Hmmmm....if I remember correctly from my eBay seller days, drop ship is when you order from your supplier, when you get the orders in, correct?
Then, when the order comes in, you ship to your customer, right?
Going with that scenario: right now, with some companies having the capital to have stock on hand before accepting orders, thus ensuring fast delivery via priority mail, unless you were able to have a really good hook, it may be hard to build up a constant customer base.
I have no doubt that when the dust settles on this, and if things go our way, that would be the perfect time to become an e-cig distributor. There have been enough guys (sorry girls, but lets face it; those guys have been tearing these things down & rebuilding them since they came out LOL) that if it becomes clear e-cigs will remain legal, there will be a mad rush to get them into mass production in this country.
Gee; Mr. President: you want to bring this country out of the financial slump? Allow e-cigs to be mildly (you know they are going to have to have a finger in somewhere!) regulated and let the evil capitalist system do it's job!!
There's a manufacturing plant right down the road from my house that would be a perfect place to make e-cig hardware!! =)