Here's the rewrite;
At First, I Just Rolled My Eyes!
When I saw this ad:
(Insert Ad Here)
Then I realized I have a responsibility to my fellow man. For the life of me, and the lives of millions of other smokers and former smokers, I cannot understand why non-profit organizations such as Alaska Family Health Services, Breathe Free Mat-Su & the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line would post such an outrageous and deceitful ad, demonizing vaping.
I, along with a majority of the population, have lost friends and loved ones to smoking related illnesses & cancer. I, myself, smoked for over 40 years and was able to quit instantly and completely, thanks to modern vapor devices and the myriad of wonderful flavors available. The patches didn’t work, the gum didn’t work and cold-turkey DIDN’T WORK. Modern vapor devices & e-liquids DID. So why would organizations whose job it is to promote Public Health and help people get OFF of tobacco want to frighten people into believing that something that DOES work is dangerous?
The ad is so outrageous, I have to address it.
First, let’s look at the Haz-Mat suit.
OSHA does require Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Food & Beverage Flavoring Manufacturing facilities but not to the extent of the nuke suit pictured. That is a stock photo pulled from shutterstock. Here’s the link if you’d care to check it yourself.
http://www.shutterstock.com/s/nuclear+suit/search.html?page=1&inline=203944375
Take note that the non-profits or their ad agency choose the most dramatic haz-mat photo possible, if you do visit the page. Note also the Radioactive Material Placard, just out of focus, in the background. I seriously doubt that the manufacture of Food & Beverage Flavorings involves the use of Radioactive Material. A basic respirator and jump suit are all that’s required. The flavors used in e-liquids are the same flavors produced for the food & beverage industry, the flavors you & I consume every day. The manufacturing process is completely different in concentration of, and temperature range to create the food flavoring compounds than the e- liquid or your morning Danish is heated to. In short, its apples to oranges, just a couple of the many wonderful e-liquid flavors, BTW.
The pretty pink & baby blue e-juice bottle labeled, Bubble Gum, is another obvious attempt to imply that the vapor industry is marketing their product to children. That is not the case. As an adult over 50, I enjoy bubble gum, cotton candy, pies, ice creams and many other junk foods. I was unaware that there is an age limit on enjoying delicious things. As a vaper, I can also tell you that the wide variety of delicious flavors has helped curb my junk food consumption, allowing me to shed a few unwanted, extra pounds. There are also laws already in place to prevent minors from purchasing vapor products, the same as tobacco products. This is another subliminal message meant to tug at your heart strings, to protect the children!
The question still remains, why would organizations that are tasked with getting people OFF of tobacco and protecting/improving Public Health, be so dead set on demonizing a product that has saved or at the very least, extended the life expectancy of millions of tobacco users? A product that is the only Smoking Cessation product that actually WORKS. A product found by the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain (The same people who were the first to link lung cancer to tobacco smoking.) to be AT LEAST 95% SAFER than smoking. It makes no sense, right?
Actually, cents, as in dollars & cents, is what it boils down to. A healthy population is not good for the economy, in the eyes of our government, health care system, big pharmaceutical and non-profit organizations. Billions of dollars in taxes, donations and salaries will evaporate if current smokers discover that modern vapor products DO work and that they ARE safe. If non vapers realize they are being lied to and scared into believing, simply so the industries and organizations listed above can protect their status quo. You ARE being lied to!
A Billion Lives are at stake! Don’t be scared into believing the lies. Please think for yourselves and of your fellow man. Vaping SAVES lives!
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Special thanks to
@Qew for researching the nuke suit photo and providing the link.
Open once again for discussion & suggestions.
Thanks EVERYONE!
Von Vape
Thanks for your support also. It is a bit of a grey area, here in the U.S. it's not perceived as much as a smoking cessation device, though it IS far more successful as one than the other NRT's @Debadoo mentioned earlier. In Great Britain and in the Royal College's report, vaping is considered not only a smoking cessation product but is strongly recommended to be prescribed as such. If not for the FDA, it would be here as well. Sadly, in a little over a month, NO ONE in the U.S. will be able to make this claim, regardless of it's validity.
