Esmokers of the US have posted a petition to, as they put it, “keep life saving electronic cigarettes available.”

According to the petition, “Tobacco products have killed millions in the world and smokers find it hard to give it up even now. Smokers have found a solution that is saving lives yet we are at risk of losing our lifeline. We are requesting that the powers that be at the FDA allow us to continue to use and purchase these nicotine delivery devices at our own discretion while further testing commences from the FDA. If you ban these devices millions will return to tobacco products which would be a guaranteed death sentence for many.

“With the harm that is well known with tobacco what more could it hurt us to just allow us to help ourselves for the time being with these devices many of us have been using for years. We just want to be heard and want you to give this device its fair hearing.”

To sign the petition to the U.S. F.D.A., visit Esmokers of the US.

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To: Senator Lautenberg
Fax: 202 228 4054
Subject: Please Cancel Opposition to Electronic Cigarettes

Honorable Senator Lautenberg:

In my capacity as Chair of the Tobacco Control Task Force of the American Association of Public Health Physicians, I must vigorously oppose your proposal that FDA ban electronic cigarettes.

Among the many manufacturers and vendors of electronic cigarettes there appear to be some that make unjustified claims of health benefits. While it would be appropriate for FDA to address those manufacturers and vendors relative to their specific claims, banning all electronic cigarettes would not benefit the health of the public.

Conventional cigarettes kill about 400,000 adult American Smokers each year from cigarette-related illness. Over the next 20 years this will total 8 million deaths among current adult smokers, most of which are now over 35 years of age. Cigarettes kill about 30% of consistent adult cigarette smokers.

Smoking cessation rates among these smokers are abysmal -about 3% per year. Pharmaceutical products with counseling, quit lines, etc, are little better - resulting in quit rates no greater than 5% (as measured at 12 months post-intervention) among those willing to try these modalities. In other words, current approaches fail 95% of smokers using them.

Adult American smokers are health conscious, as evidenced by the fact thatabout 85% of them have switched to light and low-tar cigarettes, believing (incorrectly) that they pose less health risk.

Research to date has clearly demonstrated that smokers smoke because they are addicted to nicotine. This same research also shows that the illness and death due to cigarettes is not due to the nicotine, but due to products of combustion and, to a lesser degree, toxins in the cigarette tobacco.

Alternative nicotine delivery devices, including, but not limited to electronic cigarettes, have no products of combustion and none of the toxins in cigarette tobacco. On at least a theoretical basis, they could and should be seen as generic equivalents of the pharmaceutical nicotine products. As best we can tell, on the basis of currently available research data, these products promise a risk of illness and death well under 1% of the risk posed by cigarettes.

Stated another way - simply informing current adult smokers that they could dramatically reduce their risk of tobacco related illness and death by switching to alternative near-zero-risk nicotine delivery products could possibly save 4 million or more of the 8 million current smokers who will otherwise die of a tobacco-related illness over the next 20 years.

Both houses of Congress now seem poised to pass an FDA/Tobacco bill (H.R.1256 in the House). This bill, if passed in its current form will provide, at least on an interim basis, the FDA seal of approval on currently marketed cigarettes. That being the case, the safety standard that should be used for other tobacco products, and for alternative non-pharmaceutical nicotine delivery devices, should the hazard posed by cigarettes, not a pharmaceutical safety guideline.

All tobacco and nicotine delivery devices should be held to the same safety guideline. Exempting cigarettes, while holding alternative nicotine delivery devices to an impossibly stringent safety guideline, will not protect current American smokers. It will only protect Altria/Philip Morris cigarette sales and profits.

On behalf of the Tobacco Control Task Force of the American Association of Public Health Physicians, I therefore urge to consider the following:

1. Withdraw your proposal to ban electronic cigarettes.

2. Urge amendment of the proposed FDA/Tobacco bill to encourage the development and marketing of safer alternatives to cigarettes, under strict but fair FDA oversight, and with marketing restrictions in place to reduce the numbers of adolescents who initiate use of cigarettes and other nicotine delivery products.

The amendments we think will achieve these goals, and the results of our analyses and literature reviews, are posted on the tobacco issues page of our www.aaphp.org web site.

Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, FACPM
Chair, Tobacco Control Task Force
American Association of Public Health Physicians
c/o JLN, MD Associates LLC
jln@jln-md.com
office phone 504 899 7893
fax 504 899 7557
cell phone 504 606 7043
see www.aaphp.org, “tobacco issues”

In a recent article posted in the Associated Press Audra Ang says that the electronic cigarette gains ground amid safety concerns.

