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N.Y. Measure Would Outlaw E-Cigs
nasconline ^ | 1-26-11 | nasconline

Posted on 01/27/2011 10:52:52 AM PST by jmc813

The New York legislature is debating a statewide ban on e-cigarettes, the Associated Press reports. Health advocates point to the addictiveness of electronic cigarettes as part of the reason such a ban would be appropriate.

“I got interested in this because I saw all these ads for e-cigarettes, so I did some research,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal. “I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery.”

Rosenthal’s bill would ban e-cigs in the state until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can look into and regulate the battery-powered devices. The Assembly Health Committee will first vote on the bill before the rest of the Assembly.

Last year, her bill made it past the Assembly but halted in the Senate, which then had a Democrat majority. This year, Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon said his committee will look at the bill and may hold a hearing, but that right now, it was too early to predict the proposal’s chances for passage.

In December, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the FDA couldn’t regulate e-cigs as a drug. However, the agency can still regulate the device as a tobacco product. Last September, the agency warned five distributors of electronic cigarettes to stop using language that claims their products help reduce or stop smoking.


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1 posted on 01/27/2011 10:52:55 AM PST by jmc813
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To: jmc813

They can’t tax the bejeezus out of e-cigs like they can real tobacco, so out they must go!


2 posted on 01/27/2011 10:54:38 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Bingo!


3 posted on 01/27/2011 10:57:00 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 737 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

For your list.


4 posted on 01/27/2011 10:57:27 AM PST by jmc813
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To: jmc813
I had a pen in my mouth when I read this article. Can the FDA or state of New York outlaw that too?
5 posted on 01/27/2011 10:59:36 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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To: jmc813
Where is preemption when you want it?
6 posted on 01/27/2011 11:00:05 AM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: jmc813

I tend to agree with the idea I’ve heard expressed that the anti-smoking crusade was never about health, it was a social experiment to see if propaganda and government edict could impact people so significantly they’d even give up a long-ingrained habit. It’s the same sort of thing they’re now trying to do with food. It’s all about control.

E-cigarettes are like a shot across the bow of government control. That sort of thing makes them nervous.


7 posted on 01/27/2011 11:00:30 AM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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“I got interested in this because I saw all these ads for e-cigarettes, so I did some research,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal. “I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery.”

The complete pathology of a nanny state liberal busy-body.


8 posted on 01/27/2011 11:01:40 AM PST by headstamp 2 ("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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To: Nervous Tick

Don’t know why they couldn’t tax the consumable part the same way. It seems like a healthier alternative but I see no escaping the fact that it’s a drug-delivery device and should rightfully come under FDA regulation.


9 posted on 01/27/2011 11:02:15 AM PST by bigbob
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To: headstamp 2

Rosentha

Yet another one in government.


10 posted on 01/27/2011 11:07:43 AM PST by artificial intelligence (Your data will be processed by me for future input. Thank you.)
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To: headstamp 2
Has the left always been this stupid or have I missed something. The muslims may be frozen in the 7th century but our left is baying at the moon 16,500 years ago.
11 posted on 01/27/2011 11:08:03 AM PST by Hans
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To: JennysCool

Very well stated Jenny. My company and numerous other hospitals in the area recently enacted a “Tobacco Free” policy where the use of tobacco on our campuses, leased buildings, and annexed parking lots is against policy. This even goes for patients, visitors, and vendors! The outrage has been widespread, but what really irks me is that the hospital systems are willing to pay for (subsidize) smoking cessation products like the patch or gums, but they will NOT subsidize e-cigs and even e-cigs are considered “tobacco products” and thus not permissible for use.

I know a lot of people who’ve quit smoking thanks to e-cigs. Patches, gums, and even Chantix are constantly cited as “long term use” solutions whereas I’ve known people who kicked the habit in less than a month using e-cigs.

This is all about control. I hate that they want to control everything we do, even down to what products we use to control us. It’s 1984 and Animal Farm rolled into a tight little bureaucracy.


12 posted on 01/27/2011 11:08:49 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: headstamp 2
“I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery.”...

...if you can't read.

13 posted on 01/27/2011 11:08:59 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 737 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: jmc813

But you can buy Nicotine patches no problem...


14 posted on 01/27/2011 11:11:01 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: bigbob
but I see no escaping the fact that it’s a drug-delivery device and should rightfully come under FDA regulation.

Similar to a cup of coffee or a Coke or energy drinks?

15 posted on 01/27/2011 11:11:33 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: jmc813

I recently quit smoking for a multitude of reasons. Namely for my health; but every time I get the urge to smoke; I think of how some bureaucrat is going to take that tax money and spend it in “social” dollars on parasites or needless programs. I ain’t funding it anymore voluntarily.


16 posted on 01/27/2011 11:13:05 AM PST by Michael Barnes
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To: Prokopton; bigbob
... or Meerschaum pipes and flea market skull bongs.

Think deeper next time, bigbob.

17 posted on 01/27/2011 11:19:09 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: jmc813

One more reason I am glad we moved out of NYS last November.


18 posted on 01/27/2011 11:19:53 AM PST by jacquej
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A partial blame lays at the feet of the state medical society. Here in California, we have an outrageously false commercial running that proclaims that cigarette smoking is responsible for more death than almost every other causative agent COMBINED. When the medical societies just sit on their hands and do not protest these outright lies and exaggerations, it is almost as bad as endorsing cigarettes as a cure-all for whatever ails you. Science is science and lies told in the name of science have no place in an objective medical culture.
19 posted on 01/27/2011 11:20:19 AM PST by Cyman
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To: jacquej

I left New York State in 2000, and NEVER regretted the move. My only complaint is that New York still exists.


20 posted on 01/27/2011 11:21:41 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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