I don't know where your local branch of the ALA is located, but in Illinois it appears that the ALA definitely does want to ban them.
Quote from the Illinois proposed bill: SB3174:
"Nicotine delivery products. No product containing or delivering nicotine intended or expected for human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not a tobacco product as defined by 21 U.S.C. 321(rr) shall be distributed or sold in this State or to consumers in this State unless it has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration for tobacco use cessation, harm reduction, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose."
About a dozen people who successfully used the products to replace all their tobacco cigarettes testified at the Illinois House Health Committee hearing. After listening to the testimony, the Health Committee chairperson asked point blank if the legislature could be revised to ONLY prohibit the sale of PV's to minors. The bill's author deferred to the lobbyist for the American Lung Association. She said point blank "this is the way WE wrote the bill."
http://tobaccoharmreduction.org/faq/nicotine.htm
"There is no evidence that nicotine causes any substantial risk for cancer, and the research shows that the risk for cardiovascular disease is minimal. The confusion about nicotine comes from anti-smoking activists talking about nicotine and smoking as if they were the same. While it is true that people smoke mostly because of nicotine; nicotine users die mostly because of the smoke."
It's amazing how many people fell for the FDA's spin job. FDA screamed "carcinogens", but their "toxicology report" lacked a quantitative analysis. Turns out that Health New Zealand did quantify the Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNAs) in e-cigarette cartridges and found that the highest quantity was 8 nanograms/milligram -- matching the amount found in a government-approved nicotine patch. In contrast, a day's supply of tobacco cigarettes contains 5,500 to 11,000 ng/mg of these carcinogens. Which seems more carcinogenic to you? And while FDA got a lot of mileage out of the "antifreeze" label, they conveniently neglected to mention that the substance (DEG) is actually used in tobacco to keep it moist. Since the nicotine in e-liquid is extracted from tobacco, that's the most likely source. So how does the amount they found compare to what's in cigarettes? FDA didn't say that either. The American Association of Publich Health Physicians has submitted a petition to the FDA asking them to correct their misleading report and press release.
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I don't know where your local branch of the ALA is located, but in Illinois it appears that the ALA definitely does want to ban them. Quote from the Illinois proposed bill: SB3174: "Nicotine delivery products. No product containing or delivering nicotine intended or expected for human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not a tobacco product as defined by 21 U.S.C. 321(rr) shall be distributed or sold in this State or to consumers in this State unless it has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration for tobacco use cessation, harm reduction, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose." About a dozen people who successfully used the products to replace all their tobacco cigarettes testified at the Illinois House Health Committee hearing. After listening to the testimony, the Health Committee chairperson asked point blank if the legislature could be revised to ONLY prohibit the sale of PV's to minors. The bill's author deferred to the lobbyist for the American Lung Association. She said point blank "this is the way WE wrote the bill."
http://tobaccoharmreduction.org/faq/nicotine.htm "There is no evidence that nicotine causes any substantial risk for cancer, and the research shows that the risk for cardiovascular disease is minimal. The confusion about nicotine comes from anti-smoking activists talking about nicotine and smoking as if they were the same. While it is true that people smoke mostly because of nicotine; nicotine users die mostly because of the smoke."
It's amazing how many people fell for the FDA's spin job. FDA screamed "carcinogens", but their "toxicology report" lacked a quantitative analysis. Turns out that Health New Zealand did quantify the Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNAs) in e-cigarette cartridges and found that the highest quantity was 8 nanograms/milligram -- matching the amount found in a government-approved nicotine patch. In contrast, a day's supply of tobacco cigarettes contains 5,500 to 11,000 ng/mg of these carcinogens. Which seems more carcinogenic to you? And while FDA got a lot of mileage out of the "antifreeze" label, they conveniently neglected to mention that the substance (DEG) is actually used in tobacco to keep it moist. Since the nicotine in e-liquid is extracted from tobacco, that's the most likely source. So how does the amount they found compare to what's in cigarettes? FDA didn't say that either. The American Association of Publich Health Physicians has submitted a petition to the FDA asking them to correct their misleading report and press release.