The WV Mid Ohioh Valley HEalth Department has issues the Clean Indoor Air Act to Include E-Cigarettes
in bans:
Clean Indoor Air
Clean Indoor Air : Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department
tobacco Prevention
Tobacco Prevention : Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department
I have just written a letter to Jamie Jacobsen, tobacco Prevention Coordinator -- and here is
the full text:
If anyone wishes to help... please write Jamie at:
jamie.r.jacobsen@wv.gov
This is getting so far out of hand that it isn't even funny... as if it ever was.
in bans:
Clean Indoor Air
Clean Indoor Air : Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department
tobacco Prevention
Tobacco Prevention : Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department
I have just written a letter to Jamie Jacobsen, tobacco Prevention Coordinator -- and here is
the full text:
Hello,
I am writing as a concerned citizen of WV.
I smoked for 34+ years @ nearly 2 packs a day. Nothing I tried ever worked to get me off
cigarettes until in October of last year, when I tried an Electronic Cigarette.
I have now been nearly 6 months Cigarette Free, can breathe much better and my family no
longer suffers the effects from smoking... my home smells better and no longer has the nasty
sticky film or dirty ash trays ....
I am guessing you do not have much knowledge of E-Cigarettes and their potential to help
not only reduce the harm caused by smoking but the potential to get people off cigarettes for
good.
E-Cigarettes should NOT be included in any form of legislation regarding Indoor Smoking
Policy as they are meant to reduce the second hand dangers of smoking as well as provide
smokers with a means to reduce cigarette use and possibly quit.
Here is a little information regarding the use of, purpose for, and scientific evidence that
e-cigarettes have none of the dangers that smoking has.
In 2011, the Clear-Stream Air Project conducted a study on E-cigs vs smoking and here are
the papers and results showing that smoking produces significant risks while E-Cig vapor
produces little to none.
Clear-Stream Air Published!
ClearStream Air Published! | ClearStream by FlavourArt
Full Text
http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CSA_ItaEng.pdf
Results Poster
http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CSA_Poster.pdf
Also, I know people who have been using e-cigs for well over a year, some for 2 or more years,
and of the hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) who use them, they can all tell you
how much they have benefited from the E-Cigarette.
Also - Please put personal opinion and beliefs aside and feel free to visit the CASAA website
Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association
CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association
tobacco Harm Reduction
Tobacco Harm Reduction
Learn about Electronic Cigarettes
Learn About Electronic Cigarettes
All of these pages include science and facts based on real studies and in the E-Cigarette Forum
( http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/
) you can find thousands of people who have given
their testimonies about how the e-cig has helped them.
Currently, there are several ongoing studies (on in Penn State by Dr Foulds, and one in the UK)
regarding the use and benefits or possible dangers and so far... no dangers have been found.
Simply put - Your site "MOVHD" says: "Promoting Health Preventing Disease"
Well... banning the use of e-cigarettes is NOT promoting health, it is inhibiting it and is only
instilling more fear in people about e-cigarettes when there should be more education about
them.
Let's face it -- the MAIN reason there is so much controversy and propaganda over e-cigarettes
is because:
1) The FDA could stand to lose their hold on the market for NRT products (that simply DO NOT
work)
2) The Cigarette companies stand to lose Cigarette sales
3) Health organizations stand to lose funding from the money coming in from people smoking.
4) Medical organizations stand to lose money from the health issues caused by smoking.
Lets be realistic -- (IMHO) It is about Money - not health.
Where have our Priorities gone?
It isn't the Nicotine that is the issue, it is the burning of tobacco -- Nicotine has numerous
health benefits and if you really want to get technical, Nicotine is found in a wide variety
of vegetables and other things we use every day, as is Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Glycerin,
Distilled Water, and Food Flavorings.
Those 5 things are the ONLY ingredients in an E-Cigarette and are approved for a wide variety
of daily uses by humans.
So... is banning the use of food flavorings, candy, cosmetics, fog machine, potatoes, cauliflower,
hot peppers, vaporizers, asthma inhalers (+ thousands of other things) next?
Personally - I will never go back to smoking now that I found the greatest invention since
chewing gum (which by the way doesn't work to stop smoking either).
And I will support any effort to keep e-cigarettes on the open market so smokers can have
a BETTER alternative that is not only affordable but works and is far better than inhaling
4000+ carcinogenic chemicals.
If they had these 30, 40, even 50 years ago, perhaps my Mother would be alive today.
Thank you.
If anyone wishes to help... please write Jamie at:
jamie.r.jacobsen@wv.gov
This is getting so far out of hand that it isn't even funny... as if it ever was.