After claiming that there is now abundant scientific evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking, these politicians go on to urge the FDA to ban flavorings in e-cigarettes and to ban the online sale of these products.

The impression I am left with is that the entire harm reduction debate is a toxic one, with venom on both sides, which is leading to irrational thinking, blind adherence to ideology, a focus on ad hominem attacks rather than rational scientific discourse, and a biased perspective on the scientific evidence.

Using children cannot be a reason either. Yes, I agree some regulation is needed for advertising done and the bottles need to be properly labeled and child proof. However, there have been so little cases of nicotine poisoning and deaths that it seems absurd to use this as a justifiable reason. Not to mention most (I’m saying 99%) of all vendors do not advertise to children.

Assuming that this is an accurate quote from Dr. Frieden, the CDC is lying. It is not true that the FDA lost a lawsuit to the tobacco industry when it tried to regulate e-cigarettes earlier. The lawsuit it lost was filed by two electronic cigarette companies, neither of which were owned by Big Tobacco. In fact, at the time of that lawsuit, the tobacco companies were not even in the business of selling e-cigarettes. All e-cigarette companies at that time were independent of Big Tobacco.

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