Every time I see a
thread title that starts with Durbin and Boxer, my heart sinks... At least Boxer is on her way out... I don't think we can get a senator stupider than Boxer, honestly.
You might want to be careful now.
That's what I used to think about my beloved Portuguese politicians.
Well, guess what? I was wrong.
First, it was the excise tax on nicotine liquid. 60 cents/ml, but get this: with NO regard to nicotine concentration.
Apparently, nobody thought about people who are
vaping with sub-ohm drippers at 3mg/ml, being able to buy a 30ml bottle of 36mg/ml (paying 18 Euros in tax) and ELEVEN bottles of tax-free, non-nicotine liquid. And later, "diluting" that tax down to 5 cents/ml. I can live with that.
Now, after making business owners spend money on air extraction equipment (many of those owners WANTED patrons to still be allowed to smoke inside), our Govt is now thinking about forbidding smoking everywhere, "England style". The owner will not even be able to CHOOSE his own business model.
So, after 2020, there will be no smoking, or vaping liquids WITH nicotine inside public spaces (and PRIVATE spaces with public service).
However, vaping with NON nicotine liquids will be allowed...
Seeing the latest changes in the vaping business, I expect that by then, many people will be vaping non-nicotine liquids with high-power devices to compensate for TH.
Is the "vaping police" going to carry nicotine test kits with them? Throw away all that money just to find out that in most cases, the vaper WAS telling the truth, after all?