36 months from now, 43% of Boge/Dekang eliquid users start deluging their primary care physicians' offices with strange pulmonary symptoms. Millions of dollars worth of tests(that Obamacare is not covering) are done to determine what's going on. Turns out that a strange malignancy similar to Oat Cell Carcinoma has formed requiring Billions in further medical treatment. Many will die, many will SUE. WHO will they sue????
If it was Big Tobacco that caused this, there is no doubt who would be forced to pick up the tab. But big tobacco did not cause this. There is no USA Big E-cig to take the liability should the above scenario actually occur. Do you think Dekang/joyetech will pay out, if you know anything about trying to recoup lawsuit winnings from Chinese companies, you know that won't be an option. Are you going to sue the guy working out of his basement that imported a few hundred units from China to make some extra bucks, there's nothing to win. You can't sue the government in a situation like this, they told you not to do it.
This is the type of hysteria the FDA is just at the beginning of creating. Do I think this "Oat Cell Carcinoma" scenario will occur, of course not. Anyone with any logical sense knows e-cigs are orders of magnitude safer then analogs. But, in the USA, the e-cig industry is in it's infancy and there's no one to take the heat financially, should, God forbid, the worst happen. Until some corporate entity large enough to cover the imaginary liabilty steps up, the FDA will not be satisfied. The ECA is a good start. The industry has to start watchdogging itself, making sure they have have their Sh*t together(from The Chinese suppliers to the guys selling out of their garage.)
As I said in another thread, like it or not, this is the FDA's job now. They now have the responsibilty of regulating the nicotine market. I see alot of people putting down the ECA feeling that their response isn't strong enough. The ECA is a PAC, their job is politics. You don't want to go swatting at an already angry bee. If they play the politics right, work with the FDA to start getting some real workable regs for the industry(and yes there are going to be taxes assesed-as I also said before) everything will be OK.
Feel Free to Discuss, agree or disagree. That's what's great about America.
If it was Big Tobacco that caused this, there is no doubt who would be forced to pick up the tab. But big tobacco did not cause this. There is no USA Big E-cig to take the liability should the above scenario actually occur. Do you think Dekang/joyetech will pay out, if you know anything about trying to recoup lawsuit winnings from Chinese companies, you know that won't be an option. Are you going to sue the guy working out of his basement that imported a few hundred units from China to make some extra bucks, there's nothing to win. You can't sue the government in a situation like this, they told you not to do it.
This is the type of hysteria the FDA is just at the beginning of creating. Do I think this "Oat Cell Carcinoma" scenario will occur, of course not. Anyone with any logical sense knows e-cigs are orders of magnitude safer then analogs. But, in the USA, the e-cig industry is in it's infancy and there's no one to take the heat financially, should, God forbid, the worst happen. Until some corporate entity large enough to cover the imaginary liabilty steps up, the FDA will not be satisfied. The ECA is a good start. The industry has to start watchdogging itself, making sure they have have their Sh*t together(from The Chinese suppliers to the guys selling out of their garage.)
As I said in another thread, like it or not, this is the FDA's job now. They now have the responsibilty of regulating the nicotine market. I see alot of people putting down the ECA feeling that their response isn't strong enough. The ECA is a PAC, their job is politics. You don't want to go swatting at an already angry bee. If they play the politics right, work with the FDA to start getting some real workable regs for the industry(and yes there are going to be taxes assesed-as I also said before) everything will be OK.
Feel Free to Discuss, agree or disagree. That's what's great about America.
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There, everyone's problems solved, we get our e-cigs, with quality control (in theory anyhow), the jobs in tobacco industry remains intact(though they might change some), and they get their damn taxes.
