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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.
They can’t tax the bejeezus out of e-cigs like they can real tobacco, so out they must go!
Bingo!
For your list.
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.
“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.
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.
Rosentha
Yet another one in government.
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.
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But you can buy Nicotine patches no problem...
Similar to a cup of coffee or a Coke or energy drinks?
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.
Think deeper next time, bigbob.
One more reason I am glad we moved out of NYS last November.
I left New York State in 2000, and NEVER regretted the move. My only complaint is that New York still exists.
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