Sunday, November 13, 2011

War on e-Cigs

Hi again readers, it's Lenny back with some news--this time about the war on e-cigs being waged, strangely enough, by the American Lung Association as well as the regular crowd of "we hate anything that even looks or sounds like a cigarette" and the tobacco companies and big pharmaceuticals, who stand to lose money because thousands of people are now vaping instead of smoking.

Never mind that there is plenty of information out there, some of which we have covered in this blog, that very strongly suggests that e-cigs represent a huge opportunity to lessen to a very large degree, if not to completely eliminate, the dangers of tobacco smoke. There simply is no comparison between the two.

I came across a super website today, Check it out HERE that does a great job of reporting all news related to the attempted banning of e-cigarettes, or at the very least, different interests trying to make e-cigs out to be an evil, wicked thing, equivalent to burning tobacco, which we all know is not true.

The thousands of people who are fans of the little electronic marvels beg to differ. I know, I'm one of them. But the site I linked to is really important to all of us, because it points you to information about how to fight back against the interests that want to ban our e-cigs. (I'm sure the big pharmaceutical companies that make NRT (nicotine replacement therapy patches, gum etc) and the tobacco industry sure wants to see them banned, after all, they are cutting into their profits.

I hope all my readers check the site out, and take some action before our rights to use e-cigs are taken away.

The thousands of chemicals (including at least 46 known carcinogens) that are found in cigarette smoke are not found in e-cig emissions, during rigorous testing by the FDA (and other researchers) which after a court decision has itself failed to ban e-cigs, and which now treats e-cigs the same way as they treat cigarettes, meaning they no longer ban entry of the devices into the US. This is a huge win for the e-cig business and customers who want access to them.

In some states, CA included, where Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a ban on e-cigs, reason prevails, but many people are also being manipulated into thinking e-cigs are as bad as smoking cigarettes, and that's a shame.

I sincerely hope you take a look at that site I linked to, and let your legislators know where you stand on the issue of e-cigs. I would think our government, particularly during the current climate of economic malaise, would have better things to do than try to outlaw a product that could actually help smokers health to be less at risk, while doing away with second hand smoke.

Thanks for reading, this is Lenny the e-cig guy, signing off!   

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