Big Corporations exist only to monopolize and maximize profits. Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Big Banking, etc. run the show. Both domestically and internationally. They do what they want, when they want and where they want.
We are no longer protected, because the very concerns we are supposed to be protected from are actually writing the laws....they are the lobbyists.
There is no free marketplace. You want to regulate drug companies, the medical profession, or Big Tobacco? They are writing the laws! Want banking regulations? The banks themselves are writing the laws, they are the lobbyists.
Those who are separating this into partisan politics, Rep or Dem are very naive. It's the same machine. I see nobody on the horizon who is working for the people, Dem or Repub. They are
owned. Big Corporate gives them $$ in campaign contributions and promises them a piece of the pie (i.e., taxes) (and possibly insider trading as well).
If vaping survives it will be at their bequest. If Lorilard can make money you will still be able to vape. Of course, you'll have to buy it from them, or one of the other Big Corporations. As long as Big Corporate gets their $$, and the government right behind them gets their tax money which Big Corporate has already "promised" them, they are all happy.
Anyone separating this into Rep and Dem camps is very naive. It's all the exact same machine.