Think the federal government should regulate ecigarettes and how far regulations should go. We have a special line for users, 2025853203 with republicans at democrats at independents at you can checkcatch up with us on twitter and facebook and at www. Cspan. Org. We have more on the restrictions that were implemented in los angeles over the weekend. Here is the story from the los angeles daily news. Ecigarettes or restricted to the same as tobacco when it was made illegal to puff on batterypoweredd devices starting on saturday, and when to put away their ecit garettes and public parks and beaches and Outdoor Dining areas, this comes one month after reports of potentially harmful chemicals in the ecigarette vapors, and they seek to limit these in the same places that the bok tobacco is barred. This was over the objections of the users who inhale nicotine through water vapor. That is the story from over the weekend. Last week, 11 lawmakers on capitol hill issued reports gateway to addiction is the title of that report, a survey of Popular Electronic Cigarette Manufacturers and targeted marketing to youth. That was a little bit of the report that came out, and according to the center of Disease Control and prevention, ecigarette uses going but these objects are not subject to federal laws and regulations. Federal laws and regulations prevent traditional cigarettes from being sold to persons under 18 years of age, distribute or advertise on television and radio and characterizing candy and fruit flavors that appeal to children. There is no federal ban on the use of such tactics by the ecigarette manufacturers or the absence of regulation, some manufacturers are using Marketing Tactics similar to those previously used by the Tobacco Industry to sell their products to minors. 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Ace bp says below that, tizzie patrick writes in according to that report that came out earlier this week, the headline the gateway to addiction, a survey of popular cigarette manufacturers and marketing they want to brother that this from users under 18, prevent advertising to children under the age of 18 and manufacturers should refrain from using radio and Television Advertisements and they believe the fda should require strong uniform labels that inform consumers of health risks and prohibit misleading product claims. Those are a few of the suggestions in the report. That report is led by illinois democrat richard durbin, and california democrat henry waxman, among about nine others that came out earlier this week. For their thoughts, should the federal government regulate ecigarettes. We start with jed, calling caller the use of Electronic Cigarettes, all youre doing is allowing people to Smoke Tobacco more often, which is really not what youre trying to do, and i believe that Electronic Cigarettes are excellent for smoking weed and heroin and meth. Host we will move on. Here is a piece in usa today, from craig weiss, from enjoy inc. One of the Electronic Cigarette makers. He says our products can help into smoking. Tobacco will prematurely kill 480,000 americans this year, and ecigarette skin deliver nicotine without combustion and can help into smoking. Cigarette companies independent of the Tobacco Industry are making them obsolete he writes in his piece in usa toda y. He says smokers have switched from combustion and its harm, he says it must constrain nicotine to unsatisfying levels or bad flavors that appeal to adult cigarette users, could keep current smoker smoking. We embrace efforts to prohibit candy flavors to minimize youth appeal. Taxing ecigarettes risk promoting continued combustion smoking. And he writes that they shouldwe want to know what you think about the federal government regulating ecigarettes. Should they do and how far do you think this regulation should go . We have brett, calling in from oklahoma on the independent line. Caller good morning. Thank you to cspan. I think my comment would be, is this right and do the cigarettes ecigarettes reduce tobacco usage. If so, the government should be involved and subsidize ecigaret tes. Host you are saying if this helps reduce combustion cigarette smoking, this is of thing the government should support . And how should the Government Support that . What ways should they could they support that . Caller lower the cost, give somebody a tax incentive to switch, to quit tobacco, and use ecigarettes. Host brett calling from oklahoma. A couple of more comments from our facebook page, david on the federal government working federal government the federal government affecting ecigarettes. He says and lance says the conversation continues on facebook and twitter, you can write in on our twitter page he has written on the twitter page, saying usa today has more on the piece from craig weiss. The editorial in usa today, and it says they write they write Editorial Board of usa today, several Opinion Pieces out there we will go through this morning. We want to get your thoughts, should the federal government regulate ecigarettes. We will give you some of the thoughts offered by the 11 