But that’s not the purpose of the law. The real goal is to hurt the legal vaping industry, which the vape mail ban will almost certainly do. It will also be a boon to the illegal vaping market, as well as the traditional cigarette business. What it won’t do is stop youth from buying e-cigarettes. Ironically, it may only make it easier, as less respectable businesses step up to fill the gap in the market that the law is creating.
read it all here:
E-Cigarettes: Banning Mail Delivery Would Push Users to Tobacco | National Review
I think you nailed it last time! The states need the revenue from Tobacco sales
Why wouldn't they stop this?
ePacket
In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service
made special agreements with the national postal carriers of China and Hong Kong (and subsequently South Korea and Singapore) to allow tracking-enabled packages not exceeding 36” or weighing over 4.4 pounds to be sent to the U.S. for extremely low rates. They called this shipping option the ePacket, and the rates are so low that it's cheaper to ship small parcels from China to an American city than it is to send that same parcel domestically. As Amazon’s Vice President of Global Policy Paul Misener
pointed out:
“The cost to ship a one-pound package from South Carolina to New York City would run nearly $6; from Beijing to NYC: $3.66.”
While sending that same one-pound package from New York City back to Beijing via USPS International Mail would cost
in the ballpark of $50.
This causes a flood of cheap vaping gear to come in from China! I'l be honest, I buy most of my gear from China! Why wouldn't you?
