Oregon Public Broadcasting

This is strange: Oregon stops two chain stores from selling electronic cigarettes but allows others... "...Justice has stopped two chain stores from selling electronic cigarettes." "...Other stores in Oregon will still be allowed to sell the product." Hmmm how can a decision be made for some but not all? Let's take a step back for a second. If electronic cigarettes are being attacked so hard then why are tobacco cigarettes still allowed? Tobacco is known to be hazardous and electric cigarettes are questionable. What is going on here? http://ekocigs.com Source http://akovor.com

— Posted by ekocigs

Aren't they selling tobacco cigarettes in Oregon? When were they proven to be safe? I sense some double standards here ... Here is more info for those who want to know both sides of the story: http://www.ecigarettes365.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=885

— Posted by KenZag

Mr. Unger proclaims on behalf of the AG of Oregon that the state's job is to protect people. From themselves? By banning a product that has so far helped 100,000 Americans quit or greatly reduce their habit of smoking cigarettes? Cigarettes will kill over 400,000 Americans this year as they do every year. If any news reporter cares to check the facts of the study reviewed by the FDA, the scientific evidence shows that the electronic cigarette is in fact safer by orders of magnitude than the public menace that RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris produce. The "control" nicotine delivery device used in the study was not a cigarette, but the Nicotrol inhaler. The e-cig in fact compares favorably to the inhaler in terms of lack of carcinogens and overall safety. In fact the FDA took nearly three months to spin the data in the study into the propaganda sheet they finally released to scare the public away from the e-cig "menace." And for what purpose? To keep Big Tobacco and Big Pharm from losing any more customers? After all, nicotine-addicted smokers are literally dying to use THEIR product. Quit smoking with Chantix - hope you avoid that pesky side effect of SUICIDE. The scariest words in the universe - "we are the government, and we are here to protect you."

— Posted by VoiceOfReason

Sure, FDA ... sure, AG. Protect me from the only thing that's enabled me to quit smoking cigarettes. I'll go back to smoking cigarettes now 'cause they are known killers and you go out of your way to make sure they remain a tax cash cow. Oh, and thanks for keeping the profits rolling in for big tobacco companies. Also let's not forget big pharm ... thanks for the nicotine patches, gum and inhalers that help 5% of users for a few months before they go back to cigarettes because the NRT's just don't help very much. Oh, and thanks to the news reporters who did the research and reported that what the FDA found to be alarming in electronic cigarettes is also known to be in cigarettes and other tobacco products and NRT's.

— Posted by arembee