We now have 6 B&M's in the state of N.J that I know of. I have been to five of them and have had LONG conversations with all. Not one of them have any concerns of the upcoming regulations. Some are already talking about their "work arounds". None of them have mentioned that they are actively participating in the fight in any way! This is what sucks! I would like to hear that they will fight, I just don't get that feeling from any of them. I truly hope I am reading them wrong!
If it comes to an actual reason to fight, they'll fight.
I wonder what the BT companies invested in eCigs think of NSE document.
I also wonder what those who favor the FDA position on NSE's have to say on this issue. I know what we think they would say, but I'm not talking about that. I'd be interested in hearing that other side minus the emotional rants from us who oppose the very idea of 'taking away my right to vape.'
Again, eCigs are currently in a
gray market, and it seems reasonable to me that once such a market/industry starts making revenue in the neighborhood of a billion dollars a year, that TPTB are going to address that market. Furthermore, it seems reasonable to me that what was a gravy train of hardware and juice will likely be met with restrictions and, at worst, temporary bans.
Drawing a line in the sand with 2007 being the date that matters, and magically being able to escape all litigation from such a position would equal a defacto ban on eCigs. As I don't think any entity on this planet can escape all such litigation, I would call it a temporary ban at worst. How long that lasts is anyone's guess, but I'm fairly certain there'd be a whole bunch of people who would be on our side and wouldn't appear as silent as they currently do.