Schumer Looks To Snuff Out E-Cigarette Marketing To Kids

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In Sen. Charles Schumer’s opinion, the makers of bubble gum- and cotton candy-flavored electronic cigarettes aren’t fooling anyone.

“Anyone who doubts that they are not marketing this to kids ought to ask how many adults want gummy bear cigarettes?” Schumer, D-N.Y., said during a Midtown Manhattan news conference Sunday.

As 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported, Schumer is co-sponsoring a Senate bill that would ban e-cigarette marketing campaigns targeted at children. Since the makers of conventional cigarettes cannot market to children, e-cigarette companies should not be allowed either, Schumer argued.

“They do it first through deceptive packaging and labeling,” Schumer said. “They refer to their products as e-hookahs (and) vape pens instead of what they really are — cigarettes.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/09/schumer-looks-to-snuff-out-e-cigarette-marketing-to-kids/

[Politicalboi]

1. FU Schmuck

Another asshole who see's this as a danger to children, so nobody gets it. I think ALL booze drinks should taste terrible so children won't drink, they're not fooling anyone. Mr. I vote for war asshole.

[hrmjustin]

2. Don't say that about changing the taste of booze. lol!

I agree with you he should regulate other things. Say the banks.

[Live and Learn]

3. +1 nt

[Skittles]

4. must mean it's not his friends in on the money

[hrmjustin]

5. Yep! He won't go near wall street with regulations.

[TomClash]

6. So much more lethal than . . .

Senator Israel's bombs and bullets.

[HockeyMom]

7. It's the CHILDREN

Same excuse they did with cigaettes. You can also add soda, fast food, etc. Always the "children". Back in the 50s in NYC, I would go out and buy BEER for my Dad. No, no, no. I am 65 years old and HATE BEER. Yeah, doing that as a young kid just made me want to drink beer. Sorry, NO.

It's not children's behavior they want to control, but ADULT behavior.

[hrmjustin]

8. I remember the first beer I had and I hated it.

Now I love it.