North Carolina Sues 8 More Vape Companies for Allegedly Marketing to Kids
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I'm guessing this has more to do with the tobacco lobby trying to stifle competition. There may be those who want to pass this to help protect minors which is also very well and good, however there would be better regulation than outright banning it.
How about making it so producers of e-juice need to have neutral packaging. I think the flavors personally are nice and do not smell as bad as a cigarettes so to claim that just because it tastes good it is aimed at minors is not very correct.
You could say the same for all the new flavored alcoholic water drinks coming out if that is what they are going for.
My understanding was that all these vaping companies are owned (or at least heavily invested in) by the tobacco companies anyway?
Beard Vape Direct eLiquid Electric Lotus Electric Tobacconist Eonsmoke Juice Man Tinted Brew VapeCo
There was recently a merger between Phillip Morris and Altria
https://www.vapor4life.com/blog/altria-pmi-merger/
FTA
>Altria supports a flavor ban, which would benefit a combined Phillip Morris- Altria. The one-note iQOS is a much more appealing option when pitted against tobacco ejuice flavors, which simply are not as popular with adult smokers as the sweeter varieties.
>With no fruit and dessert flavors to compete with, it would boil down to who has the best tobacco flavor. Altria clearly thinks the iQOS would win that contest. The edge is even greater when it comes to novices and smokers who have never tried vaping.
>Where Juul ends up, and if it will be pitted head to head against the iQOS is another market disruption that is nearly impossible to predict.
>We are fast approaching a scenario that resembles regulatory capture. The practiced hands of the tobacco industry are the largest and most influential stakeholders. They are pushing for regulations that destroy the competition and leave their own products untouched.
>How the public would react to this sleight of hand and a restructured vaping industry dominated by Big Tobacco and Juul could end up making this power move a pyrrhic victory.