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&quot;E-cigarettes are estimated to have helped 16,000-22,000 smokers in England to quit in 2014.<br />
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Previous research has found that when used in this way, e-cigarettes increase the chances of success by around 50% compared with using no support or one of the traditional nicotine products such as gum or skin patch bought from a shop.2,3 This raises the long-term success rates from around 5% to around 7&frac12;%. The increased success rate amounts to an additional 22K people stopping who would otherwise have continued smoking. Some of these people may have used an e-cigarette instead of one of the more established aids to cessation such as the Stop-Smoking Services. Adjusting for this, the number helped by e-cigarettes may be somewhat lower, at 16K.<br />
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Professor Robert West, who led the research team, said &quot;E-cigarettes appear to be helping a significant number of smokers to stop who would not have done otherwise – not as many as some e-cigarette enthusiasts claim, but a substantial number nonetheless.&quot;<br />
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Utah legislators voted down a bill that would have raised the age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21.<br type="_moz" />

&quot;Hunter has pushed legislation to protect the growing industry and made headlines this week when he puffed from an e-cigarette during a congressional hearing.<br />
The FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act, which Hunter is co-sponsoring, would roll back those proposed restrictions.&quot;<br />
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We should all support Rep. Duncan Hunter in his endeavour to continue to fight the FDA deeming regulations.<br type="_moz" />

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is currently reviewing new federal regulations requiring all e-cigarette products sold after February 15, 2007, to apply for federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, regardless of whether they are new products or previously created.<br />
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The proposed FDA &ldquo;deeming rule&rdquo; would also extend the agency&rsquo;s tobacco regulatory authority to consumer products without tobacco, such as e-cigarettes.<br />
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Nathan Makla, state government relations manager for The Heartland Institute, which publishes Budget &amp; Tax News, says laws and regulatory agencies should acknowledge the big differences between e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes, treating them as the significantly different products they are.<br />
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&ldquo;E-cigarettes simulate the physical and psychological act of smoking while eliminating most of the harmful chemicals found in conventional cigarettes,&rdquo; Makla said. &ldquo;Vaping is not the same as smoking tobacco products. E-cigarettes and other vaping devices have far fewer negative consequences for vapers and bystanders, and they should not be treated the same.&rdquo;<br />
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We have a President who is hooked on Nicotine gum, he should be more sympathetic towards smokers and fully support e-cigarettes! America is going backward not forward like the Brits who are encouraging people to give up their smokes for e-cigs.<br />
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We fully support e-cigarettes and I am vaping one now!<br type="_moz" />

Write your congressman to support HR 2058 which will continue to allow the sale of e-cigarettes. A letter has been written for you all you have to do is fill it out, doesn’t get much easier.