Why?

[Bobnoxious]

My wife is undergoing chemo-therapy for lung cancer.
She was diagnosed in July of 2009.
The mother of my children is going to die. I haven't told the kids yet.
We both were 30+ year smokers.
We have four kids, two of them are hers, and two are mine.
If I continue to smoke, I will die.
When that happens, my children will have no parents.
Yet they are trying to ban the one thing that can save my life. E-cigarettes.
Why won't they think of the children?

 

[warlike36]

I truly believe its time for a Revolution! All they care about is MONEY.
The wife and I will be praying for your wife and familly.
My wife lost her mother to cancer when she was twelve,it still affects her.

 

[laborer75]

Sorry to hear about the pain your family and yourself are enduring. Especially your wife. It is sad they allow the tobacco giants to have free run and put billions in thier pockets but yet they want to stop the e-cigs, which basically they have not done enough research themselves to understand them. It goes way beyond ecigs also. They are starting to treat people like kids and want to tell them whats good and bad for them. There are literally thousands of products at Walmart alone more deadly and toxic to people than ecigs. When is enough enough? You have my best wishes. Try and stay as positive as you can for your wife and kids. Not easy but they need you.

 

[Bobnoxious]

I was always told, 'God only gives us the weight we can bear'. But he also gave me the weight of Huntington's Disease. My kids are at risk, all 4 of them. Ok, I'm sorry, I can't bear to see a child with Huntington's. And I have, and it's bad.

 

[Badfish20]

They know cigarettes are killers, yet they wont ban them...beause they make great tax revenue from them,

E-cigs haven killed anyone, but they wont generate the samea mount of tax revenue, so lets ban them.

"We dont know if e-cigs will kill you yet, so they are baned, we know cigarettes will kill you, so enjoy"

 

[CES]

Bob, thank you for your post- I'm sorry for what you and your family are going through. It reminds me how precious life is, and how important the fight to keep e-cigs available is.

 

[Vocalek]

Bobnoxious: Your story would make a powerful addition to the collection of Great Testimonials that Smokeyjoe is putting together. Can you add a few details? Have you tried using electronic cigarettes yet, or are you reluctant to get started, seeing that big government might eliminate this option?

 

[Bobnoxious]

Vocalek,

Yes. I have 2 510 kits and an SE Gold.

I'd like to PM you a little info on the OP if you don't mind.