I'm about to send an E-mail to my senator, to vote no on the waxman bill ( H.R.1256 ).
I am currently mentioning the involvement Phillip Morris has had in the creation of the bill, and mentioning the ban on e-cigs that the FDA wishes to impose. I have mentioned the positive health effects the e-cig currently has ( better breathing, better smelling, No carcinogins, etc..etc..), and the need for the bill to be read more closely to see how much involvement Phillip Morris has had in the creation of the bill, and what they stand to gain by giving the FDA power over all tobacco based drugs.
I am also mentioning how I don't wish for the government to get bigger, and tell us that we cant use an item that currently shows no adverse health effects on the user, or those around the user, Since this particular senator is a republican, thus I figured such a comment may help him vote no. I am in no way dissing, or endorsing one side or another here on these forums. I'm just using my senators own bias to help my argument.
If I suggest that the bill be re-written for the exclusion of the FDA to ban e-cigs, until there is data showing it to have adverse health effects on the user, Is that a legatimate request? Is that possible in a bill like this? That is, Is it possible to single out a single item, and have the bill specifically say that e-cigs cannot be banned by the FDA until results have been shown to harm the user?
I am trying to make my E-mail sound professional, and not whiney, or sound stupid, Thus i'm asking if the idea above is a dumb idea or not. Plus, asking if there is anything I'm leaving out.
Also, this is the first time I have EVER e-mailed one of my representatives about ANYTHING. But this issue is very important to me, and to my parents, who JUST ORDERED their own kits over the weekend. And they won't be happy if the FDA suddenly bans e-cigs and e-juice right after they bought their stuff.
I am currently mentioning the involvement Phillip Morris has had in the creation of the bill, and mentioning the ban on e-cigs that the FDA wishes to impose. I have mentioned the positive health effects the e-cig currently has ( better breathing, better smelling, No carcinogins, etc..etc..), and the need for the bill to be read more closely to see how much involvement Phillip Morris has had in the creation of the bill, and what they stand to gain by giving the FDA power over all tobacco based drugs.
I am also mentioning how I don't wish for the government to get bigger, and tell us that we cant use an item that currently shows no adverse health effects on the user, or those around the user, Since this particular senator is a republican, thus I figured such a comment may help him vote no. I am in no way dissing, or endorsing one side or another here on these forums. I'm just using my senators own bias to help my argument.
If I suggest that the bill be re-written for the exclusion of the FDA to ban e-cigs, until there is data showing it to have adverse health effects on the user, Is that a legatimate request? Is that possible in a bill like this? That is, Is it possible to single out a single item, and have the bill specifically say that e-cigs cannot be banned by the FDA until results have been shown to harm the user?
I am trying to make my E-mail sound professional, and not whiney, or sound stupid, Thus i'm asking if the idea above is a dumb idea or not. Plus, asking if there is anything I'm leaving out.
Also, this is the first time I have EVER e-mailed one of my representatives about ANYTHING. But this issue is very important to me, and to my parents, who JUST ORDERED their own kits over the weekend. And they won't be happy if the FDA suddenly bans e-cigs and e-juice right after they bought their stuff.
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