How many have prepared for the worst?

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Wingapo

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Not to say it will happen this way but if you look at the legal precedence the only thing that could potentially be taxed according to laws already in place is the nicotine liquid. They have tried and will continue to try to tax everything else associated with electronic cigarettes but since there is no legal basis for taxing batteries and flavorings and the PG and VG bases other than with a sales tax any attempts at taxes similar to tobacco taxes would be unfounded and easily rebuked because this taxation would affect larger industries than just the vaping industry, like the baking, farming, electronics and computer, and perfume industries and they are large enough to bring out big fancy lawyers that will say, "Enough of this nonsense."

But personally after the stripping of all our rights back in 2002 who knows what kind of mess they'll pull and make legal no matter how illegal their actions to do so actually are. So in the event of this occurrence I am ready for the worst and will even plant my tobacco seeds and wring my own nicotine from the leaves with my bare hands if I have to. Viva La Vape!
 

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Your in the USA! We dont ban things, we TAX them.
Now, you have to consider where the number lie.
They wont tax any batteries. So no need to worry about those. Govt has no clue what an atty or cartomizer is, and they are small enough to to ship in so many different ways. Also, there is no way for a dog to sniff them out if they dont have chemicals in them.
As for PV's- so many can make their own, and have local meets, no need to worry about these. I can get any flavoring I want, including tobacco flavors, just by ordering it as a food item. No worry here either.

That only leaves nicotine. If I HAVE to I will grow tobacco. THATS not illegal. Just need to get some seeds, and thats easy too. LEarning to extract might be a challenge. But I do have nicotine in the freezer. I'll get more of it too. Not because it IS going to be taxed, but because that just makes sense to me. I know where it is, it wont get lost or shoved around in a drawer, and the kids arent allowed in the fridge, and cant reach the freezer. And I DIY....
 

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From what I understand by the new law they are trying to pass, new cartomizers and atomizers will be affected. I placed a couple of huge orders for Boge last week not including other dc's that I like. I'm sitting on top of about 500 cartomizers, 50 atomizers (will only use if it comes down to it), and 1500mls of flavored juice not including the unflavored I have frozen. If you're that paranoid, which most of us are, then start stockpiling some stuff. I look for anything new coming out to get nailed to the wall with taxes unless the CASAA can stop it.

If there is a ban, I'm moving to Kansas. :laugh:
 

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LiI batteries only last about 2 years in storage (less if used).

It's widely considered that nic juice only lasts about two years before it begins to degrade (can be much shorter depending on temp/light during storage, but most pharmacists/chemists won't use it after more than two years no matter how it's stored).

So in the long run, whether it's a ban or outrageous taxation, 510s, 808s, and other integral batteries will have to be replaced by units with removable standard-sized batteries, and you're going to have to live somewhere it's legal to grow your own tobacco (it isn't in all states) and learn to extract nic.

Everything else is so general and used for so many different things it can't really be touched by the givernment.
 

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From what I understand by the new law they are trying to pass, new cartomizers and atomizers will be affected. I placed a couple of huge orders for Boge last week not including other dc's that I like. I'm sitting on top of about 500 cartomizers, 50 atomizers (will only use if it comes down to it), and 1500mls of flavored juice not including the unflavored I have frozen. If you're that paranoid, which most of us are, then start stockpiling some stuff. I look for anything new coming out to get nailed to the wall with taxes unless the CASAA can stop it.

Hmmm, you're only a state away, Hairball. I know where I'm goin'. :)

Seriously, though...I , too, expect taxes to get tacked on. I also eventually see Big Tobacco getting into the act. It's money, honey.... I haven't stockpiled, though. I'm more afraid any eliquid would go bad.
 

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Since we're all stockpiling to save taxes, if nothing else, I gather nobody thinks the earth will reverse magnetic polarity next year (not good for us or the electronics btw), the Mayans were a just little off?

I say this under a tin umbrella of course. :laugh:

Can stockpile nic you'll use as an investment.
I predict nic liq prices are near all time low; and I don't even have a silver hat.
 

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Since we're all stockpiling to save taxes, if nothing else, I gather nobody thinks the earth will reverse magnetic polarity next year (not good for us or the electronics btw), the Mayans were a just little off?

I say this under a tin umbrella of course. :laugh:

I am less worried about the Mayan calendar than long term power outages that happen around hear once in a while. I wonder if one of those crank flashlights would be moddable:laugh:
 

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Hey, the fear of bans and super high taxes is a good reason to think about cutting down on your nic level since nicotine is the likely target for taxes and bans.
I successfully tapered my nic level down to zero over the last year and a half so now there's nothing I use that's likely to be regulated.
People seem to enjoy being alarmed and worried. I've been hearing all of my adult life about how the "liberals" our going to take our guns away. Now I am a liberal and a gun owner.
 

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Since we're all stockpiling to save taxes, if nothing else, I gather nobody thinks the earth will reverse magnetic polarity next year (not good for us or the electronics btw), the Mayans were a just little off?

I say this under a tin umbrella of course. :laugh:

Nah, that's just crazy talk.

Now, if Rick Perry wins the next US election, on the other hand, I'm going into hibernation for at least 4 years.

If you actually read the bill, it's only gonna tax carts/ cartos that are prefilled with NICOTINE juice in them.

So they're treating prefilled cartos as cigarettes, and premade juices and blank cartos as the pipe tobacco and empty cig tubes? That makes a perverse kind of sense. Dumb, window-licking sense, but sense just the same.

I am less worried about the Mayan calendar than long term power outages that happen around hear once in a while. I wonder if one of those crank flashlights would be moddable:laugh:

A dynamo-powered E-cig. You know, there may just be a market for that...

"Dude, crank harder, I'm jonesing here..."
 

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Can stockpile nic you'll use as an investment.
I predict nic liq prices are near all time low; and I don't even have a silver hat.

An astute investor you are. The G-man will come after nic for their cut.

I am less worried about the Mayan calendar than long term power outages that happen around hear once in a while. I wonder if one of those crank flashlights would be moddable:laugh:

I've always wanted a hand cranked radio, good to have in an emergency.

Nah, that's just crazy talk.

Actually, I put nothing beyond the earth and the universe (pun). Our 5,000 yr human history is not even a particle of vapor compared to geological and astronomical age. Just because something hasn't happened for a few hundred/thousand years doesn't mean it won't happen tomorrow. Yes, we have to go on with our lives, but I kind of think anything can happen at any moment. Permanence is...relative. YMMV of course.

Now, my whole tin suit comes out! :lol:
 
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Actually, I put nothing beyond the earth and the universe (pun). Our 5,000 yr human history is not even a particle of vapor compared to geological and astronomical age. Just because something hasn't happened for a few hundred/thousand years doesn't mean it won't happen tomorrow. Yes, we have to go on with our lives, but I kind of think anything can happen at any moment. Permanence is...relative. YMMV of course.

Now, my whole tin suit comes out! :lol:

Well, I hear that big simmering caldera they call Old Faithful is overdue for an eruption of epic proportions...
 
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