Great article in the Baltimore City Paper

[Ravensfan]

This was actually the front page story in the City Paper. A free rag in Baltimore found on nearly every street corner. It's long, but very objective. I hope I'm allowed to post it since it does mention vendors by name. Some of them are registered ECF suppliers.

Nic Fit - News and Features - Baltimore City Paper

 

[Robino1]

Excellent article! I love that the writer addresses the unbalanced calls to poison hotlines in that more calls have come in about kids swallowing fluoride toothpaste than e-liquid. Those being under 5 years of age. Just shows how the CDC are trying to spin the kid angle against vaping.

 

[choochoogranny]

Great read! Thank you, Ravensfan.

 

[twgbonehead]

It is a great article! My only concern is the comment that 1mL of e-liquid = 1 pack of cigarettes. (I think it's more like 5mL of high-octane juice). If this number keeps getting repeated, we're likely to start seeing a $60 tax on each 10-ml bottle!!!

 

[Ravensfan]

A couple of the stats surprised me. Like the one that said that 60% of vapers use products found in vape shops as opposed to the BT cigalikes. I really would have thought it would be 80/20 the other way around. I think that's good news, as it means the genie is basically out of the bottle. It also sounds like the FDA has a long way to go before they do anything (they are in step 4 of 9). It gets harder everyday to put the genie back in the bottle. I'm also amazed that 23 vape shops have opened in Maryland since January 1. When I started this in March of 2013 there were 3 shops, and one charged 3X what internet prices were. Now every time I go somewhere it seems I see a new vape shop.

 

[Ravensfan]

It is a great article! My only concern is the comment that 1mL of e-liquid = 1 pack of cigarettes. (I think it's more like 5mL of high-octane juice). If this number keeps getting repeated, we're likely to start seeing a $60 tax on each 10-ml bottle!!!

As far as I know, fat boy Christie in Jersey is the only one proposing a tax based on cigarette equivalency. I think it would be hard for anyone to vote for a tax that is 1200% the cost of the product, especially after all of the BS spin that cig taxes were to subsidize the cost of care for smokers. A tax is coming, that's for sure. I'm thinking something along the lines of $1.00/10ml. Cigars aren't taxed nearly as high as cigarettes. I think nic juice will follow the same sort of guidelines as cigars.