, I did too!

Bumping, more people here should see this and comment. WSJ is looked at by many, many, readers.

Agreed! Time is running out to vote, I think. It is the "Question of the Day" after all.

 

[v1John]

Thanks for the alert.

There are 'Questions/articles of the day' from July that are still getting comments, so it may be possible to at least post your comments for a while.


It's 75.6% now! Was it 75% exactly at the start of this thread?


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[Villager]

Thanks for the alert.

There are 'Questions/articles of the day' from July that are still getting comments, so it may be possible to at least post your comments for a while.

It's 75.6% now! Was it 75% exactly at the start of this thread?

You're right! It looks like this Question was started 3 days ago and bumps to the top of the list every time someone leaves a comment - voting goes on FOREVER.

So, people on ECF can vote NO whenever they discover the link, and grow the # of NO votes (2140 now), but voting is not enough it is the COMMENTS that keep the issue prominent (only 8 comments!).

I think this is a major platform to showcase public opinion is on our side of this issue. STICKY anyone?

This is the main WSJ Question of the Day page: Wall Street Journal: Question of the Day Topics

Right now the e-cig Q is lagging behind a Sarah Palin Q and the economic recovery Q - those 2 Questions have a combined 88 comments. But remember, it is not the # of votes or the # of comments but the most recent comment that keeps the E-cig Q "thread" alive -- hey, just like here in this forum! If even one ECF person voted & COMMENTED each day, that thread would be bumped to the top for a good long while.

NO votes are at 75.7 now, but even if that goes to 90%, MOST PEOPLE on that site WILL NEVER SEE IT unless there are the comments to keep it a "hot" thread. The *new* threads get clicked on the most, JUST LIKE HERE.

I'm going back to comment. Who's going with me?

Bumping, more people here should see this and comment. WSJ is looked at by many, many, readers.

scheherezade had the key all along!

p.s. John, it was 75 point somethin' and well over 2000 NO votes when I first posted. I don't think ECF has made much of an impact... YET.

 

[SeriousLevity]

Excellent find.... Gonna go check it out now.

 

[Villager]

Excellent find.... Gonna go check it out now.

Great! Don't forget to leave a comment!

 

[SeriousLevity]

I posted excerpts from an excellent blog link I found on another thread. I believe that the WSJ link that you have provided could prove to be an exceptional forum to express ECF member sentiments far beyond our online community here.

If you have not done so already I would like to encourage you to review the blog from which the excerpts were taken.


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary dated August 03, 2010. [/FONT]

I truely hope that many ECF member will discover this thread and become proactive as we near the eleventh hour.

 

[SeriousLevity]

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: FDA Reply Brief in NJOY Electronic Cigarette Case is Not Compelling Because It Ignores FDA Tobacco Law

Here is the link.

 

[Villager]

I posted excerpts from an excellent blog link I found on another thread. I believe that the WSJ link that you have provided could prove to be an exceptional forum to express ECF member sentiments far beyond our online community here.

If you have not done so already I would like to encourage you to review the blog from which the excerpts were taken.


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary dated August 03, 2010. [/FONT]

I truely hope that many ECF member will discover this thread and become proactive as we near the eleventh hour.

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: FDA Reply Brief in NJOY Electronic Cigarette Case is Not Compelling Because It Ignores FDA Tobacco Law

Here is the link.

This should be added to the news & campaigning sections of ECF too!!

Thank you! I read the excerpts you posted on WSJ - this is the crux of the issue. And thanks for the link, I found the blog w/google but hadn't located the Aug 3 part yet.

Up to 13 replies / comments now!
-- btw people can reply to others' comments and comment more than once.

 

[jRP]

Voted, NO of course!

 

[lujin4]

Also voted "no".

 

[green-lantern]

Well they haven't gave a crap what the people have wanted so far but I voted NO.

 

[the_antisheep]

Voted.....

 

[Villager]

Commented? Anyone?

 

[SeriousLevity]

Thank you all for voting! As Villager has said in earlier posts, it's the comments contributed to the WSJ community comments section that keep our thread in first position for everyone to see.

Believe that your words have an impact because they certainly do!!!!

 

[Villager]

Yes, thank you all for voting! I'm going to ***UPDATE*** the first post in this thread to reference the important effect of comments on WSJ. Thanks SeriousLevity!

 

[Luisa]

Yes, thank you all for voting! I'm going to ***UPDATE*** the first post in this thread to reference the important effect of comments on WSJ. Thanks SeriousLevity!

Okay,I am a subscriber to WSJ and the site will not let me vote. I even went through the registration process and it still would not let me vote. HELP!