Is Big Tobacco behind Anti-Vaping sentiment?

[nmackan]

I did not read the whole post. But dont forget Glycerin, glycol and nicotine are not hard to find also the devices are very primitive. Anyone can manufacture one if is compelled to. (I should use a syringe with 2 pistons of it the covers) This is why they cant "ok than lets have tax" and "lets build our vapers to sell them"

 

[madqatter]

dont forget Glycerin, glycol and nicotine are not hard to find also the devices are very primitive. Anyone can manufacture one if is compelled to.

This is one of the reasons I'm not especially worried. How can anyone keep us from acquiring glycerin and batteries? No reasonable person would even want to, because people need and use them for too many activities other than vaping. The only vaping ingredient that could theoretically become difficult to acquire, as I see it, is nicotine, and I don't even think that is likely.

 

[ratchet62]

It makes perfect sense when you consider the political version of the "Golden Rule" - "He who has the Gold, makes the Rules". The "other" substance has a lot more money (and thus, political influence) backing it. It also has the backing of many very visible, vocal, influential people such as film/music celebrities, who have the ability to use their fame as a platform for their thoughts.

Our health and/or safety is not an issue. It's never an issue when decisions like this are being made - it's all about who's lining whose pockets with money. There's a lot of noise being made about the flavors in e-juice, yet nobody's talking about the many flavors of hard alcohol you can readily buy in any grocery store. Cookies & cream vodka, cherry whiskey, coconut rum, etc. Why not? Because the alcohol industry has untold billions of dollars behind it to buy off politicians/government entities and make sure their status is never threatened. Couple that with the fact that they also have massive public support and the government makes lots and lots of money off the "sin taxes" on alcohol, and you can be virtually guaranteed that nobody will ever bring up even the remotest possibility that flavored alcohols encourage teen drinking.

Follow the money.

Actually, the flavored alcohol has been addressed, especially here in Utah. You cannot purchase flavored alcohol from the local stores, even something like a Mikes Hard Lemon or any of the fruit flavored wine coolers. You can only buy it from the state owned and operated liquor stores.

Why?

To protect the children. All you can get at the corner store or grocery is beer. If there is a fruit flavor in it, you can't buy it there.

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