Rage, rage before the dying of the light

Why is this man happy?

1. He's come to believe that that mankind is his business.
2. He has survived a night of self reflection and been transformed
3. He has discovered the true meaning of Christmas
4. All of the above

All  of the above (4) is correct.

So, bring on the spirits, I am losing faith in humanity,

The most reported "factual data" seen today in e-cigarette ban material:

Authorities don't necessarily know what's inside of e-cigarettes, but the FDA tested a small sample just a few years ago and found a number of toxic chemicals including diethylene gylcol - the same ingredient used in antifreeze.

• at least we won't freeze.
• sub clinical and below FDA allowable limit
• did you know that dihydrogen oxide is also in those sample. If frozen it can cause severe injury if slipped on and if ingested in large amounts causes severe problems.

The American Lung Association issued its own warning about e-cigarettes. “This is a buyer stay away, a buyer health hazard, potentially."

• The great associations love to shroud their data with, Maybes, mights, could. untested
• Make statements like Dr. Mike Feinstein, a spokesman for the American Lung Association said, “People are inhaling some type of chemical vaporized compound into their lungs without really knowing what's in it.
• You could ask?
• Micheal Greens states, "He says with no real data on e-cigarettes, the three-year-old tobacco alternative may actually be more harmful that traditional cigarettes. "The doses of nicotine that you get could conceivably be higher than what you would get in a typical cigarette."
• Another "could" word-- and didn't early studies point to lower nicotine
• "May" also a used

The first clinical trial that looked at e-cigs, published in BMC Public Health, concluded that “the e-Cigarette can help smokers to remain abstinent or reduce their cigarette consumption. By replacing tobacco cigarettes, the e-cigarette can only save lives. Here we show for the first time that e-Cigarettes can substantially decrease cigarette consumption without causing significant side effects in smokers not intending to quit.”

• Noto bore- no coulds, shoulds or maybes.
• The word "can help" is used.
• This is a study, not a speculation based on personal opinion.

Yet personal experience is a valid and fairly reasonable method for the finding of fact in the e-cig landscape.  Listen to the stories of vapors who have gone through years of attempting to stop inhaling the carcinogenic products of the combustible cigarette.  The cold turkey failures, the Chantix horror stories and the plethora of patch and gum litanies are their history. The e-cigarette revolution is at hand and the use of these devices is skyrocketing.  It's like this is the App for smoking cessation.

Why is old Scrooge smiling- because he has been transformed overnight into a person who feels the glory of success and the freedom from bondage to the cylinder of tobacco doom.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the misers of the FDA could see the light- that the ingenuity of people have provided a solution that addresses am issue of such dramatic importance.

• Are there no NRT's, are there no support groups.
• Why must a government entity always seem to need to shut the door on the public good?

What ever happened to the notion of American ingenuity, freedom to engage in personal ventures for the public good and the ability to assume a moderate risk?

Congress and bureaucratic minions, the FDA.

This was spelled out beautifully by a friend in a letter to Congress:

Another area where congress can “flip the switch” to shut off micro-managing people’s lives is in the area of smoking. A relatively new product to hit the marketplace is the e-cig. This electronic device allows people the option of inhaling vapor rather than tobacco smoke. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has put up a roadblock under the guise that this product (known to be 1000 times safer than inhaling smoke!) is untested. The real reason for the ban is that this increasingly popular product threatens the loss of millions of dollars in cigarette taxes, taxes that have been ostensibly increased to discourage smoking.

And the band played on.  Ball of confusion.  That's where the world is today. 

The experts know nothing of the vapor and the relief, they see the world through punitive eyes that fill their coffers with money to appease their constituents.

Is their a way to change the minds of the Nanny State of America? 

Hopefully there is, and it lies in the vocal power of the masses.

1. Go to CASAA.org, join, read the Calls to Action and write your Congressman and Senators
2. Use CASAA's direction.
3. Sign the petition at:  http://actsmoking.epetitions.net/sign_petition.php
4. Keep informed and keep informing your leaders of the benefits of this product from personal experience.

The pundits with their maybes and coulds are forcing false information into the face of the public.