And the surgeon general was not actually fired... he was asked to resign. A subtle difference, but a difference nonetheless. However there still has been no replacement appointed. I despair of any "new bills" being passed, because apparently a huge segment of the Dems have been bought and paid for by Big Pharma and the various "charitable" orgs -- which aren't charitable at all, since they exist only to be BP's mouthpieces, and don't actually want anyone to quit smoking, since that would put many of them out of a job.
People keep ranting about Big Tobacco hating vaping... and while it's possible that they do, the MUCH bigger enemy of vaping is Big Pharma, who stand to lose BILLIONS on those totally useless patches, gums, and pills, as well as the billions they will lose on antidepressants, and anti-cancer and COPD and asthma medicines. Big Tobacco is trying to get with the program and join the vaping revolution... Big Pharma just wants it to go away.
Andria