Letter sent to my MP........

[whipitup]

stole and edited it here and there, heres mine

Dear *******,

I am what is know as a Vaper. For those who do not know what this is it
is a person that uses an electronic cigarette or e-cig.
I have been a smoker for over 20 years and tried several ways of giving
up,I tried every several types of nicotine replacement therapy's
(NRT)that are on the market but still smoked. I have also attended a
NHS quit smoking service. I gave up for a short while whilst having a
visit to cardiac care but this again didn't last and after the pause I
actually found myself in a worst position of smoking more. All that I
have tried had the same result, a return to smoking.

In March this year I purchased an e-cig with the intention of using it
as a alternative. The day I received my vaporiser (bought via the
internet) I stopped smoking cigarettes and with no effort at all. I no
longer cough or suffer from lack of breath and have had a noticeable
improvement in my long term condition, Crohns Disease.

On 12.6.13 the MHRA announced that it will regulate what it terms as
'nicotine containing products' (NCPs) as medicines and this is, of
course, aimed at e-cigs. All manufacturers and vendors of such products
will have to be licensed. It is thought that licensing will take at
least a year and will cost 10s if not 100s of thousands of pounds per
item.

E-cigs work for smokers because they deliver nicotine at a level which
totally stops the cravings. They are also a diverse interesting and
innovative product that is always changing and moving forward. Hardly a
day goes by where a new product is not brought to market.

Vapers enjoy not only the use but also the hobby aspect of vaping
(using a e-cig and the products). There are various on-line communities
for us to discuss the new products Ejuices (what is put into the
devices) and help each other to find the perfect vape. All of this is a
part of what keeps us off the cigarettes (termed as "stinkies" in many
quarters).

I use a devise that cannot be termed as one that looks like a cigarette
and most of the people of the on-line communities don't either. It is
that we have the freedom to choose a devise that meets our needs in
both looks, battery power, size and amount of juice that it carries

The intention to regulate these products as medicine is a complete
overkill, and frankly bizarre since I am not ill and they don't cure
anything, nor have the vendors ever claimed that they do. The costs and
time-scales involved will put most of the traders currently in the
market out of business, and the drive to produce new and interesting
products will stagnate under the weight of the red tape involved in
getting them to the market. So we will loose our right of choice and we
will be left with the sort of dull grey products that have failed us
all for years, namely the NRTs. I don't doubt that the only companies
who will be able to afford to get their products licensed will be the
very companies who have, for years, profited from either killing us in
the case of the tobacco companies, or failed to cure us in the case of
the pharmaceutical companies and their 90-95% ineffective NRTs.

No one asked us, the people who actually vape, what we thought. The
MHRA clearly have no understanding of Vapers needs and if Europe
accepts this proposal many of the 1.3 million Vapers in this country,
and the 5 million in Europe will go back to smoking cigarettes. Others
will buy from the inevitable black market, and still others will simply
stockpile as much nicotine liquid as we can in the next 3 years and
then import all of our gadgets from China.

Incidently, those who made the decisions namely MHRA is chaired by
people with vested interests in the outcome mainly pharmaceutical
companies. Surely the body to make such a suggestion should be one that
is impartial.

E-cigs have the potential to save lives, and seriously damage the
tobacco market. It is product which should be encouraged and a market
which should be understood and supported, not regulated out of
existence. Would you kindly let me have your thoughts.

I suspect however that this “regulation” is founded on loss of revenue
and not the health of the UK citizens.

I would happily meet you to discuss this further as no doubt my letter
contains information that you are not familiar with.

Yours sincerely,

*********

Sweet..............get it sent!!

 

[SouthernVaper]

all ready gone fella

 

[Senor Stuff]

Great letters whipitup and SouthernVaper I'm going to write to my MP and MEP's with a similar one. Great work guys

 

[trueblue75]

Could someone do a letter as a PDF so I could add my bit at the start and then send it on? I'm not too technical with stuff like this but if there was a generic letter I could download and add a bit to I'm sure others who are not so eloquent ( like me ) would be able to send it too?
Pretty please

 

[whipitup]

Could someone do a letter as a PDF so I could add my bit at the start and then send it on? I'm not too technical with stuff like this but if there was a generic letter I could download and add a bit to I'm sure others who are not so eloquent ( like me ) would be able to send it too?
Pretty please

Just "cut and paste" mine if you wish?

 

[SouthernVaper]

yeah cut and paste easy and simple

 

[BfcDanny]

Letter to my MP:

Hey Gordy wordy,

Long time no see, was only the other day when my mind wondered to hockey camp, the showers the talc, the towel whipping of johnson. Laughed that must be an understatement he squealed like an armadillo under a sherman tank, one of papa's controlled shermans of course ha ha!!

I remember when your papa took us to the barracks and we thought we was invincible against the rigid tough bodied young soliers, yet when he left they buggered us senseless, ha ha how they smahed our back doors in.

Ahhh good times, anyway Gordy it seems i have just dodged cancer and, i need of the old fire sticks...seems i have found a way to do it with these e-cigs, now obviously mine is gold plated old chum.

So be a darling and use the family influence to stop these being illegal.

Ciao for now big boy,

Danny

 

[SouthernVaper]

as much as its funny I actually think its a serious thing to do and ever since the announcement I have been doing my damnist to get us heard or at least what I can do for now

 

[Trotters]

Nice one, ive sent a similar email too. I await contact

 

[churr bro]

Lmfo !!!!!!!!!

letter to my mp:

Hey gordy wordy,

long time no see, was only the other day when my mind wondered to hockey camp, the showers the talc, the towel whipping of johnson. Laughed that must be an understatement he squealed like an armadillo under a sherman tank, one of papa's controlled shermans of course ha ha!!

I remember when your papa took us to the barracks and we thought we was invincible against the rigid tough bodied young soliers, yet when he left they buggered us senseless, ha ha how they smahed our back doors in.

Ahhh good times, anyway gordy it seems i have just dodged cancer and, i need of the old fire sticks...seems i have found a way to do it with these e-cigs, now obviously mine is gold plated old chum.

So be a darling and use the family influence to stop these being illegal.

Ciao for now big boy,

danny