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In reply to the discussion: The marketing of e cigs needs to be regulated just as cigarettes are. [View all]Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)99. So, essentially this would be your ideal e-cig advertisement.

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itching
vertigo
dizziness
tingling in extremities
loss of balance or coordination
slurred speech
temporary blindness
profuse sweating
heart palpitations
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The marketing of e cigs needs to be regulated just as cigarettes are. [View all]
NCTraveler
Mar 2014
OP
So make sales to children illegal. Period. It's that easy. And your contention of what is marketed
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#8
"Totally Wicked". It looks like it appeals to Goths and Comic fans. You seem to have a very limited
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#15
They are NOT CIGARETTES. And you can't restrict the "free speech" of marketing
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#4
WTF? You are talking about logos and designs. That is how weak your argument is.
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#9
Anyone who doesn't grasp that e-cigs are not combustable cigarettes is "misguided".
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#10
It works well enough for a free society. There are things called "Parents".
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#27
Because the laws prohibiting ANY marketing of cigarettes are mostly enacted to protect children
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2014
#110
Tobacco sales to minors have been in place for a little more than two decades.
Ms. Toad
Mar 2014
#104
"Why don't you object to the booze that puts the skid in Skid Row being marketed with Melon flavors"
NCTraveler
Mar 2014
#16
"But your answer suggests you are fine with 'Redd's Strawberry' ads and Puppy laden beer ads."
NCTraveler
Mar 2014
#32
Your OP makes no mention of children, it does insist upon regulation of e-cigs
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#38
I don't agree with you on that, nor have you proved your point, nor do most
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#49
Stow your insults, you wrote bait. No one here is opposed to all regulation
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#43
The amounts were minimal. Nicotine inhalers contain higher amounst of many of the chemicals.
OregonBlue
Mar 2014
#28
Perhaps but in general I don't like regulations unless it's proven that something is bad for you.
OregonBlue
Mar 2014
#55
Not opposed to regulating the marketing but not sure why cigarettes would be the model
Bonobo
Mar 2014
#34
Regulated as cigs, Yes and the marketing needs to rebranded as a 'stop smoking tool' instead….
Tikki
Mar 2014
#68
Sorry nicotine is measurably more addictive than caffeine…and harder to wean off of .
Tikki
Mar 2014
#79
I stand by the fact that most do not use e-cigarettes on a regular basis without nicotine.
Tikki
Mar 2014
#90
I am not telling any adult that they can not use e-cigarettes..but what the OP has posted is true...
Tikki
Mar 2014
#97
Clever…have you ever seen the warnings on cigarette packaging in other countries?
Tikki
Mar 2014
#102
E-cigs are not smoking tobacco. Period. Is that so hard to understand?
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2014
#106