democratic members of congress and the report that just came out. John from staten island, new york, on the republican line. Caller absolutely not. On february 2, the first of this year, after 40 years of smoking i purchased an ecigarette, and after a month of smoking it, i no longer smoke ecigarette support cigarettes ecigarettes or cigarettes. Nothing worked for me, the gum or patches. Ecigarettes are wonderful for quitting. Let me ask you about these, one of the key concerns for members of congress and a report that came out last week, do you think that those advertisers target children under 18 . I think that they target smokers. So you are saying that they are targeting people that they want to target . Caller i believe so. For the people who really want to quit, if they can use ecigarettes and stay with them for a month or more, it worked for me. I cant praise them enough. Host john, an ecigarette user from new york. Tony is on the line for ecigarette users. Good morning. Thank you. Caller hi, how are you. I am an ecigarette smoker. I quit smoking approximately three years ago. I was a heavy smoker since the age of 15, i am 57 now. My doctors tried everything to get me to quit and it was very difficult. These are the only things that help me. I dont smell cigarettes and i can breathe easier now, i dont offend anybody, i also i understand the fda needs to do more research on it, but they do need to hurry up their procedures because when this was first given to me with the fda approved when the fda approved, they had no research on it, that someone took inside the medication they said this was safe to use only to later find out that this was not safe to use, with an antidepressant. So the fda serves to a certain extent but i dont see this harming me at all. My health has gotten better and i think the government should stay away from it. If they get permission to heroin addicts to take other things to try to wind down their addiction, i think they should leave us nicotine smokers alone. Host i want to ask about the flavor of the ecigarettes and the comments from the lawmakers last week. They are worried about the flavors appealing to children and those younger than 18. Do you think that there should be restrictions on those kinds of flavors for ecigarettes . Caller i think so but parents need to be parents again, that is the whole other story. They need to watch their children like they did they need to be monitored and i dont think anyone under 18 should buy them. I dont want to see a 12yearold smoking an eciga rette or a normal cigarette. Host so the federal rule across the board, nobody from under 18. Toni calling from new york, on the special line for ecigarette users. 5this is a column writing and in response to that report that we have been referencing this morning. The headline on ecigarette restrictions to children may be deadly for adults. He goes on to say he ends his piece by saying host lots of debate recently on this topic and we want to continue with our viewers this morning. Here are a few tweets on this that they should regulate addictive substances. Too many people have no willpower. Another of the tweets that came in, host we will be talking about that for the next half hour or so, here on the washington journal. A few different headlines around the country and in magazines that are out today. We will continue to keep our phone lines open for you on this topic. Here is a column in this weeks Weekly Standard by fred barnes, talking about campaign 2014s picture and he says he writes he says for kay hagans seat host he goes in to talk about the republicans in the primary to go agaisnt hagannst hagan he goes on to write democratic consutlant brad crowe says and fred barnes says if you want to read more on that piece, it is in this weeks Weekly Standard. On theat front, paul kane of the Washington Post talks about what life could be like in the senate under a Mitch Mcconnell majority leader. He says he goes on to look back at a january speech by mcconnell where he talks about issues that may change. He called for a change on the vote and a robust amendment process. He writes that senators arrive at 5 00 pm and leave by 3 00 pm and spend more time raising money than on the floor. He said that many of us remember when theres a night was the main event. That piece, looking to a senate majoryt and whatity that is the Washington Post fixed column. We are talking this morning about the federal government should regulate ecigarettes. We go to our line for republicans, peter is waiting in new york, new york. Caller good morning. I smoked for packs of cigarettes for 37 years and all my doctors said i had to quit. Finally my Nurse Practitioner put me on a controlled inhaler. Insurance does not pay for it. No smoke comes out of it. I have been on it for a year and i am smokefree in my fifth year of being smokefree. And a lot of people dont even know about it, because this is a nicotrol inhaler. Host you say this is an alternative to the cigarettes and normal cigarettes as well . Caller no smoke comes out of it and it is used to quit. My Nurse Practitioner put