While Jerry Brown jousts at e-cigs, he overlooks present dangers to child safety.

On January 22, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

California’s children are under attack. Child obesity has reached epidemic proportions driven, in part, by the overabundance of high fructose corn syrup in snacks pushed on public school campuses. What is Mr. Brown doing to address this? Suing electronic cigarette makers, of course.

Daily Kos blows smoke about e-cigs. A directed misinformation campaign?

On January 21, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

For those of you that don’t know of the Daily Kos, it is an impossible to navigate political blog with a decidedly liberal slant. In a recent post entitled “Have some diethylene glycol with that e-cigarette” the author clearly introduced important misinformation and many outright lies. The author cites an FDA research project where they [...]