I don’t even think this is about the smoke. This is about Tobacco companies losing money. They have their lobbyists twisting arms and greasing palms.
In my opinion this is also about loss of tax from real cigs too.
This is primarily about little gods exercising control over the masses. These arogant bastards want to micro-manage everything we do.
Big Pharma, makers of smoking cessation aids, would like to see e-cigs go, too, I presume.
The anti-smoker cartel, pharmaceutical companies, and governments are losing money, it’s not the tobacco companies with the greasy lobbyists any more.
The anti-smoker cartel needs people using actual tobacco products to stay in business because that is how they get funded. Big Pharma is losing big bucks to the e-cig industry because they have proven far more successful for people wanting to quit smoking than any gum or patch has done.
I can’t think of any other industry that is chained by the lobbying and advertising restrictions as the tobacco industry. It is unbelievable.
I think it's more than that. I've bought e-cigarette kits for three heavy and one light smokers—two of them three pack a day level—and convinced them to give the e-cigs a serious try. After a week or so, they liked them better than real cigarettes. . . Then they liked the money savings. . . then they loved the convenience. But three months to six or so months in. . . They were ALL NON-smokers!!!! Not even vaping any more! They gradually tapered off and stopped. The longest took about eight months but she was the lowest level smoker.
The taxing agencies and the tobacco companies are deathly afraid of losing their revenue streams!