This is not paranoia but inevitable fact; however, the govt growth will be slow & steady, not huge & abrupt. For one thing, with healthcare costs being as expensive as they are, the state has a big incentive to keep e-cigs alive & well. Also, a large over-reach would likely kill many/most e-cig related businesses, and govt cannot collect taxes on things that do not exist... they are interested primarily in money. (Remember, the tax hikes on analogs have overall been slow & only raised over a period of many years). Finally, as the recent blu acquisition shows, BT is going to increasingly invest in e-cigs themselves, which will lessen their motivation to kill or damage the market.