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ASH recently responded to a press release from an e-cigarette supplier out of the U.K. concerning the health effects of the e-cigarette on the public, stating that they are "a non-profit tax-exempt scientific organization" in their reply, while also claiming that they are a "US legal-action antismoking organization" on their homepage.
In an apparent attempt to discredit the e-cigarette supplier, ASH, who has direct ties to the New York Mercantile Exchange and the pharmaceutical industry, threw accusations that the e-cigarette company was biased "because it is written by an entity with an obvious financial interest in the topic,"
ASH again used speculative wording in their release such as "are potentially lethal to children" and used direct attacks on the credibility and authority of the e-cigarette company while citing the same FDA that can not balance its own checkbook, and also allows and encourages dangerous "approved" drugs to remain on the market. ASH points to the FDA as a "necessary scientific authority" regardless of their inability to manage their organization or willingness to act swiftly in removing products they have approved that are now proving to be very deadly indeed, including suicide-inducing Chantix and Zyban.
ASH then goes further claiming "other" necessary scientific authority and credibility sources as unnamed. Could this be due to the financial ties of those "other" authorities to the pharmaceutical industry that recently had a board meeting outline titled: "E-Cigarettes Will Revolutionize The Face Of Tobacco Smoking And Could Pose A Threat To The Smoking Cessation Market"?
"ASH claimed that there were no reputable scientific studies that have been completed on e cigarettes, but this is not fact either," states Teresa Peach of Ecigarettesnational.com. "There have been several studies by government accredited clinical studies labs and another by a former principle medical officer in New Zealand's Ministry of Health and Public Health Commission, Dr. Murray Laugesen. He received a medal from the World Health Organization in 1998 for his actions toward a tobacco-free society and to say that no credible studies have been done insults his medical degree and the fact that he is an internationally-recognized authority on tobacco issues."
Considering the available information, it looks as though ASH has a lack of credibility itself on this issue in the public eye and the case will likely be decided ultimately by the federal court system in the ongoing lawsuit that is currently underway between two large e-cigarette companies that are U.S. based against the FDA.
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