DEFINITE improvement in my health and energy levels

As someone that has used e-cigs for the last six month and seen a DEFINITE improvement in my health and energy levels, I'm stunned that banning e-cigs is even considered as a good idea. While nicotine is NOT something that can be considered "good", getting it delivered in a safer method that cuts down on the health risks is a step in the right direction. Since the e-cigs deliver the nicotine in a method that mimics smoking, the psychological effect of "oral gratification" is also served and makes the transition to a healthier method of nicotine ingestion easier. This should be considered a "win" for everyone. No houses, (or at least a LOT less houses) will be burned down, forests caught on fire, etc.This should be considered a less dangerous method of ingestion from a public safety standpoint as well. (The injured 57 year old man, while unfortunate, is a red herring at best.) Moving right along, studies have shown REPEATEDLY that addiction to cigarette smoking is actually harder to break than that of using HEROIN!!!! (I realize many of you are scoffing at this remark. Do the research and then realize what cigarette smokers are battling.) This is an incredible addiction and it shows why, even with million dollar stop smoking campaigns, that cigarette smoking is stuck at the percentage of users that it currently is. Pragmatism as well as compassion are needed to make a dent in the number of smokers as well as mitigate the effects of our nicotine addiction on the public. We're not unfeeling brutes.... We're addicts!!!!! I'm VERY pleased that I'm not causing people with tobacco allergies risk from my actions. I'm THRILLED that I'm no longer inhaling over 5000 chemical compounds of which hundreds are known carcinogens!!! Not only has my dentist given me a thumbs-up for not having NEARLY the amount of staining of my teeth from my previous smoking of cigarettes, studies have shown that the levels of carbon monoxide in the bloodstream falls to the same level of non-smokers with continued use of e-cigs. In fact, at my last doctor's visit, when I told them during the "are you taking any medications, do you smoke" quiz I told them I don't smoke anymore, that I used the e-cigs, they said "so, you're a non-smoker." How much proof does ANYONE need to realize that in this manifestly imperfect world, that using e-cigs is a step in the right direction??? Please, please, please leave us addicts alone. We know we're hooked. We wish we weren't. I quit for 2 YEARS and ended up being angry nearly all the time. I would get angry during such "stressful activities" as reading a beloved book for the umpteenth time. By myself. In a quiet house and nothing to cause me to feel anger.... And I'd be angry... AFTER 2 YEARS!!!! I TRIED, folks.. I was a success!!! A miserably angry success.... YAY!!!!... I ended up going back to smoking for peace of mind and to be able to RELAX!!! (Did I mention after 2 years?? I'm pretty sure I did.) What would be the point in living longer if I didn't have anyone to share them with because they didn't want to be around Mr. Unpredictably Mad. Why would you wish to do this to smokers that are TRYING to be healthier and be less of the class of lepers? So, please, let us do what we NEED to do!!! No, addiction to anything isn't pretty. (Well, I guess being addicted to random acts of kindness or puppies isn't ugly, but you get my point.) We're trying, folks... We really are.... Don't pull the rug out from under us just as we start to see a light at the end of the tunnel. And thank you... I smoked for over 16 years over a pack a day and was never truly going to quit. Then I bought my first ecig and the rest is history. Tobacco companys are obviously lobbying this bill and footing the money to whomever necessary to get it passed for fear of loss of business. For good reason of loss of business you should be scared!!!! All ecig users and those who smoke that know someone with an ecig are going to turn on to this healthier alternative and dump smoking like a drug addict roommate that can't pay their rent. There is better roommates out there and ecigs are going to put cigarette company's out in their own ash trays. Fear the Ecig community because it is already a thriving loving family of good people.