FDA no longer stopping imports

[jerryrm]

One battle at a time, Perpy. Let's hope that this decision by the FDA has a positive impact on the vapers in the UK and Canada.

Now, it's on to the next fight.

[ckc]

Last time i checked sniffer dogs at Customs hadn't been trained for E-Liquid :-D

At least were in a position to fight a battle eh Perpy and i'll fight it for the next vaper that comes along.I think its really good news,they would have pulled the plug if they'd won the drug/device case.

[Perpetua]

I'm feeling pretty upbeat that there won't be an outright ban in the US or UK Ckc otherwise it would have happened by now . . . am thinking it's a 'damage limitation' exercise now that requires as much vigilance and support from us all.

[Lee]

I'm still unsure if treating e-cigarettes the same as traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products will turn out to be a real success for e cigs in the US. Will this enable the government to stick their thumb in the pie?

I'd hate for the costs of e cigs to start rising just because of outside involvement. A small part of the appeal of e gigarettes is the savings made when compared to real cigarettes. According to ASH in 2009-10 the UK Government earned £8.8 billion in revenue from tobacco tax (excluding VAT). This is from a figure of around 10 million adult smokers in the UK. In the US there are reported to be around 46 million smokers so the money involved there is astronomical.

I agree that some regulation could be a positive thing with regards to ingredients and the safety aspect of the electric parts but it will be interesting to see how far the FDA go. I'm sure we'll be watching very closely how things pan out!

[ckc]

Will this enable the government to stick their thumb in the pie?

If your meaning taxes,yes. Smokeless tobacco generally is less taxed i think than cigarettes,it is a 'sin' tax that is based on health costs,the more the damage they can do the more the Tax,so by that format E-Cigs shouldn't get slammed. There is one State that has already placed a Tax on E-Cigs,off the top of my head i can't remember which State or the amount.

There'll be an a lot of things to deal with and the first thing is to watch is how the FDA add these into the Tobacco regulations as there are none for them.

[jerryrm]

Sin tax and health costs was just an excuse, CKC. They saw an opportunity to rake in a lot of cash and they took advantage of it. I suspect that many states will use the same excuse for e-cigs and tax them heavily too.

We only won the first round of the battle.