Good grief.......the tobacco hatred of some around here causes them to throw common sense right out the window.
That you think it is the role of the government to raise your child is your business, I am quite capable of raising mine without that degree of nanny statism.
A certain amount of laws/rules/regulations are a necessity for civil common existence - but at some point a line has to be drawn about when enough is enough.
I have no problem with e-cogs not being sold to those under 18, my problem is with those who are pushing for it and the actual reasons it is being pushed. This is statist incrementalism at its worst - the final goal is to have them completely removed from the market because of the players in this first step (age restriction) are losing mega bucks.
You have no problem with it, but some do.
Laws against a lot of things are considered “nanny state” by somebody. There are people who think there should be zero age of consent, that parents should be allowed to have sex with their child from birth. Are laws against that too much nanny state too?