When it comes to advertising/marketing/packaging...i just don't think it's asking a lot for the vaping industry to not use common things that appeal to both adults AND KIDS...which is dual marketing and for many, it looks like shady and sneaky marketing tactics. For example, something like papa smurf or teddy bears... I like both of those, but clearly so do many 5yr olds and 13yr olds so obviously it doesn't belong in the marketing of this product, especially when this product has the potential to cause harm or death.
We are adults we don't need to be marketed to like a kid in order to vape right?..isn't vaping/devices/flavors/nicotine our top priority?
If the vaping industry can't figure out how to market in a neutral manner, opposed to sending the message that the industry and it's users are suffering from an age identity crisis that renders them incapable of differentiating between adult marketing verse child marketing, then harsher regulations are going to be reflective of an industry that has demonstrated it needs more oversight and guidance given. Or we could see minor regulations that is reflective of a industry that can self regulate and not need guidance to help it understand who it is marketing to and who it is not and to understand the difference and why.
I want to fight the good fight as well, not the one that takes away measures that help minimize harm to kids when their parents fail them. If it only saves the lives of a few children and stops only a few teens..it was well worth it. These preventative measures in no way would threaten my ability to vape...but dissing measures that protect kids and businesses continuing with irresponsible business practices most certainly will.
I agree the child card gets used and abused a lot on many things and yes, there are things being pursued against the vaping industry based on pure political corruption and ill agendas ( I am a hoosier and well versed on political corruption),....but in this case on these matters i agree with the regulators. I care about what's in the bottle and flavorings, not the cute flavor name, bottle shape or labels. I don't want more regulations so as a vaper i prefer to pick my battles wisely and fight for what is most important to me...and it's certainly not these things. Sorry but i refuse to fight with regulators to keep things like papa smurf on ejuice labels, i refuse to support keeping names like Mr. Cookie as the flavor name, i refuse to fight for things like a teddy bear shaped bottle of ejuice. My battleground is flavoring & Nic, but as long as we have these other things being used against us, flavoring and possibly Nic is going to be dragged down with it.
Yes, children and teens love bubble gum, but the difference here is flavors are contained and hidden within a bottle with a child proof cap. As long as the cap is securely locked and we don't scream bubble gum in large letters but rather use a small font print like halo does with no colorful bubble gum cartoon images, the flavor inside is kept very discrete and hidden. I just don't think this is asking for much on this end of things and a reasonable expectation of the industry.
Apparently i am not the only one who refuses to throw a losing card into the fight that will only do more harm then good to our cause...and for what again? oh yeah things like Papa Smurf, Mr. Cookie and Teddy bears LOL!!
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