In a tale of politics and ignorance Suffolk legislators have been trying to stop smokers from using their electronic cigarettes in public.

Now Professor Michael Siegel has joined other distinguished scientists by writing articles in newspapers in an exposure of the move to ban electronic cigarettes.

The Professor writes: "The question the FDA and the anti-smoking groups are asking is: "Are electronic cigarettes safe?" That is not the right question. The right question is: "Are electronic cigarettes much safer than conventional ones?" The FDA and anti-smoking groups are comparing electronic cigarettes to a solution of spring-fresh Maine mountain stream water. What they need to compare electronic cigarettes to is a Marlboro cigarette"

The article is well worth reading - and also needs digging. If enough people digg articles like this our side of the story will get huge exposure.

The link to the digged article is here: http://digg.com/d311gmO

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It appears that the Long Island Vaping Club may have won a small victory in their battle to keep smoking e-cigarettes in public places.

Until recently, Suffolk County planned to ban the electronic cigarette.

To promote support for the ban they used emotive language, unproven claims and plain lies.

Emotive language: "...a new, high-tech smoking threat has emerged in the form of "electronic cigarettes....These devices combine the appeal of an iPod with that of candy cigarettes."

Unproven claims: "...kids are getting their hands on them." There are no known reports that suggest that kids are getting their hands on them.

The lie : ""After inhaling, the user then blows out the heated vapors producing a "cloud" of undetermined substances that is virtually indistinguishable from traditional smoke."

Source: Legislator Cooper Press Releases

In fact several studies have analysed the contents of the vapor including the FDA sponsored study. All studies have found that the toxin lower was far lower than that of ordinary cigarettes.

Heroic Effort:

The Long Island Vapers Club launched a strong resistance to the bill.

One of their strongest arguments was that the level of nitrosamines (measured at levels of about 9/1,000,000,000 in electronic cigarettes) was around the same as that found in Suffolk County tap water.

Now it appears that the law has been modified.

In an email to E Cigarette Forum user Kristin, Steve Levey, a county executive of Suffolk wrote:

"It may interest you to know that the proposed ban that would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in public buildings has been modified and is now directed toward the sale and use of electronic cigarettes to and by minors."

And that is a provision few electronic cigarette users have a problem with.

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