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About the Electronic Cigarette Association

The ECA http://www.ecassoc.org is an association of private sector companies engaged in electronic cigarette technologies. Its mission is to provide the tools and information necessary for policy-makers, opinion leaders, media, and private sector companies worldwide to make informed decisions about the management and use of electronic cigarette technologies. The association institutes and promotes industry-wide standards and a code of conduct, works to maintain sound professional practices, educates the public and policy-makers on the industry’s activities and potential, and works to ensure the ethical use of electronic cigarette technologies.

October 16, 2009 - Action on Smoking and Health - UK (ASH-UK) has become one of the first anti-smoking organizations to support the continued presence of electronic cigarettes on the market.

Unlike its U.S. counterpart (ASH-US), which has called for a ban on electronic cigarettes and has gone so far as to threaten electronic cigarette sellers with the prospect of jail sentences, ASH-UK released a statement indicating its support for the use of electronic cigarettes by smokers who are otherwise unable to quit smoking.

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Matt Salmon will be doing a live Q&A for vapersplace.com on Sunday November 8th at 7:00pm est.

Online PR News – 15-October-2009 – Matt Salmon, former U.S. Congressman and current President of the electronic cigarette Association will be doing a one hour live chat on http://www.vapersplace.com where he will take your questions and comments on the electronic cigarette. He will talk about what the ECA has done and will due in the future for the e-cigarette user and the electronic cigarette industry.

Recently in a letter to congress, Mr. Salmon had this to say:

“We believe Americans should have a right to choose an alternative and our association is willing to work with Congress and the FDA to provide the necessary data to encourage reliable and extensive studies that we are confident will demonstrate the efficacy of choosing a product that will not deliver the harmful carcinogens found in cigarettes. We also want to work to ensure that manufactures agree not to make any health claims nor market these products to those younger than the legal smoking age. Our members are committed to following such guidelines and to giving smokers an alternative until they can make the commitment to quit smoking.”

For more information on the ECA please visit http://www.ecassoc.org

October 14th, 2009 by Martin Fellowes

Only last month the car hire giant, Avis Budget Group, decided enough was enough and banned smoking in all of their hire vehicles in the US and Canada.

This was due to the amount it was costing the company in cleaning and also because customers were increasingly requesting non-smoking cars. Some car rental companies that have continued to allow smoking are often losing out on business and an average family will not want a car that stinks of cigarette smoke for their holidays.

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October 12, 2009 by Kristin Noll-Marsh - The FDA is at a loss.

It knows why people want to quit smoking tobacco cigarettes - exposure to first and second hand smoke is proven to cause numerous health problems, from heart disease to cancer.

Up until now, the only way thought to quit smoking was to cure nicotine addiction. Beat the nicotine cravings, beat the urge to smoke - or so the theory goes. Consequently, the term “smoking cessation” has become synonymous with curing nicotine addiction with the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapies or NRTs.

However, focusing solely on nicotine addiction has been proven to be ineffective.

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Dr. Michael Siegel author of http://www.tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com will be doing a live chat for vapersplace.com on Sunday November 1st at 7:00pm est. It will be a one hour chat where he will do a Q&A

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PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 11, 2009 – Dr. Michael Siegel is a physician who specialized in preventive medicine and public health. He is now a professor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health. He has 20 years of experience in tobacco control, primarily as a researcher. His areas of research interest include the health effects of secondhand smoke, policy aspects of regulating smoking in public places, effects of cigarette marketing on youth smoking behavior, and the evaluation of tobacco control program and policy interventions.

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Contact:
Matt Salmon
202.841.6729
msalmon@policyimpact.com

Governor Schwarzenegger Protects Adult Consumers’ Access to E-Cigarettes

Industry hails veto of anti-smoking alternative bill as victory for consumers, common sense

Washington, D.C. – October 12, 2009 - Matt Salmon, president of the Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA), today praised California Governor Schwarzenegger’s wise decision to veto Senate Bill 400, which would have banned electronic cigarette sales in the state, protecting adult consumers’ access to these alternative smoking devices.

“This is not just a victory for consumers and common sense but is smart public policy as well,” said Salmon. “Rejecting this bill is the right step and should serve as a model for other states to follow.”

In his veto message, Governor Schwarzenegger reiterated the stance of the ECA that strongly supports restricting access of electronic cigarettes to children under the age of 18. “We agree with the original intent of SB 400 to ban sales to those under the legal smoking age. And we support that on a national level as well,” added Salmon.

The Governor affirmed that this restriction should not apply to adult consumers: “If adults want to purchase and consume these products with an understanding of the associated health risks, they should be able to do so unless and until federal law changes the legal status of these tobacco products.”

The ECA actively communicated to the Governor its members’ concerns about the bill and the fact that banning these electronic cigarettes would disenfranchise thousands of California adult smokers who have difficulty quitting but want an alternative to combustible cigarettes without the host of carcinogens and harmful chemicals. Salmon credited this legislative victory to the efforts of thousands of consumers and ECA members who appealed directly to Governor Schwarzenegger to protect their rights.

“While we know that combustible tobacco smoking kills over 400,000 Americans annually, and the percentage of smokers that quit every year is dismally low, we ought to be looking for more alternatives to traditional combustible tobacco products,” said Salmon.

Electronic cigarette kits usually include the electronic cigarette, a replaceable cartridge pack (that may or may not contain nicotine), rechargeable lithium batteries, and a charger. There is some variation between different companies in what is included in their starter kit, but all components are listed on their Web sites. While ECA members do not market these devices as a healthy alternative or smoking cessation device, it is clear that they do not contain the harmful tars and hundreds of carcinogens that consumers get from combustible tobacco products.

“We look forward to working with all government agencies, including the FDA, to ensure that consumers who want an alternative to combustible tobacco products have access to e-cigarettes that contain fewer harmful substances and produce no secondhand smoke,” concluded Salmon.

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About the Electronic Cigarette Association

The ECA http://www.ecassoc.org is an association of private sector companies engaged in electronic cigarette technologies. Its mission is to provide the tools and information necessary for policy-makers, opinion leaders, media, and private sector companies worldwide to make informed decisions about the management and use of electronic cigarette technologies. The association institutes and promotes industry-wide standards and a code of conduct, works to maintain sound professional practices, educates the public and policy-makers on the industry’s activities and potential, and works to ensure the ethical use of electronic cigarette technologies.

The “Terminator” has just terminated a bill that would have outlawed the electronic cigarette in California

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Sacramento California Oct 12, 2009 - With a bold and decisive stroke of his pen, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have put to rest a bill that would have banned the electronic cigarette from the state of California.

This action by the Governor has put this bill back in the hands of lawmakers to either try to get to a 2/3 majority to override the veto or re-write the bill so that it just regulates the age restrictions, which would have likely passed and been signed without any problems.

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NEW YORK, NY, October 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ – On February this year, the FDA got sued by two of the most popular E-cigarette companies in the US- Njoy & Smoking everywhere. They sued for seizing and sending back product stocks shipped from China.

FDA didn’t want the products enter the. The question is, why?

FDA, like other federal offices is not driven only by the public’s benefits, there are many other factors than that. Their excuse was the fact the Electronic cigarette is still under inquiry, by this fact alone- IT’S ILLEGAL for the FDA to stop and seize shipments in the US border but yet- It’s in their power to do so as ridiculous as it is. That was the sue case.

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And they publish it on their website, which raises further questions on the organizations ability to comprehend information and what information they are willing to give out.

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PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 04, 2009 – Electronic Cigarette users finally take a stance. Well, at least one did.

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