So if it's literally all about money and not health, why do governments introduce cigarette bans / restrictions?
Surely they'd be better off just bumping up the sin taxes.
It must be very nice living in a world in which there's black, and there's white, and that's just about it: there's the beneficent e-cigarette makers and the evil horrible gubmint and ANTZ, and a vast plane of nothingness in between.
Most people acknowledge that reality is a little more complex than that...
yes this is totally about he money.there is no doubt.
this is my take on whats going to happen in good old taxasota.
here in good old taxasota i believe within 5 years ecigs will be out right banned
or taxed at a rate so much higher than analogs as to make going back to smoking
2 packs a day cheaper.(7 to 9 dollars a pack depending on the brand)
here are some of the reasons why i believe this.
1.government:at the local,county,and state level.
there are b&m ecig stores springing up every where.
vaping is spreading like wildfire here.
with the losses in tax revenue our elected officials are in a panic.
what really worries them is there constituents,friends and family
that have switched are well versed in the ins and outs of the ecig
controversy.
2.the medical establishment: has one of the highest per-capita
concentrations of hospitals in the country.and we have the world renown
mayo clinic in rochester with many additional hospitals located there.
over the last 5 years every magor hospital in rochester and the
twin cities area have undergone multi 100 million dollar exspansions
in preparation for obama care.minnesota also ops-in for every federal
health mandate and ssi program.
they have to pay for this.
healthy people are not in there best interest.
2a:the doctors:to be fair to the doctors there's a knock down drag out fight raging
below the public view here.
many doctors after seeing the affect switching to ecigs has had on there patients
health are all for it.
heres the problem.most all doctors private or not are affiliated with
a hostpital or clinic.
so either through the hospital or clinic or private agreement they are bound
up in legal agreement with,
2b:big pharma.no further comment needed here.
3.the antz:i realize there are a lot of people that are against this for
what they believe are valid reasons.they are good people that really care
because of personal reasons or perhaps have seen what smoking has done
to a loved one or friend.thats perfectly fine with me.
the ones i worry about(and they are not a small minority)are the
do-gooders that stick there nose into every every cause big and small
as long as it gives them the opportunity to tell other people what to do,
or not do.
they are fit to be tied as they believe ecigs are a dodge to get around
the bans they so gleefully shoved down every ones throat.
they wont stand for it,and lets not forget about the children.
if this is about children in any way then that means the public school
system is a complete and utter failure.
what child going to todays public schools does'nt know about the dangers
of smoking,drinking,drugs,and republicans.
give me a break.(sex in any form is aok though)
regards
mike