David Sweanor, an adjunct law professor at Ottawa University and former legal counsel of the Non Smokers Rights Association in Canada, said e-cigs could save lives.

With smoking, “it’s the delivery system that’s killing people,” Sweanor said. “Anytime you suck smoke into your lungs, you’re going to do yourself a great deal of damage. Nicotine has some slight risks, but they are minor compared to the risk of smoke in cigarettes.”

In the U.S, Philip Morris USA and RJ Reynolds have introduced cigarettes that did not burn tobacco, but the technologies were very different from the e-cigarette. Neither has been successful.

First invented and marketed in China by the Golden Dragon Group, electronic cigarettes were patented as Ruyan, meaning “almost like smoke”. This accurate name, combined with the ability to smoke in places where tobacco cigarettes are not allowed, helped quickly skyrocket the company and the product toward success. Since Ruyan has always been available on the internet, it is not surprising that the idea of the electronic cigarette has spread to other parts of the globe. It was not long before Greg Carson, a UK businessman, discovered the product and adapted it for the Western world. Marketed as the “Electro Fag” the product gained popularity across Europe, enough to prompt the English parliament to rule that this device was legal to use in places like restaurants and buildings where tobacco cigarettes were banned.

Now, there are multiple electronic cigarette companies, almost all of which do the large majority of their business online. While the Chinese and European companies still dominate the market to a certain degree, as other companies from around the world get involved, changes are being made to the idea on a regular basis. Having your choice of electronic cigarette providers means that you can find the best product to fit your needs.

After all, not all electronic cigarettes are created equal; some start-up kits may be too expensive for those on a budget, and many cheap electronic cigarette imitations do not work well enough to fully replicate the sensation of smoking a tobacco cigarette. Fifty-One™, though, one of the newest and most competitive electronic cigarettes available, is different, it’s the Fifty-One™ electronic cigarette advantage.

While electronic cigarettes have been marketed primarily to smokers concerned about their health, one of the most popular features of the product is the fact that they allow you to smoke just about anywhere. No flame means no smoke, and that also means no second hand smoke.

I came across this list or 10 reasons to quit smoking, I thought it might be interesting to some of you to see how by switching to Fifty-One electronic cigarette, these reasons become irrelevant. Switching to Fifty-One is the easy way out.

1. Your health

All smokers know that their health may be in danger as result of their smoking. But most people don’t take that seriously. They believe that the joy they get from smoking outweighs any potential health dangers. In reality, however, more smokers die early and are stricken down with diseases early. The Fifty-One electronic cigarette doesn’t contain the thousands of harmful chemicals found in tobacco cigarettes, and therefore it doesn’t carry the health risks.

2. Other people’s health

you are not the only one who is at risk when you smoke, you’re putting other people at risk as well. A non-smoker who is sitting in the same room while you smoke isn’t being exposed to just the carbon monoxide you’re inhaling, but also to the smoke that is coming off of the end of the burning cigarette, causing potential health problems. When smoking the Fifty-One, no second hand smoke is produced, so it is safe for you and for everyone around you.

3. Children
If you’ve got children, or you are around children, you are putting them at great health risk when you smoke around them. Children who are smoked around can experience a number of diseases and conditions as a result of second hand smoke, including lung cancer and asthma. The Fifty-One electronic cigarette will not cause any of these damages to children, it is completely safe to smoke around children.

4. Money
Smoking is extremely expensive! If you smoke one pack a day, 7 days a week, you are spending over $1,650 a year on cigarettes alone. If you smoke two packs a day you’re spending double that! The amount of money you can save by quitting smoking is huge. With the Fifty-One electronic cigarette, not only you’ll be saving your health but your money as well. Check out this Savings calculator to see how much you could save by switching.

5. Smoking restrictions
Nowadays, smoking bans are taking over. It is hard to find a place to dine and smoke. Smokers always find themselves outside in the cold or hit, getting their fix. This is cumbersome and takes smokers out of the action. When smoking the Fifty-One Electronic cigarette, there is no need to step out. You could smoke it right on the table and it will never bother anyone.

6. Get more energy
If you quit smoking tobacco you will have a great deal more energy because your body won’t have to work as hard to function normally. The Fifty-One will give you your nicotine fix, but will not hurt your lungs and heart. This is the easy way to get your body back on track.

