Bear, I don't much care about coils and tanks and stuff- most of it is WAY beyond what i need. But the innovation that could further improve battery life, safety profiles, make it even easier for people to switch... that will be a big loss. Without innovation, we'd all still be worrying about burning filler in cartomizers. Of course many of not most of the innovations came from vapers...
I don't think any of that will stop. It's HOW we are able to obtain it that's the problem,
but as you mentioned, not for quite a while. USPS/UPS/FedEx/etc x-rays will have a
hard time detecting "current" circuit boards from "new" circuit boards... or current mods
from new mods... or current batteries from new batteries.
Somehow, I just cannot see all those companies tearing open all packages just to be sure.
I could VERY WELL see them saying they will not ship packages from a list of foreign
manufacturers and vendors... and they will not accept pick up from US vendors known to
be in the vaping business. Akin to what was done to online cigarette deliveries... nobody
will touch them now.