E-Cigarette Rally Sunday

Kids and teens are smoking fewer cigarettes every year.  This is a huge win for our public health.  But that victory is being threatened by e-cigarettes.  While e-cigarette companies will have you think their  products are safe, no clinical studies have been  submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  So we truly don't know what chemicals they contain,  how much nicotine you inhale, and how dangerous they are.  We do know that nicotine is highly addictive, and use of  e-cigarettes can lead kids to try other tobacco products,  such as conventional cigarettes, which are known to cause  deadly diseases, such as lung cancer, heart disease, and  emphysema.  And e-cigarette companies are advertising to our children.  This Sunday at 11AM, Comptroller Scott Stringer and  Public Advocate Letitia James are hosting an indoor  rally at Goddard Riverside Community Center to  call on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and FDA to  study and regulate e-cigarettes. And we are calling on  e-cigarette companies to STOP marketing to our kids.