7. Eye damages
The blood vessels in the eye are sensitive and can be easily damaged by smoke, causing a bloodshot appearance and itchiness. Smokers run an increased risk of cataracts. The vapor produced by the Fifty-One electronic cigarette is harmless to the eyes, just at it is to anything else.

8. Become more kissable
Smokers notoriously have bad breath and yellow teeth, and who wants to kiss someone who has bad breath and yellow teeth? Quitting smoking makes you not only more kissable to your significant other, or to your potential significant other, it also makes you smell better to friends and co-workers as well. The Fifty-One electronic cigarette does not cause yellow teeth, bad breath, or bad smell. You could stay kissable and clean.

9. Impotence
If being unhealthy isn’t enough of a worry for you, try worrying about being impotent. Men who smoke have a much higher chance of being impotent than men who do not, as smoking closes up the blood vessels and prevents the blood from flowing to the penis. Smoking the Fifty-One electronic cigarette doesn’t cause the blood vessels to close up. Better switch sooner than later, before it’s too late…

10. Don’t let it kill you
Half of all long-term smokers will die a tobacco-related death. The Fifty-One electronic cigarette contains water(good for all), propylene glycol  (FDA approved substance commonly used in cake mix and tooth paste) and nicotine (cancer society : “Although nicotine is what gets (and keeps) people addicted to tobacco, other substances in tobacco are responsible for its cancer-causing effects.”

It’s good to quit smoking, I’m all for it. But too many people find it too hard of a task, for these people the Fifty-One electronic cigarette is the best option- best feel, most convenient, best taste, best smoke, best for your health.

1. Fifty-One is the first and best two parts electronic cigarette.
2. Fifty-One produces the most smoke volume per puff.
3. Fifty-One electronic cigarette is endorsed by lung doctors around the USA.
4. Fifty-One was voted by its users the easiest to switch to and the easiest to stay with.
5. You can smoke the Fifty-One e-cigarette virtually everywhere you please.
6. Fifty-One offers Affiliates great opportunity to make lots of money

Poker players who smoke are used to having money on the line and card to play but sit out for a hand or two while they’re having smoke. Since the smoking bans took over the poker rooms. While missing a few hands now and again might not seem like a big deal to those who aren’t experienced with the ins and outs of poker, if you’re a serious player, you know the truth: every hand can be the most important hand of the night.

With new technology it possible for smokers to satisfy their nicotine cravings without ever having to leave the poker table, Even if smoking isn’t allowed. This revolutionary new way to smoke is called Fifty-One™ electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette looks like a cigarette and works in a similar way. It gives the smoker the nicotine he carves, but without the harmful tar, carbon monoxide and carcinogens.

The Fifty-One electronic cig produces a smoke like vapor- but it does not smell and does not cause any second hand smoke. Therefore poker players could smoke in the poker room and anywhere else, even with the “No Smoking Zone” sign up. With Fifty-One you stay in the game.

Don't miss a hand with Fifty-One Electronic Cigarette

Check out our new Electronic Cigarette Savings Calculator. Just answer these questions and find out how much you would save:
1. How much do you pay for a pack of cigarettes?
2. How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
3. How much of the time would you smoke the Fifty-One Electronic cigarette?

you’ll be amazed to see that by switching to Fifty-One electronic cigarette, you don’t only save your health, but you’ll save your money too!

Fifty-One has recently launched a new series of chargers.
The New Units include:

• USB Charger
• Home Adapter for USB Charger
• Car Adapter for USB Charger
• USB Extension Cable

The new USB charger is the main player in these series. The Fifty-One electronic cigarette battery simply screws in to it on one side. On the other side it could traditionally connect to a USB port of a computer or a laptop. But now, we have added the Home and Car Adapters for USB Charger. These units allow using the USB charger in the car or from a wall power outlet. They transform the power outlets to USB ports, and therefore enable the use of a USB charger.

USB Charger for Fifty-Oe Electronic Cigarette

To charge your Fifty-One e-cigarette follow these steps:
1. Plug the Adapter to the outlet.
2. Plug the USB charger to the Car Adapter.
3. Screw the e-cigarette battery into the USB Charger.

Also available is the USB Extension Cord which helps to charge the electronic cigarette away from the power outlet. It comes in handy with some computers which have the USB port at the back, and there isn’t always room for the battery to stick out.

A light will turn on to indicate that the battery is being charged. When it is fully charged, the light will turn green.

We also put together some sets to make your purchase easier and more cost effective: USB Home Charger Set, USB Car Charger Set and a Complete USB Charger Set.

USB Home Charger Set

USB Car Charger Set

Complete USB Charger Set