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[ut1205]

Was watching Varney and Company on Fox News about 5 minutes ago. News story was "FDA to attempt to ban online sales of e-cigarettes to keep them out of the hands of children. This is after a failed attempt in 2009".

May get this one. Who among us does not want to "protect our children". What's funny is that I have been buying my Roll Your Own tobacco in 1 lb bags through the internet for a long time and no one mentions that.

Oh, wait a minute, taxes are collected on it.

 

[awsum140]

Protect our children? More like protect big tobacco and big pharma! Let's see, we can order liquor (wine anyway), guns, ammo, chemicals, pressure cookers and drugs online so let's stop the e-cig sales in the name of safety. More government trampling over our basic rights.

 

[redeyes24321]

Protect our children? More like protect big tobacco and big pharma!

My thoughts exactly! Doesn't the fact that most sites use age verification protect the kids?

 

[awsum140]

The argument with age will be that it is too easy to falsify, just like it is for wine, guns, ammo, chemicals, pressure cookers and drugs, but the Government gets their piece of those pies. I think, in the end, it's all about the money they don't get from e-cig sales.

 

[E_DeCastro]

The argument with age will be that it is too easy to falsify, just like it is for wine, guns, ammo, chemicals, pressure cookers and drugs, but the Government gets their piece of those pies. I think, in the end, it's all about the money they don't get from e-cig sales.

this is exactly what it is. there is a huge market and the gov. can't get any money from it.

 

[Johnny101]

Vaping has cut in to big tobaccos profits so they ran to big brother for help to get there enemy banned

 

[tj99959]

Not surprised by them pulling the save the kids card. The problem is how many kids do you know that are not perfectly capable of making their own if need be!

 

[Topwater Elvis]

First thread at the very top of this page
----> http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nning-online-sales-electronic-cigarettes.html <----

 

[ut1205]

Think about the tobacco settlement with the states. If BT spends 1 billion to squash online sales of vaping supplies they will consider that "pocket change".

 

[redeyes24321]

There are far too many people using E-cigs now and if they do anything like this, its just going to create a black market. Next will be the War on E-cigs!

 

[ut1205]

It may make some of us chemist unless they choose to ban the sale of the ingredients used in the juice. Well, I guess if they do that you can always make CC. Those ingredients will still be legal.

 

[Oomee]

Look at this from 2011 , og how they have changed their tune :
CDC - Chronic Disease - Tobacco - At A Glance

M.P.O.W.E.R. ..... the "O" used to stand for "Offer help to quit tobacco use"
The "O" stands for "Oodles of cash for condemning millions to death from tobacco"

You hear/read things about China's human rights atrocities , yet here are our very own governments showing how human rights atrocities should be committed .

 

[ut1205]

I'm new to vaping and know very little about the industry. Obviously there was a battle fought and won in 2009. Is there any associations with deep enough pockets to fight this? It probably wouldn't matter anyway if FDA has already decided what they are going to do. It's hard to fight an unlimited supply of taxpayer money.

 

[HDVaper]

The gun ban didn't work so maybe the ecig ban won't either, hopefully.

 

[tfnc]

Sounds right tho,bout the time i really find something i enjoy and keeps my off the nasty sticks big brother wants to mess it up....ugh!!

 

[bluecat]

Think about the tobacco settlement with the states. If BT spends 1 billion to squash online sales of vaping supplies they will consider that "pocket change".

Like they did with the medicare lawsuit. How much of that money went to the states medicare?

 

[Robino1]

Join CASAA. That is an organization that is fighting for us. We need more voices to be able to get louder until they have no choice but to hear us. CASAA is finally getting the recognition of being a voice to be heard. They have a sit down scheduled with the FDA in about a week now. It helps to show how many members there are and how rapidly the membership is growing. The FDA has to take seriously that we are willing to fight this. The only way that it will be possible is strength in numbers.

Please join and lend your voice so that it can become a mighty roar not to be overlooked.

 

[retired1]

Smokey Joe has requested we keep this discussion to one thread, which can be found here. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nning-online-sales-electronic-cigarettes.html

Thanks.