...maybe I should have mentioned something else... Even though I don't encourage my children to vape, and just outright ban smoking in the house, I believe it is MY decision to make, not the governments. I believe the government should do it's best to educate and teach the people, and protect against false accusations. I believe the FDA is a good concept that could be aimed at protecting the people.
However, when you raise the curtains and see what's really happening, the government teaches, but only if it benefits them. The false accusations are made by the government based on hearsay, and the FDA cares more about protecting their image than protecting the people.
We should be living in a free country where we make our own decisions. I don't mind paying taxes... As long as the money is put to good use. Too many times, my "free country" has spent the money on things nobody knows about, and spent a LOT on it. the story of the $1000 hammer is real, but it's not like what most people think. Our government has become so large, that it's hard to walk to the bathroom without going through red tape. If someone needs a hammer that sells for $12, getting the funds/equipment requisitions is such a long task, involving so many people, that they end up paying $900 in salaries for that $12 hammer. The government has nannied itself out of $900. For that reason, EVERYTHING is over priced and the red tape is putting the government into bankruptcy.
The FDA is a prime example of that and it's exemplified by their thoughts on the Ecig industry. They are nannying the whole lot, and trying to lump it all into one big group. They're spending more money trying to tax it, control it, and ban it than they are on actually researching it. As it is now, someone says "looks like they're smoking" so the FDA ramps up the nanny wagon and is spending so much money in trying to regulate it, advertise against it, and ban it....and they don't even know what it is. When someone mentions children, there goes their self image, so they go into overdrive trying to do the "right thing" that was proposed by the uneducated.
It sickens me. The FDA does some good... but the act first research second thing is a big waste of my money. Everyone hears stories about stuff like Saccharin and how it's bad for you. Guess what... it's not. But the damage is done, and people have this bad image based on false tests.
I could go on, but when someone mentions FDA and children, things usually don't sit well with me.
