A couple of days ago we blogged about a health group
A couple of days ago we blogged about a health group who admitted that the electronic cigarette was far better than cigarettes, but felt they had the right to deny this healthy alternative to the millions of smokers who will die from using cigarette because it too closely resembled smoking.
They’re not the only health group to do so.
We think ASH US (not ASH UK – we don’t agree with everything they say but we do have respect for their stance on tobacco harm reduction) are evil.
But at least they, like us, have pointed out the ridiculous position of the American FDA on the electronic cigarette, stating:
The principal dangers of e-cigarettes highlighted by the FDA — that they contain “known carcinogens and toxic chemicals” — appears overblown. Virtually all nicotine replacement products – e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine sprays, nicotine inhalers, etc. — reportedly also contain tiny amounts of these known carcinogens because the nicotine used in the products is extracted from tobacco which contains these naturally-occurring chemicals.” (Source: PR Inside)
It proves once again that smoking groups are not attacking the cigarette because it causes harm (many now accept it is safer than cigarettes), but because of a moral objection to smoking.
Oh, and let’s not forget the funds they receive from the manufacturers of the cessation aids threatened by the electronic cigarettes.
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