Any victory after many months, or years, of limbo (at best) and seemingly being ignored (at least) - is great news. This strikes me as monumental news.
Seemed like the whole shindig presented in the video was underwhelming in their understanding of all the points we have constantly discussed. IMO, they are a good 3 to 5 years behind where a knowledgeable politically aware vaper is. I don't expect them to get the nuanced points, but the main points appear to be lacking.
Amendment is squarely going after kids as the deeming does. I hate that. I hope it backfires. I hope kids see it as even more cool and try it out. I feel confident that will happen. I feel the more zealous FDA gets on that issue, the more kids will be attracted to the product due to the cool factor. I have little sympathy for anyone that supports such a strong prohibition on minors and then acts all surprised if minors use/continue to use. Always up for that debate, but usually ends up being one side appealing to emotion and little to no facts to back up their feeble concerns.
I say all that because the amendment is huge news on the grandfather date, but does leave me wondering how bad FDA will tackle certain things. Not to mention the zealots in FDA or who influence FDA aren't going to take kindly to this amendment. They'll likely overreact and I think a whole bunch of flavors could be nixed and many political types (who are not so versed in vaping rhetoric or politics) will feel this was a big enough battle to warrant a sacrifice in a whole lot of flavors that are 'probably aimed at kids anyway.'
And with all that said, I'm around 25% ecstatic by the passing of this amendment. Easily the best news I've heard on vaping in awhile, that rises to this level of significance. But 75% of me is still concerned at the voodoo the FDA / ANTZ will do as a result of this setback to their efforts. Obviously, the fight is not over, but I hope we get a week (or years) to enjoy this victory.
Oh, and very glad I didn't hear the words "online sales" during the video, but admittedly I skipped over some of the nonsense Dems were prattling on about.
Seemed like the whole shindig presented in the video was underwhelming in their understanding of all the points we have constantly discussed. IMO, they are a good 3 to 5 years behind where a knowledgeable politically aware vaper is. I don't expect them to get the nuanced points, but the main points appear to be lacking.
Amendment is squarely going after kids as the deeming does. I hate that. I hope it backfires. I hope kids see it as even more cool and try it out. I feel confident that will happen. I feel the more zealous FDA gets on that issue, the more kids will be attracted to the product due to the cool factor. I have little sympathy for anyone that supports such a strong prohibition on minors and then acts all surprised if minors use/continue to use. Always up for that debate, but usually ends up being one side appealing to emotion and little to no facts to back up their feeble concerns.
I say all that because the amendment is huge news on the grandfather date, but does leave me wondering how bad FDA will tackle certain things. Not to mention the zealots in FDA or who influence FDA aren't going to take kindly to this amendment. They'll likely overreact and I think a whole bunch of flavors could be nixed and many political types (who are not so versed in vaping rhetoric or politics) will feel this was a big enough battle to warrant a sacrifice in a whole lot of flavors that are 'probably aimed at kids anyway.'
And with all that said, I'm around 25% ecstatic by the passing of this amendment. Easily the best news I've heard on vaping in awhile, that rises to this level of significance. But 75% of me is still concerned at the voodoo the FDA / ANTZ will do as a result of this setback to their efforts. Obviously, the fight is not over, but I hope we get a week (or years) to enjoy this victory.
Oh, and very glad I didn't hear the words "online sales" during the video, but admittedly I skipped over some of the nonsense Dems were prattling on about.