CancerFree

Well here's mine to start off with. With lots more to follow. To say I'm personal invested in this one is putting it mildly. To The Gov. Dear Sir, I'd like to start this off on a person note, I've just got through a year of fighting throat cancer & while things look good right now I'm not out of the woods yet. But after almost 40 years of smoking, trying every group, OTC or Rx from my Dr...and cancer I just can't quit smoking cigarettes. Then I started using E-Cigs back in July & I have not picked up a regular cig since. I'm not necessary looking to stop smoking, I'm just trying real hard not to die. E-Cigs are working for me & now somebody wants to take them away from me. This is just NOT FAIR. This letter is in response to the recent passing in California of the SB400 Bill that would ban the sale of Electronic Cigarettes, or "E-Cigs". I urge you to make every effort to ensure the bill does NOT get introduced, at least not in the blind manner in which it was brought forth here in California. In these tumultuous times, your constituents, and citizens across this country, are growing weary of the needs and pleasures of the many being decided by the closed minds of a select few. In an atmosphere of heated debate over the rising costs of Health Care , when a product comes along that will GREATLY reduce those costs, it boggles the collective mind that our elected representatives will not even CONSIDER the alternative being offered to smokers that will, in effect, give those clamoring for a "Smoke Free" society exactly what they want. The passing of such a bill not only brings to a crashing halt the THOUSANDS of success stories already born of this product, it makes it impossible for those wishing to break the chains of cigarette addiction to realize their dream. E- Cigs were not introduced, nor are they advertised as a quit smoking device,thats just the accidental by-product that was stumbled upon. We in the E-Cig community say this - Research, Yes. Prohibit sales to minors, Yes. Take the bullet out of the gun smokers put in their mouths EVERY day - no brainer. Again sir, please assure me that you will not let the unfair bill pass. This is TOO important a matter to be taken lightly. Thank You for Your time