Guys what noone has mentioned here is that its the big tobacco lobby that is lobbying lawmakers at state and federal level to classify all ecigs as tobacco devices. They're doing so because if it becomes harder and harder to smoke, yet ecigs aren't restricted in the same ways, then they'll lose 'to death us do part' diehard smoker clients just because ecigs are something you can use anywhere.... to say nothing of all of the tens upon tens of thousands of us that switched for health reasons to begin with. And based on some of the INSANE science coming out of big tobacco in the 60's and 70's, I can only imagine what sort of nonsense they've cooked up to back up their requests, and THOSE sorts of ludicrous studies are what lawmakers have available, because they're vocal and exerting influence over the lawmakers, as lobbyists do. Until there are active 'vaping for health' organizations exerting pressure back (though no way to really compete on an even level because of the billions of dollars in BT's pocket), this will continue to happen. The way PV's will be exonerated is the same way cigarettes were convicted back in the 60's... once enough reputable studies have been done and enough vocal organizations are pushing those studies out into public view, eventually the mock science bologna big tobacco is using against vaping will look insane next to the actual reputable evidence. That's one big reason (the only valid reason I can come up with, anyway) for vaping to be a tiny bit regulated (at least as much as clean facilities and safe standards, though I agree that's a super slippery slope), just so we can show that its somewhat idiot proof. So silly when people start talking about the dangers of vaping because there's batteries involved. Yes, there have been a few vaping related accidents, I can count them on one hand, and to my knowledge, they all involved unsafe use of batteries, ie: user error. Hello! Cigarettes require open flame 20-60x a day, you goofballs! You know how many people have been killed in smoking related housefires, to say nothing of the actual physical dangers of smoking! lol Yup, I just wanna shake the idiots awake, but that seems to be somewhat useless. 
And it really ticks me off when they start talking about taxing ecig stuff like cigarettes. Cigarettes cost taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars in public healthcare every single year... THAT's why they're taxed, or at least, a valid reason for them to be. Vaping doesn't cost 'the state' anything, and in fact vastly reduces cost because smokers who swtch to vaping will require much much less healthcare on the gov't's dime.
And it really ticks me off when they start talking about taxing ecig stuff like cigarettes. Cigarettes cost taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars in public healthcare every single year... THAT's why they're taxed, or at least, a valid reason for them to be. Vaping doesn't cost 'the state' anything, and in fact vastly reduces cost because smokers who swtch to vaping will require much much less healthcare on the gov't's dime.
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