No one's banning nic anytime soon. The whole duplicitous scam falls apart. What's the FDA gonna say…anybody can have nic but vapers. An abolition isn't coming anytime soon either. That is their addiction and the ties that bind them. Their own regulatory morass.
Good luck.
Alarm bells just went off in my head. What you say makes sense to me.
What occurs to me is they need the nic. How else will they keep us coming back
to the well. We will have the nic but, in what form? Consider this. We know from
clinical studies where nic was used to assess its medicinal qualities in the treatment
of various illnesses that it doesn't cause dependency in life time non-users of tobacco
products.
The myth of nicotine addiction - Formindep
This means they can't count on new entry level e-cig users whom have never smoked
to maintain a customer base. If every smoker transitions to vaping sooner or later
that base will dwindle to nothing years down the road. Could this mean the end not
only to cigarettes but, eventually vaping? The only way they can maintain a customer
base over the long haul is to have a steady stream of cigarette users entering the market.
The only other alternative is to find a new hook. Something that has addictive qualities
the same as nicotine when smoked in cigarettes to put in the juice.
As the Chinese say, "May you live in interesting times.". I wonder if they have anticipated
the long game or if they even have a long game.
Regards
Mike