When I was pregnant, my OB once said, "If you didn't smoke, I'd hate to see how big your babies would be" My first son was 8 lbs 4 ozs, my second son was 9 lbs. If smoking while pregnant causes low birth weight, I would have given birth to elephants!!! I'm not thrilled or proud that I smoked while pregnant but I would have been homicidal and suicidal if I had to suddenly quit! I did cut way down but I did still smoke during both my pregnancies. My doctor was more concerned with me cutting down sugar and caffeine than he was about me quitting smoking.
The tobacco companies stand to lose everything if e-cigs aren't tightly controlled or banned all together. There will be a lot of people out of jobs. I, for one, wouldn't mind them being out of jobs! They don't have to put all those added chemicals into cigarettes, but they do so they can keep people hooked. Actually, the BEST cigarette I ever had was from Turkey. A guy I knew came home from overseas with a few packs of smokes from Turkey and he gave me a couple. I couldn't believe the difference in taste and it was due to not having all the added chemicals that American cigarettes have, it was just straight tobacco!
I wouldn't mind some regulations but knowing the government and FDA, they'll put so many restrictions on it we'll end up having to go to our doctors in order to get our supplies because they'll make it prescription only, at least at first like they did with patches and gum.