The "whipsaw effect" from banning US interstate sales and B&M closures/restrictions

[Roger_Lafayette]

Some of you may have noticed that more and more localities are either putting moratoriums on new B&M store licenses, and/or revoking licenses of existing ones. Now what happens when interstate sales are banned?

When states start taxing e-liquids, Congress will likely oblige by banning interstate sales. (According to a recent WSJ article, the FDA is already considering this, although I wonde whether they have the authority. Incidently, one of the justifications for requiring F2F transactions is to prevent minors from buying them.)

And of course presumably you're familiar w/ California's proposed legislation. (I could provide links here, but just look at this forum's threads, and also see my daily roundups in the Media area on municipal restrictions applied to B&M stores.)

Oh and BTW MN already has punitive taxes on e-juice - check out the CASAA alerts: Legal status of electronic cigarettes in the USA - Map - ECF InfoZone

Bottom line - some of us are going to have to drive farther and farther to get e-liquids and other supplies, and it will become illegal to take them across state lines. (This is exactly the situation w/ analogs right now, except that most municipalities allow analog sale just about everywhere.)

Not a pretty picture. I don't really think the federal interstate ban is preventable - as more tobacco smokers become vapers, states and the Feds will have to replace that lost tax revenue. That in turn means the restrictions on B&M stores will need to be fought state-by-state and municipality-by-municipality.

The end result of course is that our national policy will be relatively more oriented towards discouraging vaping than tobacco burning.

Ironic, isn't it?

 

[skoony]

ironic but predictable.
government at all levels have the same problem.
it isn't welfare,medicaid,food stamps,social security,military etc.,etc.
that is breaking the bank.
its all the unfunded or underfunded retirement and healthcare packages
for government employee's.
literally trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.
and the bill is coming due.there are a lot of baby boomers that are government employee's.
they are retiring now.
as in any form of government if the bureaucrats are not kept happy that's when true revolution occurs.
that giant sucking sound you hear is the sound of our money being sucked into the
government agencies nearest you.

regards
mike

 

[Sirius]

This thread has me thinking about the "doomsayers" Stocking up on weapons ammo and food stuffs.
Maybe a good idea to have that mindset with all of your DIY supplies. The nicotine juice anyway.
Yeah, I'm thinking not a bad idea at all.

Regards
Siri