This vaping ban is completely fucking stupid, and whoever the government has looking into their baseless claims should be immediately fired, because they are fucking stupid as well!
Idiotic FDA Vaping Products Ban Won’t Do Shit to Stop Kids But Will Prevent Adult Smokers From Quitting
I quit smoking using vaping products, and know at least 5 other people that have used vaping products to quit smoking as well. Anyone who says there isn’t enough evidence that vaping products can be used to stop smoking is either too lazy to speak with a few people, is a fucking idiot, or they’re working for the cigarette companies.
Vaping products definitely work, if used properly, to help quit smoking – and the government limiting the flavors that vapers have to choose from may prevent some people from even trying to quit smoking. If they don’t have access to flavors they like they will just continue to smoke cigarettes.
Do you really think that these underage kids are getting their vaping products by walking into the gas station and buying them over the counter? No. The underage kids are actually are buying them online, so banning the most popular flavors of the most popular vaping devices isn’t going to do shit. They’ll just buy a different kind.
Also, most kids now have their own refillable “tank-based” vaping devices, which are refillable, more powerful, less expensive, and means less times having to trick someone into selling to them – but apparently these kind of larger devices are going to be completely exempt from the flavor ban. So once again the ban won’t affect kids using vaping devices one bit.
These fucking idiots have everything backwards and now the government is going crazy! Personally, I think the cigarette companies are behind it.
U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but with major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices.
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes that are popular with high school students. But menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will be allowed to remain on the market.
The flavor ban will also entirely exempt large, tank-based vaping devices, which are primarily sold in vape shops that cater to adult smokers.
Together, the two exemptions represent a significant retreat from President Donald Trump’s original plan announced four months ago, which would have banned all vaping flavors — including menthol — from all types of e-cigarettes. The new policy will preserve a significant portion of the multibillion-dollar vaping market. And the changes are likely to please both the largest e-cigarette manufacturer, Juul Labs, and thousands of vape shop owners who sell the tank-based systems, which allow users to mix customized flavors.
E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that typically heat a flavored nicotine solution into an inhalable aerosol. They have been pitched to adults as a less-harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes, but there is limited data on their ability to help smokers quit.
The Food and Drug Administration has struggled for years to find the appropriate approach to regulating vaping. Under current law, all e-cigarettes are supposed to undergo an FDA review beginning in May. Only those that can demonstrate a benefit for U.S. public health will be permitted to stay on the market.
“We have to protect our families,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday, ahead of the announcement. “At the same time, it’s a big industry. We want to protect the industry.”
The flavor ban applies to e-cigarettes that use pre-filled nicotine cartridges mainly sold at gas stations and convenience stores. Juul is the biggest player in that market, but it previously pulled all of its flavors except menthol and tobacco after coming under intense political scrutiny. Many smaller manufacturers continue to sell sweet, fruity flavors like “grape slushie,” “strawberry cotton candy” and “sea salt blueberry.”
The flavor restrictions won’t affect the larger specialty devices sold at vape shops, which typically don’t admit customers under 21. These tank-based systems allow users to fill the device with the flavor of their choice. Sales of these devices represent an estimated 40% of the U.S. vaping business, with sales across some 15,000 to 19,000 shops.
Still, the new policy represents the federal government’s biggest step yet to combat a surge in teen vaping that officials fear is hooking a generation of young people on nicotine. In the latest government survey, more than 1 in 4 high school students reported using e-cigarettes in the previous month, despite federal law banning sales to those under 18. Late last month Trump signed a law raising the minimum age to purchase all tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21 nationwide.
“We will not stand idly by as this crisis among America’s youth grows and evolves, and we will continue monitoring the situation and take further actions as necessary,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. Companies that don’t stop making and distributing the restricted products within 30 days risk penalties by the FDA, including fines and seizures.
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