whipitup
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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,
*********
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