“But why don't you apply for registration as a smoking cessation product? "
It is first of all important to remember that amendment SB-140 was rejected, this will avoid any possible confusion when reading the rest of the article, this will not prevent us from drawing some thoughts and conclusions for the future. (See the summary of the debate on the Sb-140)
The imagination of the opponents of the e-cigarette having no limitEven the eminent gray matter on the other side of the Atlantic still manages to surprise us with new arguments. punchy »Against vaping… Following the examination of amendment SB 140 by the assembly of the State of California last night, you will find here the anthology cleverly compiled, classified and summary of the arguments which are worth at the moment with the anti-vape ....
You'll see ! It is not bitten by chafer as the other would say!
THE 4 AMENDMENTS CONCERNING THIS LAW SB-140:
1) Inclusion of the e-cigarette in the federal definition of tobacco products
2) Verification of the age of e-cigarette buyers (in stores or by internet or by mail)
3) Prohibition of self-service sale of e-cigarettes or juices
4) Protection of minors against the e-cigarette
Remember that the new legislation will force any manufacturer of vape to file a marketing application, including studies, a financial deposit for registration up to 10 M dollars and an extension of the deadlines. placing on the market awaiting state authorization. Will small, independent vape companies have their shoulders to go to the end of this obstacle course?
WHO ARE THESE OPPONENTS?
The ones we see :
Medical Corps and National Colleges : Cardiologists, Pulmonologists, Neurologists, Addictologists, Nephrologists, Dentists (si, si!) ...
State bodies : FDA, federal assemblies, chambers, counties ....
Police and state security
National Education : Schools, High Schools, Principals, Principals, Universities.
Religious or esoteric obediences.
Those that we do not see :
Big Tobacco
Pro-smoking associations
Pharmaceutical industry
CONTEXT :
Recall again, that California is a state apart because it concentrates all the American paradox in the field of tobacco: California is indeed a pioneer, seen from the outside, on the fight against tobacco while in the same time, it is one of the first states to touch as much as royalties of Big Tobacco and to base a consequent part of its economy on the royalties of the tobacco .... (See MSA Big Tobacco, Tobacco Special Bonds,) http://www.news-medical.net/…/Annual-financial-impact-of-sm…) and http://www.ma-cigarette.fr/la-californie-part-en-guerre-co…/
ARGUMENTS PRESENTED BY THE OPPONENTS:
Definition of tobacco products by the federal state : Any product made or derived from tobacco. As nicotine is only present in tobacco leaves, nicotine is a tobacco product, nicotine juices are therefore tobacco products…. (Even non-nicotine liquids may contain tiny parts of nicotine and should therefore also be assimilated to tobacco products).
Name / aspect problem The e-cigarette is in fact no more and no less than an "electronic dispenser of Nicotine" and Nicotine is classified in the highly addictive neurotoxic substances. The vapor produced is not a "water vapor" but an aerosol of several highly cytotoxic and teratogenic chemical elements. The e-cigarette encourages this "tobacco sensation".
Finally, traditional cigarettes or e-cigarettes are strangely similar, how to make a difference ?
Tobacco is responsible for 8% of all deaths, and in the USA, 440 00 deaths are more than the sum of deaths by homicide, suicide, HIV, alcohol, cocaine and car accident combined.
Growing phenomenon of the vape, and especially among minors or high school students :
- With the potential risk of having an addiction to nicotine via the vape which could then make them fall into traditional smoking… ..
- The childish names of e liquids would clearly be incentives aimed at attracting the youngest: " Marshmallow bear cub »,"cotton candy".... " Fruit loops »(American equivalent of our multicolored cereals for the youngest)
- Trend.
The e-cigarette turnover boom is such that if the state does not quickly control itself and regulate its expansion, the tobacco industry risks taking control of this market and the fight against it. tobacco will become even more difficult for the state. Indeed, projections have shown that 75% of e-cigarette companies would belong to Big Tobacco before 2016 middle!
State Experience with Tobacco : Smokers all regret having smoked, the state has failed in its mission to protect smokers early enough to face the dangers of tobacco. The state must not repeat the same error with the e-cigarette and must therefore protect them pro-actively.
Potential hazards and risks of e-cigarettes :
- Sanitaire : what are the long-term effects on health, the effects of passive vapa-agism?
- Cost-effective : Who will pay / pay for the risks of mass use of the electronic cigarette?
- Tax : To what extent could the e-cigarette industry contribute to the fight against addictions?
- Democracy : Protecting citizens against possible disturbances of public order due to e-cigarettes, children, pregnant women, the elderly or fragile.
Deviant / potentially dangerous marketing of the e-cigarette industry :
- Lack of legibility of labels regarding the presence of nicotine
- No mention of the composition of the products
- Lack of registration for systematic contraindications on packaging for pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with heart disease and at risk.
- Lack of scientific data on the effects of long-term vaping.
- False advertising of certain brands.
The last argument below, repeatedly taken up by all our opponents is set apart voluntarily to highlight its deleterious and risky, IMHO :
The electronic cigarette claims to be an alternative to tobacco, even an effective means to strictly stop smoking. If this is the case and if you industrialists and vaping professionals have the means to prove it, why do not you go directly to the FDA (American equivalent of the French Sanitary Safety Agency), ask to be recognized as “ smoking cessation product ”?
« If you are recognized as such, we will not ask you to be controlled in the same way, we will no longer classify you in tobacco products and the state will actively support you ... So why do not you start the procedures? Which would have the merit of greatly clarifying the current situation .... »
CONCLUSION
There is obviously no question of returning here to the e-cigarette as a drug or a medical device. , it is a subject which was already debated 2 years ago and which involves too many risks! But it seems urgent to find a new unique way, a happy medium so that vaping is regulated in a fair way and in a proportion that would satisfy everyone.
Authors : Florence (The vapers' forum)
Source:
Link to the live broadcast
Link to the first article of this morning on this subject
Link to the article dealing with the outcome of amendment SB-140
