Someone asked about nic from sources other than tobacco and this thread grows so quick I can't find it to quote, but here is the deal. The fact our nic does come from tobacco is the only reason the FDA was stopped by the courts previously. If not from tobacco then it is a drug and regulated as a drug. That is what they attempted before when they flat out declared ecigs illegal and were seizing shipments. They got their azzes handed to them in court but only because the court said they were marketed as recreational and would fall under tobacco but the FDA hadn't any jurisdiction since they hadn't deemed them. This got their panties in a bunch so they have been figuring out how to bypass the lawsuit legally and ban them anyway. I bet there is at least one dartboard with a pic of an ecig or perhaps the word njoy pasted on it used by a high ranking FDA official or lawyer. Not the only reason I am sure, but revenge is one, if not the highest, motive for destruction of others in history.