I think you and I, shoot, most of us mostly agree. But it's hard to tell in text at times whether we're justifying regulation or encouraging it. I for the record have no problem with a lawfully empowered FDA overseeing external standards............
I guess what it comes down to is what would constitute reasonable and rational regulations. If the FDA was overseeing external standards that were geared to protecting the public without crushing the
vaping industry this discussion wouldn't be going on. If this was just a matter of childproof caps, enforcing an age limit, and providing an explanation of what a particular product is and how it is manufactured/assembled/mixed, this whole thing wouldn't be going on.
It's the fact that the regulations in their current form allow the FDA to essentially ban all
vape products marketed after 2007 without any guidance just how they can remain on the market even with all the paperwork described in the regulations. You could spend millions of dollars and countless hours preparing a PMTA with no idea if you have cleared their hurdle until you get back a "No, not quite good enough for public health" letter. The lack of transparency in what will be approved in the future is a big part of the problem, and even by their own admission, expect far fewer products to eventually remain available compared to today.