me on. Host peter in new york, new york. We go to joy waiting in california on the line for democrats. Joy, thank you for getting up for washington journal. Caller hello, right now i am a smoker of tobacco and i have tried a lot of different things. I am a recovering alcoholic. I have never done heroin, but i would say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting a lot of drugs. I was recently at the doctor and the doctor recommended i quit smoking, and i told him i feel i would have to be tied down to a hospital bed for a week to quit smoking. This is very addictive. And i am all for the ecigarettes thing, and i know the topic is whether the government should be involved in it. I do think that it should be promoted, in any which way it can. Because i am just here to say that this is the hardest thing to quit. It is coming out of your skin. Host do you think that restricting it to the use of those under 18 would be an issue here, in what youre trying to do, which seems like you are trying to get people off of combustible cigarettes . Caller i dont think children under the age of 18 should be allowed to have access to ecigarettes or any kind of tobacco at all. I think it is a parental thing. Host and nicotine . Caller yes. It is a very addictive drug. Host joy calling in from california. We have a special line for ecigarette users. Tom is on that line. Thank you for calling washington journal. Are you with us . Go ahead. Caller i am a user and has got me off of chewing tobacco. I want to add that my sister owns a store in new jersey, and there are hundreds of people who get off of cigarettes and i think that this helps them drastically improve in a very short time. Host tom what is your take on the advertisement for ecigarettes . Many people at the top of the segment were concerned about whether this is being targeted at children under the age of 18, to try to get them addicted to the substance . Caller i dont i am not sure, but what i think the flavoring is also for the adults. Children should not. Especially if it has nicotine. Many people many of them come in with their children saying they want their children off of cigarettes. That is if theyre with their adult parents. Host tom, an ecigarette user from new jersey. More on a congressional report that came out from 11 different lawmakers on capitol hill led by senator dick durbin and congressman henry waxman among others. They studied how ecigarettes are advertised as part of the report and found that according to the staff report, eight ecigarette ecigarette companies from other product through samplings that appear to be youthoriented. In 2012 and 2013 alone, six of the surveyed companies sponsored divided free samples at 348 of this. They found a seven ecigarette Companies Air television and ready advertisements in programs including those with youth dealerships, and Six Companies market flavors that could appeal to children and teens. For example, they have flavors like cherry crush, chocolate treat, peachy keen, and great meant. A few findings grape mint. A few findings we are finding this morning on washington j ournal. Barbara boxer tweeted this was a reason they should pass her bill, s2047. And f2047, protecting children from Electronic Cigarette advertising, act of 2014, to prevent advertising and promotion of a laconic cigarettes in a manner that is known to increase the use of Electronic Cigarettes by children under the age of 18. It establishes a civil penalty to be available that is calculated by multiplying the number of days and persons not in compliance with such prohibitions by the amount of up to 16,000 adjusted annually for inflation. That is her protecting children from electronic advertising act of 2014. I want to get your calls, but first i want to let you know that on newsmakers, we are joined by former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, the chairman of the Financial Services roundtable, on many Financial Institutions. This is what he says about how the u. S. Can support Cyber Security and prevent the threat of things like the heartbleed b ug. On the Public Policy side we do need people when problems arise, they are able to access information from the government and act upon it. If the ceo happens to be traveling to singapore and something terrible happens and i have to respond in five minutes it is good to have the general counsel also have a security clearance and weigh in on the discussion and we need better permissions. If you think about the array of Government Agencies that have usable and actionable information about cyber crime including the department of defense and the nsa and department of Homeland Security, the cia and Financial Institutions, the treasury and more, be able to work with them without fear of incrimination is important for that kind of protection of the things you mentioned. That is important. And current laws in that regard need to be upgraded. They need congress to act and they are not. Host you can see the entire interview with tim pawlenty at 10 00 am and 6 00 pm on cspan. 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