@ExtremeDooty and
@DeAnna2112
To say, how deeming will affect the community as a whole, is rather a misnomer as it will affect each part of the vaping community differently.
Likely, YOUR vape gear that you prefer; ie.; cigalikes, will not be adversely affected perse. All of what you need to vape and stay off cigarettes
will continue to be available to you, if that is your specific concern.
Here is the community concern with vaping.
#1) That our favored or specific devices become unavailable to us in the future, after the full implementation of the new regulations.
There is a high cost involved, as you likely well know, for a manufacturer to get FDA approval. SO much so, that many smaller manufactures will likely not seek FDA approval, and instead simply sell in markets overseas that do not have such a high cost involved in obtaining that approval.
On top of that, we don't know what specifics the government is looking for to approve. The FDA has speculated that out of the over 1600 vaping products on the market today, that only around 75 - 100 of those will actually become FDA approved when all is said and done. (This does include e juice as well as mods and tanks)
Therefore, some products will someday simply be gone, and the manufacturers either shut their doors, or stop selling to the US market.
This matters to those who have found their unicorn so to speak, the absolute one thing that keeps them off the smokes. For those who are fluid in what type of device they are happy with, it wont affect them as much as they can simply switch the brand of device they use.
#2) That costs will certainly rise. Not only on our favored mods, but also on our e juice. First, manufacturers have to cover the cost not only of initial FDA approval as well as continued necessity to fulfill all FDA standards, but higher costs due to increased taxation of not only our devices but also our e juice.
Regulations have less to do with saving anyone (as not one life has been lost due to vaping, yet multitudes saved) and more to do with inroads to an absolute control over the taxation of these products. Taxes are what they are losing out on as it stands, when a smoker switches to vaping. They need to recoup those economic losses, and turn them into either gains, or at least an even keel where concerns governmental income due to taxes.
E juice is a concern, as that is probably going to be fairly difficult to ascertain how to control and tax it.
HOWEVER, e juice will not go away, but one tank of e juice may someday be the equivalent cost-wise to a pack of cigarettes due to the regulations and taxation thereof. Which is also fine, unless your a tightwad. (which most of us here are in some forum or fashion.. lol)
Also, they might do things such as regulate flavors, as has been threatened, limiting the overall choice, which again is a concern to vapers who love their plethora of flavor choices. However, if your fine with a few basic flavors like strawberry or tobacco, then your probably safe as far as flavored e juice is concerned.
#3.) The biggest concern for many vapers is that things such as mechanical mods, which take more knowledge to operate and are not for the beginner nor the faint of heart, might simply never be able to get past the first approval. This area of vaping however, will likely never affect you personally.
However, this doesn't mean that we don't want to protect this group from an overall ban of
their favored products. The goal as vapers is to see people to get off the smokes, which are very deadly, and this group has found THEIR unicorn, and we hate to see anyone lose their right to choice due to government intrusion, as again, not one life has been lost to vaping, not even in this group.
Therefore, as vapers we like to advocate for every vaper, even if or when it might not affect us personally.
In conclusion, these are the concerns of the vaping community, and why you see people stocking up on their favorites, and making sure that no matter what they government does in the future, them and theirs will be able to vape as they are now, and at reasonable cost for the foreseeable future.
But vaping as a whole, will not simply go away. There wont be any kind of an all out ban, the market will simply be much more limited than we know it today, as well as more expensive due to state and federal taxation.
