Unfortunately, he doesn't get through two sentences without asserting (quite inaccurately) that e-cigs "remain unregulated" in the United States. I find myself getting increasingly exasperated by statements like this, due both to their factual inaccuracy and the regrettable attitudes they reflect.
In point of fact, every state in the union has regulations pertaining to e-cigs and
vaping. The fact that there's not yet active regulation at the federal level is
not the same thing as "unregulated." The Tenth Amendment to our Constitution states, plainly and unambiguously, that all powers not expressly granted to the federal government are to be exercised by the individual states. For the better part of our history, federal regulation was seen (correctly) as a last resort, to be undertaken only when a clear and present need for such regulation presented itself. But as of late, our national mentality has swung completely in the opposite direction, where we all expect the central government to regulate things proactively without first giving the states the opportunity to see if they can do the job just as well. And if there happens to be a newer consumer product that hasn't yet come under the purview of federal regulation, we get all up in arms and act like the folks in Washington are being derelict in their duties and recklessly endangering our lives and safety. The idea that "no federal regulation" is synonymous with "unregulated" is symptomatic of this very unfortunate mentality.
