Before anybody blames socialism/the president/hippies...
It's worth noting that some countries with fully socialized health care will pay for a patient's e-cigs and supplies as a smoking cessation aid. The expenditure is worth it in terms of lowering related medical costs and mortality rates.
The government won't ban PVs because they want your tax money. Cigarette taxes amounted to $17,267,568,000 in 2010 of a total federal revenue of $2,162,700,000,000. That's a very small fraction (0.7%).
They'll ban e-cigs because big tobacco owns the congressmen who control the laws. They'll ban them because America values the best interests of massive corporations over the best interests of the common man.
It's worth noting that some countries with fully socialized health care will pay for a patient's e-cigs and supplies as a smoking cessation aid. The expenditure is worth it in terms of lowering related medical costs and mortality rates.
The government won't ban PVs because they want your tax money. Cigarette taxes amounted to $17,267,568,000 in 2010 of a total federal revenue of $2,162,700,000,000. That's a very small fraction (0.7%).
They'll ban e-cigs because big tobacco owns the congressmen who control the laws. They'll ban them because America values the best interests of massive corporations over the best interests of the common man.