FDA Hearing Part 3
By: Tiffany Davis
Flavor Vapor Media Specialist
This is part 3 of the FDA hearing about e-cigs and other tobacco products. The hearing was held on May 15th 2014. You
can find this video on c-span. Please, if you haven’t read part 1 &
2 please read those before. The whole hearing is one hour and a half
long this part only covers the last 30 minutes of the hearing.
This
hearing not only covers e-cigs but, other tobacco products. In the
beginning of this part is about premium cigars. Many of us have seen
these tiny little cigars they are cheap, flavored, and easy to get ahold
of. The CDC and FDA are proposing that not only raise the price of
these little cigars but, also to only allow tobacco flavoring. This may
sound way off the path of e-cigs but, according to many peoples beliefs
are that flavors are only marketed towards kids. This also includes
e-cigs, cigars, and traditional cigarettes.
If the
CDC and FDA gets their way with these little cigars this could mean bad
news because this would just allow these government agency’s to expand
the definition to e-cigs to banish flavors from our favorite e-juice
flavors. So, no more bumble bee, pixie dust, fruit ninja, or even
panda’s blood. L
Dr. Tim
McAfee from the CDC expressed his concern that e-cigs are gateway drugs.
Dr. McAfee even went as far as comparing e-cigs to marijuana and
cocaine!! I understand that we don’t want our youth to get their hands
on anything but, as adults we can look back on our own childhood and
know that it would be impossible to stop every kid from getting
something they weren’t supposed to. We did a poll on Facebook and the
results were startling. Many moms and dads would rather their kid’s pick
up an e-cig than a traditional cigarette. We didn’t have any decisive
“no’s”. Being a new mom myself I can’t even fathom giving or even seeing
my son with ANY under aged product this includes EVERYTHING!
Surprising
by the end of this hearing I don’t hate Mr. Zeller with the FDA like I
thought I was going to. Mr. Zeller, isn’t trying to kill e-cigs he even
said it himself it could be a benefit for the population if all switched
from combustible tobacco. I
still don’t like the government trying to regulate a product that has
given so many jobs (like me), and has created a new source of revenue
for our community’s. Now on my “SHIT LIST” is Senator Tom Harkin if he
had it his way e-cigs would be abolished. I don’t think I ever just
wanted to reach through the screen and slap someone.
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you for reading our blogs. We strive to keep you updated with the
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including links to sign a petition and also a link on “how to write a
letter” to the government.
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Link for the video-
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