Mindsets are cumulative, I think. We go along as children watching our parents and how they react to stuff and we store that away, we go to school watch how our peers react to stuff and store that away, we grow up more and have to start reacting to the world and all that stored information comes into play....for good or for bad. Some of us are more accepting of 'directions from on high' and others say 'you want me to do what'? We're all different in many degrees.
I've always been a questioner, a prove your point and I'll think about it type. I did a lot of reading and watching vids before I decided to take the vaping fork in the road after so many years of just loading up on nic and all those chemicals cause it helped me cope with stress and focus. I still read about vaping a lot on a daily basis.
In the back of my mind the FDA has always been a malignant presence. They are largely funded by both BT and BP. They are not totally funded by the government. They have an inordinate amount of power as an agency. They are out to preserve themselves as an agency come hell or high water as evidenced by the recent Spygate revelations.
Our elected officials are also largely beholden to BT and BP. The ways are greased for those two behemoths via campaign contributions and incessant lobbying of and perks to 'our' elected officials. The whole government appears to be corrupt. The electorate, on the other hand, seems to be largely apathetic, unwilling or unable to effect change via the voters booth.
The government, to preserve it's perks and ability to spend mega bucks entered into the tobacco master agreement which while funding the states also preserved BT for all time. The government does not want to do ANYTHING that will cost it tax receipts from BT's cancer sticks. Stop smoking (wink wink) while we tax you even further.
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People are quitting cancer sticks. The effort to kill e cigs is proof positive of that fact. They are losing TAX MONEY with people quitting.
Their solution? Bang the drum of FEAR. E cigs are not 'proven safe'.
When they see that failing to stem the tide they turn to TAXING e cigs. Not just the nicotine, but EVERYTHING involved, like Hawaii tried, like MA tried recently.
Vapers don't let this happen. See my signature at the bottom of all my posts.
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The FDA, to preserve the revolving door from the FDA to BP and the cushy jobs and salaries promised, does not want to do ANYTHING to endanger that relationship by saying "we screwed up and did bad research" or correct their website warning everyone off the one thing that could get them off cancer sticks for good. That would cost their benefactors big money, you see. No more useless NRT's, that business would collapse for BP. They make big money from NRT's. The other major blow to BP would be their hideously expensive drugs no longer being needed for long term smokers illnesses if there were no more long term smokers of cancer sticks. OMG people would get healthier, no one will buy our stuff !! They have to be laying in bed nights figuring out more ways to apply pressure to the FDA and the medical community to stop vaping in its' tracks.
Like a lot of people, before I started vaping I just 'went along' smoking my poison and ignoring what was going on behind doors number 1 and 2. Now I've seen what's behind door number 3 and it's vaping and being healthier, and I want that.
With all of the above in mind I did a few things that I thought might save my bacon from a shut down of the vaping industry as we know it to one tightly controlled by BT and BP via the FDA. I migrated to big battery PV's. They last a LONG time and I should always be able to buy batteries and battery chargers. I stocked up and am still stocking up on dripping atties and cartos, my two big consumables. I am learning how to DIY, and it's getting easier as I go down that road and learn how stuff works together. I'm already making the juice I vape most, and working on new ones. We will always be able to buy food flavorings, PG and VG. The only issue in doubt might be the nic, and that only lasts so long in the freezer. I'm down to 4mg nic now. I could probably go zero if I wanted to but they are proving that some nic in the body is a good thing for many, so I'm gonna keep it in mine.
They have largely forgotten the effects of Prohibition. A black market for nic would emerge if they ban the sale outright. I believe that all commercial nic now comes from China anyway. It would still come, albeit a different path perhaps.
I am not by nature an alarmist, but I do firmly believe in being prepared, and I am beginning to see the ghost writing on the wall. Put not your faith in big government, the nanny state, or the FDA. They are all for sale to the highest bidder.
JMHO, flame at will
I've always been a questioner, a prove your point and I'll think about it type. I did a lot of reading and watching vids before I decided to take the vaping fork in the road after so many years of just loading up on nic and all those chemicals cause it helped me cope with stress and focus. I still read about vaping a lot on a daily basis.
In the back of my mind the FDA has always been a malignant presence. They are largely funded by both BT and BP. They are not totally funded by the government. They have an inordinate amount of power as an agency. They are out to preserve themselves as an agency come hell or high water as evidenced by the recent Spygate revelations.
Our elected officials are also largely beholden to BT and BP. The ways are greased for those two behemoths via campaign contributions and incessant lobbying of and perks to 'our' elected officials. The whole government appears to be corrupt. The electorate, on the other hand, seems to be largely apathetic, unwilling or unable to effect change via the voters booth.
The government, to preserve it's perks and ability to spend mega bucks entered into the tobacco master agreement which while funding the states also preserved BT for all time. The government does not want to do ANYTHING that will cost it tax receipts from BT's cancer sticks. Stop smoking (wink wink) while we tax you even further.
EDIT:
People are quitting cancer sticks. The effort to kill e cigs is proof positive of that fact. They are losing TAX MONEY with people quitting.
Their solution? Bang the drum of FEAR. E cigs are not 'proven safe'.
When they see that failing to stem the tide they turn to TAXING e cigs. Not just the nicotine, but EVERYTHING involved, like Hawaii tried, like MA tried recently.
Vapers don't let this happen. See my signature at the bottom of all my posts.
END EDIT
The FDA, to preserve the revolving door from the FDA to BP and the cushy jobs and salaries promised, does not want to do ANYTHING to endanger that relationship by saying "we screwed up and did bad research" or correct their website warning everyone off the one thing that could get them off cancer sticks for good. That would cost their benefactors big money, you see. No more useless NRT's, that business would collapse for BP. They make big money from NRT's. The other major blow to BP would be their hideously expensive drugs no longer being needed for long term smokers illnesses if there were no more long term smokers of cancer sticks. OMG people would get healthier, no one will buy our stuff !! They have to be laying in bed nights figuring out more ways to apply pressure to the FDA and the medical community to stop vaping in its' tracks.
Like a lot of people, before I started vaping I just 'went along' smoking my poison and ignoring what was going on behind doors number 1 and 2. Now I've seen what's behind door number 3 and it's vaping and being healthier, and I want that.
With all of the above in mind I did a few things that I thought might save my bacon from a shut down of the vaping industry as we know it to one tightly controlled by BT and BP via the FDA. I migrated to big battery PV's. They last a LONG time and I should always be able to buy batteries and battery chargers. I stocked up and am still stocking up on dripping atties and cartos, my two big consumables. I am learning how to DIY, and it's getting easier as I go down that road and learn how stuff works together. I'm already making the juice I vape most, and working on new ones. We will always be able to buy food flavorings, PG and VG. The only issue in doubt might be the nic, and that only lasts so long in the freezer. I'm down to 4mg nic now. I could probably go zero if I wanted to but they are proving that some nic in the body is a good thing for many, so I'm gonna keep it in mine.
They have largely forgotten the effects of Prohibition. A black market for nic would emerge if they ban the sale outright. I believe that all commercial nic now comes from China anyway. It would still come, albeit a different path perhaps.
I am not by nature an alarmist, but I do firmly believe in being prepared, and I am beginning to see the ghost writing on the wall. Put not your faith in big government, the nanny state, or the FDA. They are all for sale to the highest bidder.
JMHO, flame at will
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