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In reply to the discussion: The E-cig poll thread [View all]krawhitham
(4,889 posts)24. What do you want to regulate?
99% of the people here want regulation
Do you want to regulate the batteries?
Do you want to regulate The Mods (what the batteries go in)?
Do you want to regulate the tanks?
Do you want to regulate the atomizers?
Do you want to regulate the cartridges?
Do you want to regulate all in one units?
Do you want to regulate the flavors?
Do you want to regulate the Nicotine?
Do you want to stop users from making their own e-juice?
Regulation = taxation plain and simple and in order for the FDA to regulate E-Cigs they will have to classify them as a tobacco product. Last time I checked my vaper has ZERO tobacco in it. Nicotine can be sourced from other plants besides tobacco.
What do you want to regulate?
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How hard is it to convert a zero-nicotine e-cig into a nicotine-containing one?
jmowreader
Mar 2014
#79
I agree with you. I don't see any reason to have kids inhale 'scents' or 'flavors' other than they
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#67
Why is enjoyable about smoking? I understand the addiction. But cannot understand how.....
Logical
Mar 2014
#28
Hmmm.... one of those things I guess I will never understand. Like people snorting coke, etc. n-t
Logical
Mar 2014
#31
Same with me. I think it's the whole ritual and the anticipation as much as
LuvNewcastle
Mar 2014
#63
Since I'm not sure what "sin" means, except contextually, I can't vote in this poll...
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#17
I probably misread...I don't think I could really claim the time change cuz I've been this way for
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#73
The government regulates cigarettes because they don't want children to use them
gollygee
Mar 2014
#38
The control are the major tobacco firm's stranglehold on those who smoke.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2014
#39
Question remains, what do you want to regulate? What do you believe is currently unsafe?
krawhitham
Mar 2014
#47
safety only. make sure the product doesn't have fungus/bacteria in the liquids, small parts that
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#51
If you use an E-Cig... Just admit the nicotine dependence and oral fixation needs. nt
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2014
#33
Why should people be allowed to use a tobacco product in a way that doesn't smell or bother anybody
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#48
design one that looks like an "asthma inhaler" could solve the in public problem.
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#52