We have been talking for a while about what the FDA (and IMO Big Tobacco Lobbyists) are trying to do to electronic cigarettes, the latest being about what they think of e cig flavors . While I do not feel like rehashing the entire argument, I do have a few things to say:
1. Flavored E Cig liquid IMO is absolutely vital to the electronic cigarette industry. I keep screaming to the rooftops that these companies are not trying to specifically target children, they are trying to target smokers. Smokers are people, and people have many different likes and dislikes. Electronic cigarette companies are trying to reach out to as many of them as possible because they truly believe their product is a safe alternative to smoking. While I’m not naive enough to suggest that business and sales do not matter, I do believe that good business and doing the right thing DO NOT have to be mutually exclusive. In this day and age that is a tough pill for many to swallow, but I truly believe it is the reality of this particular situation, and it really bugs me that practically no one is talking about this side of it.
2. A company should have the right to market their product however they see fit. this is America after all, right? Candy rots kids teeth and can cause diabetes (extreme I know, but that doesn’t stop the FDA and these supposed “independent studies” from jumping to conclusions). However, I have yet to see candy come under such fire, even though this country has been facing an obesity problem for over a decade now. Eventually YOU HAVE TO BE A PARENT TO YOU KID!!! It is up to us a parents to teach our children right from wrong, yet so many of us just want to pass the buck to “society”. Every child will eventually choose what they want to do, and I am quite positive if one chooses to smoke or use e cigs there will be more going into that decision than “man, cherry is awesome”.
Ok, Ok, rant over. I just had to get that off my chest.
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