I feel that classifying e-cigs as a tobacco product is appropriate. However, there needs to be subcategories established. Its simply not logical to tax e-cigs or smokeless tobacco products at the same rate as combustible tobacco. The current sin tax levied against combustibles is justified as a way to pay for anti-smoking campaigns, additional health care costs and to discourage smokers. I would imagine that a far less amount of tax would be appropriate to encourage current smokers to change to a less risky behavior.
Why would I care about the majority. All I care is about MY freedom to choose a liquid separately from my dispenser. I want to vape without the burdened of paying a tobacco tax. These measures seem to be advocating that I pay an additional tax.
First of all is the mistake of thinking anything our government does is logical. Banning ecigs but allowing tobacco, for cripes sake! If ecig usage is not banned, then it will be taxed with the same "sin" tax as tobacco. After all they "are" tobacco products under the current scheme of things, either that or its a drug thus will be banned.
If FDA did have a lick of sense and allowed vaping, but taxed it like tobacco, then it would be logical to tax it base on the amount of nicotine content, ie 24mg juice would have 2x the tax of 12mg. Using this argument, then 0mg juice would not have a tax at all. But that assumes the government is logical, which we've already determined that it's not.
Aditas,
You don't have to buy 0mg nic juice. Just get you some PG and/or VG plus flavoring and make your own. These ingredients are readily available now and are not at risk of being banned. First thing that will become scarce is the nic juice, followed by the equipment, mainly atomizers. There are many battery mods which use standard batteries. Most people are capable of buying the supplies at Radio Shack and building their own. Instructions can be found elsewhere on this forum
