Thanks for all the replies.
I know this may not sit well with some people, but I cant wait until the FDA starts making manufacturers comply withy certain standards when making all these devices. That will insure they are as safe as they can be, even if it costs a little more.
That's what I thought too, until I realized that FDA regulation will probably look a great deal like the EU's Tobacco Products Directive. The purpose will be to move forward with rules that are as close to an outright ban as can be obtained.
Are you ready to say "goodbye" to flavored e-liquid, interstate sales of both e-liquid and vaping hardware, and of course high-concentration liquid nic. (no DIY).
Unless you're prepared to build your own equipment and vape %0, anything the FDA does is going to be much worse than what we have right now. (And of course if you're willing to do those two things, you won't care what they do.)
The "war on vaping" has come to a fever pitch in the last month or two - and many of us suspect that the junk studies and bad press are being churned out like never before, in order to justify Draconian FDA regulations.
The vast majority of vapers would support sensible regulation. But no one who understands the current regulatory climate anticipates anything other than regulations which are specifically designed to effectively ban vaping as we know it today.
Incidently: once they require that all sales are F2F, the next step will be to start shutting down local vape shops via licensing/zoning requirements, on the grounds that they're a danger to minors.
You'll still be able to buy "cigAlikes" like the VUSE or the Blus for a while. But eventually vaping will be available by prescription only. So vapers will pay through the nose for something that looks an awful like a nic. inhaler. Your nicotine intake will be electronically monitored, and you'll have to visit your Dr. for new prescriptions.
The final nail in the coffin will come perhaps 5-10 years from now, when the gov't shuts down all the "vape builder clubs" that will spring up all over the place - on the grounds that they're helping people build illegal "nicotine paraphernalia" systems. This has been done before with a certain green leafy substance. Just 20 years ago, it was illegal to possess a certain device for smoking via water filtration (I can't say the word here, but it has four letters and begins with 'b' and ends with 'g'). Didn't matter whether it had actually been used - it was still considered drug paraphernalia.
That will mark the end of 0% vaping, and render whatever's in your freezer effectively useless (well, at least if you get caught with it, because liquid nic. will become a "Schedule II controlled substance," just as certain other hard drugs or m0rphine is right now).
Still like the idea of reguation?
