Talked this out with my husband yesterday and he put it into a different perspective for me:
We as responsible vapers see this solely as "Government needs to restrict the good e-cig sellers" so we can't get our e-cigs.
But to the non-vaper, Government is trying to restrict the sale of flavourful e-cigs on every convenience store counter, to anyone who wants to buy them regardless of age or smoking status.
Or the sale of crappy quality liquid and/or batteries to those who don't know any better, because there isn't any regulation on products (despite the ECTA existing to impose such quality-control on the retailers who ~choose to~ participate).
As he and I were talking I realized that despite what WE know so incredibly well, the average person on the street still sees us as smokers with a different kind of equipment....and that's not going to change overnight. So basically, when you look at it that way, this is a step towards attempting to make e-cigs safer in the long run, and possibly things will open up down the road when there's a handle on it.
They just happen to be doing it in such a way that FEELS like any progress we've made has been for absolutely nothing.
At least, I need to think of it that way. 'Cause if I think about it any other way, I just want to curl into a ball and hide from the world.
