Yep. But e-cigs have a huge bullseye on them right now. Story after story are coming out alleging the "potential" health consequences of vaping."Potential" because few are actually studying it.
Personally, I think governments are starting to seriously sweat the loss of tax revenue if too many people give up smoking and switch over to e-cigarettes. They're getting very nervous. Lots of stuff out there is funded by smokers.
Here in Kansas, we had a few ‘roll your own’ shops pop up. It was genius really - you walk up to a big machine, put loose tobacco and papers in it, press some buttons, and blamo, it spits out rolled cigarettes. And since you operated the machine...you ‘rolled your own’. Meaning no taxes.
It lasted about a year, before the helpful government shut it down.
Why? Fire safety. Apparently, one of the major tobacco makers has developed a paper that goes out, if you quit puffing. And, they have helpfully licensed their invention to all the cig makers. Next step - the FDA now requires these papers on any cig, other than a hand rolled one.
Presto - competition gone AND tax revenue back in place.
Yep, it is all about the taxes.
And it is to easy to make your own brew to vap, so increasing taxes on the liquid won’t work as well.
I know a few people who have had bad side effects. Mostly from getting to much nicotine to fast. But for the majority, it has helped them stop smoking.