ACK!! FDA Discusses Banning Online Sales of E-Cigarettes (from the Wall Street Journal)

[Barbara21]

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They have got to be kidding!!!

Here's the link... (see below)

(Sorry if this has already been posted somewhere but I didn't see it.)

I tried to comment on the article but you have to be a subscriber to comment.

What really bugs me is that the purpose of a 'ban on online sales' is to (allegedly) prevent sales to children. That could be accomplished quite easily by requiring a credit card to complete a purchase (since you legally have to be eighteen to have a credit card).

Agghhhh!!!!

Sorry, bad link. Try this one...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323980604579028872575240180.html?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp#articleTabs%3Darticle

 

[bsidb]

link isnt working....

 

[Barbara21]

link isnt working....

Ok, I know how to do this...

Evidently I have fumble-fingers or something. Proper link in first post.

 

[yzer]

Your link doesn't work worth a damn.

 

[yzer]

Ok, I know how to do this...

FDA Discusses Banning Online Sales of E-Cigarettes - WSJ.com

OK, that works.

 

[vernhall]

Of course it would be to protect the 'children'; that's the excuse for every left-wing progressive plot to control the populace there is!! Mainly because, in their minds, if you are not of 'their' class you are a child by definition...

 

[yzer]

All the article says is that FDA wants to prohibit sales of e-cigarettes to minors. ... what is the big fuss????

 

[dr g]

Did you miss the part where they said they are proposing to ban online sales?
How convenient, destroy the way small businesses have created a billion dollar industry and hand it directly to big business.

 

[Barbara21]

All the article says is that FDA wants to prohibit sales of e-cigarettes to minors. ... what is the big fuss????

Because it would ban *all* online sales of e-cigarettes.

"The Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on online sales of electronic cigarettes, as part of a package of regulations the agency is readying for the increasingly popular devices, people familiar with the matter said."

 

[EvilCake]

Completely outrageous. The ones in power trampling the weak.

 

[yzer]

All that is needed is a national ID card, which Republicans have avoided like the plague. A national ID card will solve a lot of issues: illegal workers, health fraud, social security fraud, welfare fraud, voter fraud, age fraud and and countless other scams that the Republicans want to protect for their organized crime patrons.

 

[retired1]

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