Here's what I sent in:
HB892
SB2713
Im am a resident of City, MS (X County).
A personal vaporizer has helped me to quit smoking. After decades of trying a number of expensive programs and pharmaceutical products, not a single one could get me to stop smoking upwards of 2 packs per day. Since trying a personal vaporizer I have been smoke free for nearly a full year!
Not only has my health improved, so have my finances! The electronic cigarette has saved me thousands of dollars. The PV and associated gear is far more reasonable on the family budget than smoking, gum, patches, or prescribed inhalers. Damages to health and property induced from smoking are now virtually ZERO. Risk to burning self, others, or property is also reduced to near zero.
In addition to improved health and finances, my professional and social life has improved. Since these devices DO NOT emit any type of SMOKE, my home, clothing, and property is free of the toxins associated with smoking. They are clearly NOT SMOKING, so it makes no
sense to lump them in with smoking. Unlike smoking, Unless you see me using it, you'd never know I use one!
In the least, these devices need to be handled separately from smoking. There is NO smoke! The liquids on the market for these devices only contain FDA approved ingredients. There is NO SMOKE...only water vapor!
There is not a single study that has come anywhere close to proving these devices are harmful to users, or bystanders. NOT ONE!
Before voting to ban something as smoking that clearly is NOT smoking, please insist upon a demonstration of the device. Next, go into a room with a smoker. Think twice before banning this potentially life saving device.
In regard to pending MS legislation (HB892 & SB2713);
Please remove [paragraph (o) for HB, paragraph (p) for SB] of Section 2 because it grossly misrepresents the findings of FDA's laboratory test, which confirmed that e-cigarettes don't emit any
tobacco smoke and contain nontoxic constituents, with similar trace levels of nitrosamines as found in nicotine gums and patches, and far lower levels than most smokeless tobacco products (none of whose usage would be banned by the proposal).
Please amend:
Section 3, definition of "Smoking" to replace the last sentence of the definition with this text, "The term does not include the use of an e-cigarette or any other type of smoke-free product."
Sincerely,
