you just reinforced my point, dear. big business is in cahoots with PACs and lobbyists who work to assure their agendas are realized, no matter what the human suffering factor. i would surely hate to see all the small
vaping businesses squeezed out by the tobacco companies taking over the industry. but that is what usually happens to many small businesses. look at how few barber shops, restaurants, etc that are individually owned anymore. almost everything is owned by mega corporations.
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To a point, though, larger is efficient. Larger companies can purchase in bulk, secure better contracts, and so on.
Size comes with its own disadvantages, such as a lack of ability to move quickly when the market changes. In a stable market, that's not an issue--which is why you don't often see radical innovations from larger companies. They start small, and only get adopted by the larger companies once they mainstream.
Mainstreaming tends to push smaller companies out of the mix. They can't compete with a larger company, even if less nimble, when dexterity isn't a survival characteristic. Not all the small companies disappear as some will still offer an innovative and unique product that has a niche.
Vaping is doing the same thing most other industries have. The companies are getting larger, some regulation is required to keep companies from putting whatever-all they want in their liquids, and the little guys are going to be absorbed, combine themselves, or die as the product mainstreams.
That's a natural progression. The government can assist, decelerate, or do nothing in these cases. Regulation tends to assist, but I don't necessarily view it as a bad thing. I kind of like knowing that "USP grade" actually means "USP grade" not "Well, it's close enough and we won't get caught--and that level of arsenic is mostly harmless."
Every member on ECF should do the same.
