Y'all know what we could really use right now? Dr. Sanjay Gupta gathering whatever independent hard data is out there regarding vaping (there's not a lot as yet, but there is some), as well as encouraging independent laboratories to do further testing on the chemicals used in modern e-cigs, and their impacts on vapers and non-vapers alike.
Then he could do a special on CNN to educate people with meaningful, objective and TRUTHFUL information about vaping, which would have the effect of un-demonizing e-cigs, vaping and e-liquids. It's too soon to expect the results of any long-term measurements, of course, but he could at least present the handful of ingredients in e-liquids, the known risks of ingesting each ingredient, and the first-hand and second-hand effects of the delivery method of a modern e-cig.
He could keep it simple, not venturing into the complexities of cigalikes vs. mods vs. mechanicals, and so on. Simply call all of them "personal vaporizers" in order to get the suffix "-cig" out of the realm of vaping. Too many people see "e-cig" and immediately think vaping is "just another way of smoking".
Dr. Gupta has done this very thing before, and with very positive effects - most recently with ... um ...
other things that needed to be de-stigmatized and understood correctly by society. He's very good at doing this kind of thing.
If we can get enough of the truth into the minds of a significant percentage of our country's population, then Congress and BT would have a harder time getting people to believe their lies and ignorance. If we expect to get the act of vaping treated fairly by the government and society alike, we're going to need someone with the visibility and credibility of Dr. Gupta - as well as other doctors and scientists - to de-bunk the unfounded rumors and replace them with the truth.
I fear this is our only hope. If we wait too long, then there will be so many states and districts unduly restricting or banning the act of vaping, and so much of the population believing vaping to be nothing more than "fancy smoking" with all the same dangers, then not even Sanjay could help us. Something like this needs to be done sooner rather than later.
[...] and having people look at me like I have two heads.........
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I find the hover text funny sometimes. I imagine replacing the word with it's pop-up definition, which makes the quote above...
"[...] and having people look at me like I have two end-fittings such as atomizers, cartomizers and tanks........." 
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