Alliance of Electronic Smokers Files Amicus Brief in Federal Court

Sept. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- The Alliance of Electronic Smokers recently filed in Federal Court a Amicus Brief in the lawsuit brought on by Smoking Everywhere and NJoy vs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The brief was filed on the behalf of consumers of the Electronic Cigarette. On the Electronic Cigarette Forum, a member going by the nickname of Lika, made the announcement:

“On behalf of the Alliance of Electronic Smokers I would like to take this opportunity to announce the attached Amicus brief was filed yesterday by members of our community. The group name is nothing more than a name created by a group of consumers for the purpose of filing the brief - that’s what ad hoc is. Our attorney filed on a pro bono basis and was procured by one of our own members.”

“Please understand that we would have loved to ask more people to join in our efforts but time was of the utmost importance. I realize many of you will have questions and we will do our best to answer them.”

“While we had to move quickly to get this filed we wanted to give our community the opportunity to be heard. In that respect we hope to have represented the consumer as a whole.”

The 3 part briefs can be downloaded at the addresses below

http://www.moonport.org/documents/AmicusBrief-AES-001.pdf

http://www.moonport.org/documents/AmicusBrief-AES-002.pdf

http://www.moonport.org/documents/AmicusBrief-AES-003.pdf

In a final statement, Lika concludes

"It is wonderful to be a part of such a great team who, and I will put it bluntly, all worked their tails off to get this done. I think I can say on behalf of all those who participated in this brief, we greatly appreciate those of you who are joining us now in support of this Brief."

"I realize that on a public forum it's not always considered a wise thing to give someone else your information, but in this case it shows your dedication, compassion and conviction in this fight we're all in together. And, with that, I want to express a resounding "Thank You" to each and every one of you."

"So... Thank all of you who have collectively expressed your support and appreciation within the pages of this thread - That speaks volumes. More so than what any of us could do on a personal level. Just think, the ASH lurkers and trolls read this! They are and they know it."

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