If I could get a $1 for every story I read that said nicotine isn't considered a tobacco product I would be able to afford my own B & M. Good analogies.
Whenever you ask the question "Why", the answer is almost always "Money".
And basketballs and lipstick are derived from crude oil. Therefore, they are both petroleum products and should be regulated in the same way as gasoline. What's the problem?
If I could get a $1 for every story I read that said nicotine isn't considered a tobacco product I would be able to afford my own B & M. Good analogies.
Yeah... And think how many a person who has been a Member here since 2010 has Heard?
And you know what? Good, Bad or Indifferent the Merit/Logic of their Argument, it Doesn't Matter from a Legal/Regulatory Standpoint.
If an e-Liquid Contains Nicotine that has Been Derived from a Tobacco Plant, then it is Going to be Regulated by the FDA as a Tobacco Product.
Are basketballs and lipstick something you would put into the tank of your automobile?
Yeah... And think how many a person who has been a Member here since 2010 has Heard?
And you know what? Good, Bad or Indifferent the Merit/Logic of their Argument, it Doesn't Matter from a Legal/Regulatory Standpoint.
If an e-Liquid Contains Nicotine that has Been Derived from a Tobacco Plant, then it is Going to be Regulated by the FDA as a Tobacco Product.
Whenever you ask the question "Why", the answer is almost always "Money".
As is in this case. E Liquid cuts into profits of tobacco, other nicotine cessation products, and all the pharmaceuticals prescribed for smoking, not to mention all the money that is made off of people's bad health as a result of smoking tobacco.
Why are they doing this? Money. Money, money, and more money.
edit: I guess you where asking "How", but it could have been re-phrased as a "Why"...
Are basketballs and lipstick something you would put into the tank of your automobile?
In the US perhaps. That still doesn't make it tobacco. By continuing to proclaim that could maintain lighter regulation.
There actually is no legal basis to call something tobacco that doesn't have tobacco in it. Nicotine is a drug. Not a medicine but a drug
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Yes, but are we not allowed to rant among ourselves against the illogic if it?
What if we started getting getting our liquid nicotine from a different plant? I'm sure it could be more expensive, but then they couldn't say that it was a tobacco product right?
Hmm I just looked it up. The eggplant seems to have the most nicotine aside from tobacco. It has on average .01 mg per 100 grams. Which is pretty measly compared to the 6mg to 3g per 100 g of tobacco, but we would have the advantage of no FDA regulations, which would be nice.
I think you may have made my point, albeit inadvertently. But, in case you missed it, the mere fact that something is derived from a particular raw product does not mean that it should be regulated in the same fashion as other products derived from the same raw product.