I went to the liquor store the other day to pick up a bottle of Jameson for a friend of mine, and in my search for Irish whiskey (I eventually figured out that all the Jameson whiskeys were actually kept behind the counter) I got a glimpse of what has become of the alcohol industry. I dont drink much at all anymore, since I discovered the pure, unadulterated awesomeness of kava bars, so I havent really paid attention to the directions that have been taken in liquor and beer marketing of late. It made me wonder
Why is vodka in no danger of being banned by the FDA, with flavors like Cotton Candy, Buttered Popcorn, Key Lime Pie, Whipped Cream, Rainbow Sorbet, Cupcake, Regular Cake, Glazed Doughnut, Maple Bacon, Blueberry Pancake, Icy Mint, Passionfruit, Coconut, Ginger Anise, Pumpkin Pie,
the list goes on and on and on and on and on and
you get the picture.
Now, lets go over a few E-juice flavors
Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Key Lime Pie, Whipped Cream, Rainbow Sherbet, Vanilla Cupcake, Red Velvet Cake, Glazed Doughnut, Bacon, Blueberry Pancake, Blue Frost, Passionfruit, Coconut, Anise, Pumpkin Spice
the list goes on and on and on
you get the picture. No, Im not repeating myself and I didnt cut and paste the liquor list to the e-liquid list. There is actually NO difference between the amount of flavors available for liquor (particularly vodka) and the flavors available for E-juice. In fact, the manufacturers of both products more than likely order their flavors from the same pool of companies.
So, the FDA is going to extreme lengths to ban or severely regulate E-cigarettes because the flavors are obviously meant to appeal to children in order to get them addicted to smoking tobacco, but these flavored vodkas are just variety meant for adult consumption only. One of these drugs will impair your judgement, ruin your life, destroy your body- inside and out, kill people in horrific motor vehicle collisions, cause divorces, deplete bank accounts, and cause unintentional/unwanted sexual experiences. The other drug (by itself) is not actually harmful, does not destroy your body, ruin your life, or kill others in car accidents
it does, however, help reduce approach avoidance behavior, increases cognitive abilities,
read the article I wrote about it for more. So, in typical government, bass ackwards-fashion... (Click here to read the rest of my article.)