Electronic Cigarette Support Continues On, Despite Attacks

GAINESVILLE, FL, July 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The special interest group battle against the products known as electronic cigarettes shows no sign of ending anytime soon, even though there has been an answer for each and every concern that has been raised about the products. From the concerns about different flavors attracting children to whether a smoker has the right to a safer smoking alternative, answers from the industry and from those who use the products have flooded the internet.

"All these people who keep saying that e-cigarettes with flavors will be used to attract children to the habit are just blowing smoke. When I take a berry-flavored Pepcid for heartburn, my kids don't want one," says Robin, an e-cigarette user from Tennessee. "Nobody knows whether those energy drinks or energy shots are good for you, either... why aren't they going after them?"

The claim that other flavored items could also be being marketed to children could be a valid one, according to one e-cigarette affiliate.

"If they want to claim our products are being marketed to children on the basis of having flavors, there are aisles of OTC medicines and flavored energy drinks, sodas, and alcohols that fall into that same category," says George Archer, Public Relations Manager for Electroniccigarettesusa.info. "Not only that, but look at McDonald's... kids are growing up on McDonald's food, but no one wants to outlaw McDonald's, even though there is no end in sight to the child obesity problem in this country."

Another argument against e-cigarettes is that the FDA has no regulations in place concerning the products, but e-cigarette users and retailers cry foul because of the lack of regulations on other products that are known to be dangerous and have been on the market for years. Not much information exists on the health effects of energy drinks or the concentrated versions called "energy shots", but it has been noted that some are marketed on low shelves at checkout counters of department stores nationwide.

E-cigarette use and advocacy is on the rise, despite the FDA blocking foreign shipments from entering the country earlier this year. The product is a touchy subject for many people and the controversy doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.

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