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• ASH Seeks Regulation of E-Cigarettes  

Most astonishingly, the product is currently not subject to any regulation, so we have no way of knowing what other chemicals might also be given off when the user exhales into the air.

FOR A COPY OF ASH' s LEGAL PETITION, SEE BELOW.

ASH TO THE RESCUE

To help protect nonsmokers, and also smokers who might use the product instead of quitting, ASH has filed a formal legal petition demanding that it be regulated by the FDA. . . .

For all of the reasons set forth in this legal petition, the FDA should immediately issue a public statement and provide notice to the manufacturer, distributors, and others directly affected that the device falls within the FDA's jurisdiction as a "drug" or, more likely, as a "drug delivery device" ("medical device"). The FDA should also initiate, at its very earliest possible convenience, any and all appropriate regulatory proceedings, including those which might lead to interim regulations while the issues are studied more fully.

Respectfully submitted,

Law Professor John Banzhaf, Esq. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

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