WMBD Channel 31

[jj2]

WMBD-TV Channel 31 just announced it will be doing a story, “The Truth About The Electric Cigarette.”

Has anyone been contacted for information about this?

If not, at least in my way of thinking, CASAA, or ECA, should contact them and give them a little on the positive side before it airs.
I was in the kitchen when I heard this and I ran madly into living room to catch what I could, and I think they said Thursday.

 

[jj2]

Just heard a preview and they have some gal from ACS, I think, and she is talking about PG being in antifreeze.
Just from this, I'd say, it isn't good.
I'm looking for an email or how to contact, as soon as I find it, I post it.

 

[jj2]

Bloom-Normal News
2714 E. Lincoln
Bloomington, IL 61701
News (309) 827-3791
News (309) 661-1561 (FAX)

The story is ready to air, but that doesn't mean it's set in gold yet---CALL OR FAX.

bmcdonald@wmbd.com

 

[yvilla]

Well JJ, the email address did not work. So I sent a fax. I hope that gets through!

 

[yvilla]

Okay, just got confirmation that my 10 page fax was delivered.

 

[StormFinch]

Well JJ, the email address did not work. So I sent a fax. I hope that gets through!

Nice save to both of you! Will be keeping my fingers crossed that they get the fax and see the news piece as more than just sensationalism.

 

[Vocalek]

I, too, am sending a fax, attaching a print of my Email Message to Public Citizen. Here is the cover letter:

Bloom-Normal News
2714 E. Lincoln
Bloomington, IL 61701


SUBJECT: “The Truth About The Electric Cigarette.”


To whom it may concern:

Please review the attached copy of my email message about electronic cigarettes to Public Citizen. It provides factual information, supported by references, that may contradict what you have heard from organizations such as the American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, and American Heart Association. No doubt, you want to present a balanced look at all sides of the controversy over electronic cigarettes.

I smoked for 45 years and tried nearly every product on the market to stop. After switching to using an electronic cigarette, I have been smoke-free for over a year (March 27, 2009). No longer am I kept awake at night, listening to myself wheeze. The wheezing is gone. I no longer cough up a gob or two of phlegm every morning. Sorry to be graphic, that that’s the reality of the situation.

My case is far from unusual. We estimate that over 100,000 people are now former smokers who have substituted inhaling vaporized nicotine for inhaling deadly tobacco smoke. We are confused, frustrated, and outraged that organizations that claim to have public health as their mission are trying to eliminate this product.

If these organizations, aided and abetted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, succeed in their mission, the health of tens of thousands of e-cigarette users will be placed in jeopardy. Many will relapse to cigarette smoking, to sicken and die. What is even worse is that over 40 million continuing cigarette smokers will be denied the opportunity to follow in our footsteps and finally regain their own health.

 

[jj2]

I sent some stuff in too. I want to thank you two though.
They did the regular story, e-cig side and ACS with comments on PG.
At the very end they did a commentary on its growing popularity and that PG was found in other stuff---including food.

 

[CES]

jj2- nice catch! is the story available online yet? Thanks Vocale, Yvilla and jj2 for responding so quickly.

 

[jj2]

Not till Monday at 10:30. I posted the link in another post. I’ll try to bump it then.

 

[CES]

nice. i got to the show from the other thread, and promptly lost that thread. so....

Will E-Cigarettes Play in Peoria? - CentralIllinoisProud.com I liked the way they showed all the people smoking while the ACS rep said that e-cigs hadn't been tested yet. I especially liked the last phrase noting that the FDA has approved the use of PG in products, but that it's a "sticking point" for e-cigs

 

[jj2]

Houchin (the guy selling them) was in the same class as my son.
His father was the principal at the high school who is now the superintendant.
And I agree, it was more positive than negative.

 

[kristin]

I'm glad they seemed to debunk that PG is bad - I wish it wasn't as a "side note" at the end. Overall a good report - needs comments!

 

[lightbeast]

bumping this thread, i live close to Peoria and can not believe the store is being attacked before it even opens, i did hear it is not doing to bad on its open day tho