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In reply to the discussion: Do smoking bans apply to e-cigarettes? [View all]Tyhanna
(145 posts)Offically the FDA has not made a ruling on e-cigarettes yet.
The states are starting to regulate them, counties and cities.
You do have to understand the popularty of them has just been within the last few years, with a huge growth in the last year.
They have been out for 10 years, and in that time nobody has died from direct use of an e-cigarette.
The technoligy has gotten better just over the last 3 years or so. More kinds to offer people. Research and development is still happening. So in that so are studys and surveys. 2.5million use e-cigs in this country, and other 7-8million in the rest of the world.
OK, RI, SC, VA are some ones that have tried just this year. We see nothing wrong with the minors law, and we expect some regulation will come from the FDA, but making bans threw ignorance is wrong for anything. There are many counties, cities, states that exclude them and dont see them as a tobacco product. Because they are really not at tobacco product. But by having the judge make that judgement it keep them from being ban and having to have extensive and very expensive studies done as a drug devise. No company was prepaired to do those kinds of studies. The fund raising just for CASAA to do a study has been long and hard. We dont get money from the government, all the money comes from within the community.
ANTZ, AHA,WHO,ACS, or any people that dont use them. How do all those before listed grps get money? for any reseach and studies?
As a group if many people with many more we are hoping will get on board using e-cigs we would like to see a new catigory made for THR. This is still at grassroots, most companies are starter companies and dont have the capital to do anything like studies. Any studies done is not for the FDA but for those within the community. They do not have to do studies for the FDA, it just doesnt work that way.
I would think as a fellow human you would want to see it helping people. I would think anything that could help people get away from smoking a very important thing and would be promoted not just by the people that use them but by the people out there that dont want to see people die from smoking.
Remember nobody had died from direct use of e-cigarettes in 10 years. Everyone ive seen storys from and believe me ive seen hundreds, feel better, have better lung use, better blood pressure, (took mine yesterday 118/69) more energy, better over all health.
We are not forcing them on you, we are not doing anything to you with them, so Im not sure why you acting this way. Vapor last 11 seconds in the air, cigarette smoke last upto 30 min in the air. We have already provided you with studies of air quality, but you have to read the PDF to see all the numbers, but reading the numbers probably wont help you unless they are explained to you. So that is why you read the short version. Its there in black and white. The ANTZ have funded studies also and give a negative light to e-cigs but if you examine those numbers the chemicals are well below threat to anyone. And well below the standards excepted by the government and FDA. Even the study done by the FDA the numbers were well below the excepted standards.
This is fear from ignorance, educate yourself....we did.