Well put and yes i am concerned.
Unfortunately most of the discussion/debate on the topic hinges upon the ban/not ban question. From the FDA's point of view they only have 3 options. Ban/Regulate/Ignore.
Ignore is not really an option. Its only a matter of time before somebody either suffers some bad effects from this, or even more likely, blames the e-cig for some unrelated ill affects. As soon as that happens the media will be hounding the FDA about why it hadn't done something about this "so obvious a risk" upon or citizens.
Regulate is the "correct answer" here but well, that takes a lot more effort and commitment from the FDA/suppliers/users and yes, the legislative branch. Our only hope here is to achieve the kind of numbers using these that an attempt to ban would fail so miserably (bootlegging) that this is the only real option. If the BAN gets in place before enough numbers are using it and its imbeded in our culture, then we will never get to this point.
Ban is probably what we are going to see. It if much cheaper and easier to implement.
I think we are doming our own movement by trying to claim we should be absolved from a ban or regulation. I think instead we should be BEGGING for regulation on these items, and supporting anybody, the FDA included, that is trying to find/implement the reugulations.
My 2 cents.
