The editorial doesn't surprise me. Unfortunately the laws are real. Vaping got tacked onto the indoor smoking rules a couple of sessions ago (before I was vaping or knew what it was) and this summer they got a "protecting the children" restriction put on liquids that means that those off us who have no vape shops (or limited ones) available are going to have to put the sellers through age verification hoops and pay for age verified signature delivery. A good trick for people who commute a long way to work and/or don't have street delivery and/or have local post offices that are open more than a couple hours a day.
The good news is that the law defining vaping products (all of them, not just the liquids) as tobacco products and starting to tax them was defeated. Though mostly just because the legislature wasn't willing to raise the tobacco tax.
The ads are a major problem, since the tobacco settlement funds are required by law here to only be used for prevention, leading to a constant bombardment with ads, and QuitND doesn't listen to any information about vaping that isn't negative. Though I am going to send them that nice British study/recommendation that just came out, but I'm sure they'll just ignore me again.
There is an advantage to North Dakota, though, since most legislators actually do listen and respond to their constituents. I even got back two requests for more information from folks I'd contacted this year. And the emails and letters are read by the people making the decisions, not just aides and staff members. And, the legislature is limited by the constitution to one 90 day session every two years.
But we're spread out, without many vapers involved. I burned out this year after doing letters to editors and legislative action, but need to get going again.
