I am tired the public being told half-truths. It shows a lack of respect. I'd like to clarify some announcements made by the FDA about electronic cigarettes. The FDA claimed that e-cigarettes contain nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic. But they are not giving you the amount actually detected, and comparing it to cigarettes (known killers of 400,000 people a year), and their own approved gums, patches, lozenges, and nicotrol. I don't think they want you to know that the detectable carcinogens in the approved items are similar to the e-cigarette. In fact they tested the Nicotrol inhaler along with the sample of e-liquids, but didn't publish the results of Nicotrol. Why? They claim that e-cigs are attractive to kids. I could name a hundred items that are attractive to kids that they shouldn't have. They claim that the flavors are attractive to kids. But the nicotine lozenges just came out with 2 new flavors; cherry and cinnamon. Alcohol comes in wonderful flavors as well. They claim that they found diethylene glycol in one brand of one bottle of e-liquid. The liquid was a very high strength of nicotine, and the liquid was flavored with tobacco. Tobacco is treated with diethylene glycol. However the one sample of one brand containing this carcinogen shows how badly we need the FDA's help in establishing quality control for a safe product. I have smoked a pack a day for 35 years. With the last price increase on cigarettes, I wanted to save a bit of money and purchased an e-cigarette. I had no intention of quitting, however after 2 weeks, it just became very easy to quit. Thousands of other people can tell you a similar story. Please help us stay tobacco free and live longer. And ask yourself one question: Why does the Government really want to ban electronic cigarettes, and be willing to withold half the truth to do so?