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|  ASH Stops E-Cigarette Bullies; Mid-East Moves Against E-CigarettesASH recently stood up to an e-cigarette company which tried to bully a newspaper into retracting a story critical of their product. There was no retraction, and imports of the product are being banned nearby.
By: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) 
Attachment http://www.officialwire.com/ But ASH wrote to the Qatar newspaper, arguing that it should not be bullied by the largely unproven assertions being made by the company, and pointing out the complainer had a clear conflict of interest and little scientific or medical credibility. The newspaper has not retracted the story, and in nearby Dubai, the importation of e-cigarettes is being block because of their potential dangers. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/ ASH pointed out that the news story was based in part upon a report the FDA apparently issued in response to a scheduled appearance by ASH Executive Director John Banzhaf on a major U.S. national television news program. http://www.pr- However, as ASH pointed out at the time, the dangers which the FDA noted in its report were apparently not the only potential dangers associated with these new e-cigarettes, and that these devices create many known and potential health risks to the users, to bystanders, and to the economy. These include possible contamination, smokers who otherwise would quit instead remaining addicted to nicotine, the deadly danger nicotine inhalation can pose for people with risk factors for heart attacks, the propensity of inhaled nicotine to sustain or even trigger an addiction, the worry that youngsters will use e-cigarettes as "training wheels" on the way towards cigarette smoking, and the potential risks to those around e-cigarette users -- including infants and young children, the elderly, those with existing medical problems, etc. -- who will be exposed to the exhaled vapors. http://www.pr- Indeed, ASH pointed out, there is new evidence that e-cigarettes "are potentially lethal to children." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Also, ASH pointed out, as a result of the FDA report, the sale of e-cigarettes has been banned by state law in a least one U.S. state, ads for the product have reportedly been banned by Facebook, and virtually all of America's major national health and antismoking organizations have called for a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes. Moreover, at least one company is now offering the product to provide users with Cialis as well as nicotine, illustrating still other potential risks as such products could be used to administer many dangerous drugs, most of which otherwise require prescriptions. http://www.pr- http://www.pr- http://www.pr- ASH urged the publication and its readers to rely upon the impartial governmental body charged by U.S. law with evaluating such products [FDA], major U.S. national health organizations which are impartial and have the necessary scientific authority and credibility to address these issues, and decisions by impartial and unbiased entities such as the Attorney General of Oregon, etc. "The media should not be coerced into retracting articles critical of e-cigarettes by blatantly false self-serving assertions," PROFESSOR JOHN F. BANZHAF III Professor of Public Interest Law and Executive Director Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) America's First Antismoking Organization 2013 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA (202) 659-4310 // (703) 527-8418 // http://ash.org/ # # # Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), America's first anti-smoking and nonsmokers' rights organization, serves as the legal action arm of the anti-smoking community. It is supported by tax-deductible contributions. End
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