E-cigarettes and Teenagers in the Media

E-cigarettes and Teenagers in the Media

A recent new story from a local new outlet has reported a negative story about teens and e cigarettes. Ecigs are nothing more than a "Harm Reduction" way to smoke until long term studies are done. Enough research has been done to determine it to be safe in the current short studies. The ingredients in the liquid is nothing more the Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Glycerin, GRAS flavoring and nicotine. 4 ingredients. That is all. Tell me what the harm in that is? Compared to cigarettes that contain over 4000 cancer causing ingredients. Below are some links that EVERYONE should read before watching news and taking the media's word that e cigarettes are bad. They report on something with little to no research on what they are actually reporting on.

KHQ.com with this story http://www.khq.com/story/27645719/concerns-over-rising-teen-e-cigarette-use seem to think based on a person at the Poison Control that ecigs are marketed to teens with colors and flavors. How are they directly marketed to teens? Again it's 18+. As for the flavoring, what about liquor that comes in a variety of flavors. Even Nicorette comes in an assortment of flavors. Ask that same person at Poison Control what has killed or harmed kids the most. They will tell you toothpaste, the laundry soap pods and dishwasher pods are among the most called in. But, you don't see that posted all over the news now do you?

Even in the article the doctor states there are particles in the vapor. He has no stated proof. It's merely an opinion he has. He just mentions "Suggestions". Suggestions from where or whom? Even doctors are assuming the worst without any real research into thier opinion.

In closing, I hope the FDA gets it right with E-Cigarettes. Once there is regulations most of the false media stories will stop and most the fear that people have of e cigarettes . Well one hopes. There is more to the article but I have links below that show some proof and research that has gone into vaping. I hope this story will help the peoples opinion on vaping.

Links 

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/225

http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v32/n1/full/jphp201041a.html

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/06/new-study-shows-that-e-cigarettes.html

http://youtu.be/ZD7B9A_D8bQ

http://youtu.be/huvPuCYoBGs

http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140226/srep04133/full/srep04133.html

http://blog.casaa.org/2013/08/new-study-confirms-that-chemicals-in.html

http://ecigarettereviewed.com/e-cigarettes-are-not-gateways-to-tobacco-smoking

As for the issue of THC oil, Really? Who are the people that are getting this drug? Kids? Rightttttt! Where do you think they get it? They either procure it illegally or supplied by the parents or guardians. Kids do not just go to a store and get the crap. This goes the same with teens using Ecigs. I've been to all the ecig stores around me to check them out. Not one sell to minors. All sell 18+. Even though the FDA doesn't enforce this yet they are already complying with the assumption that the FDA will inforce. Even the gas station crap has for use with 18 and over label on them.

The media really needs to consider some research before reporting on something that has a difference in our lives. Quit reporting on matters with no research Please !!

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Ecigs and the FDA

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014



FDA regulation of e-cigarettes: huge costs, little or no benefit, says CASAA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its long-awaited draft regulations for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other low-risk alternatives to smoking. The regulations offer little benefit, according to The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), the leading advocate for the current and future consumers of low-risk alternatives to smoking. However, CASAA believes that should the FDA finalize the rule in its current form, it will inflict devastating harm on consumers.

“This is a classic case of government imposing a ‘solution’ and then looking for a problem,” said CASAA President Julie Woessner, J.D. “The regulations do nothing to address real concerns, and instead are a slow-motion ban of the high quality e-cigarettes that have helped so many smokers quit. The rules would mostly require busy-work filings that impose huge costs with little apparent benefit.”

The proposed regulations are based on a faulty understanding of the science, reports CASAA Scientific Director, Dr. Carl V. Phillips. “FDA has cherry-picked the available evidence,” says Phillips, “blindly accepting any assertion that favors aggressive regulation and ignoring the overwhelming evidence about the harms that these regulations would cause.”

Although the regulations do not openly ban the refillable devices that are preferred by experienced users, they impose a costly registration and approval process that would effectively eliminate them. Such registrations offer minimal benefits, but ensure that only a few large companies who mass-produce small and disposable products would be able to afford the necessary filings. Additionally, while the regulations do not immediately ban the variety of popular flavors for e-cigarette liquid, they signal an intention to do so in the future.

“Our research and others’ shows that higher-quality hardware and appealing flavors are important for smoking cessation,” says Phillips. “Many former smokers report that they were always tempted to go back to smoking while using the smaller devices with imitation tobacco flavoring, but they quit smoking for good when they found better hardware and flavors that no longer reminded them of smoking.”

It is estimated that as many as a million American smokers have quit or substantially reduced their smoking thanks to e-cigarettes, and many are already making plans for a black market if these regulations take effect. Those smokers who are using e-cigarettes in a transition stage could easily return to smoking--and future potential switchers may never be able to make the transition--if the restrictions on high-quality products are imposed. Woessner, who quit smoking thanks to e-cigarettes, fears such impacts. “If I had been limited to only those products that would exist under this regulation, I would probably still be smoking.”

CASAA is preparing a response that will point out the flaws in the proposed regulations and is organizing its members and hundreds of thousand of other e-cigarette users in an attempt to persuade FDA about the harms this regulation would cause. Should that fail, it plans to fight the regulations in court.

CASAA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, public health, membership NGO. It does not represent the interests of industry. Donations are not tax-deductible as a charitable contribution.

Contact: Carl V Phillips, CASAA Scientific Director, 651-503-6746, cphillips@casaa.org.
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CASAA Members: Please email this press release to your local newspapers and news stations.