VU was built for one reason and one reason only - to secure the future of vaping. Worse case senario vaping goes back to 2013 - in terms of getting your juice.... I'm ok with that. I think the commercialization killed the community and vibe.
I don't want anything to make it harder to get your juice or supplies or anything else we talk about on here, because there is one specific juice I've been vaping for several years that I absolutely LOVE..(and am never happy with anything else.. even if it is very good.. I just don't like it like my all day Vape that I've had for several years) that
I have to order the flavor concentrate for online.
I did call the White House and leave a message with a human being, about how they are trying to ban the wrong substance in the first place, and how to protect against keeping kids out of this (as much as possible) without hurting the rest of the population whose lives have been saved by having an alternative to cancer-causing cigarettes.. and let them know that I'm a 40 year old female, and I'm grateful not to die from cancer from smoking like my grandfather, because I have this option, and that I make my own juice.. but need flavor to do that, and I don't even use nicotine in mine. If they ban flavored juices they are banning all juices and that leaves many people who have quit cigarettes and saved their own lives, to have no option but to go back to smoking if they can't just quit.
I also sent emails to representatives, & told them there is an easy way to keep it out of the hands of kids, (and some companies started doing this years ago), and all they have to do is what some websites have- where when you set up an account, you have to upload a picture of your ID, and then when you log back in with your email/password afterwards- it is just as easy as before to order what you need. *Also, lots of kids do not have credit cards and you need one to order online.
(In my opinion, I would rather see kids who are smoking cigarettes switch to vaping anyway, IF THEIR PARENTS CAN'T MAKE THEM STOP.- It's healthier *no matter who you are- (if you're not going to Not Smoke) to vape, than to smoke cigarettes.
*If you're a parent, think about this- wouldn't you rather your children, (if you can't stop them anyway), get into something LESS HARMFUL than cigarettes- (something with ever-increasing nicotine..with unknown levels, and at least 3,000 - 5000 carcinogens in it?) Wouldn't something with only 3 ingredients: flavor, propylene glycol, & vegetable glycerin.. (which I believe has been found to be antibacterial when inhaled).. and (vaping Ejuice) was deemed safe on the show "The Doctors"? It may or may not have nicotine, but at least has a nicotine level noted on it. If they're going to do one or the other anyway, wouldn't you rather it be vaping than cigarettes?
I also let them know that these flavors are NOT like grape lollipop for children. They are usually complex, with several flavors mixed, & most people who make their own combine multiple flavors for the complexity of adult-like desserts.. like custards, or flavors with layers that are complex, and named websites where they can read the descriptions and see these are not aimed at children, but are complex flavors more adults like. I told them it's a little ridiculous to say "only children like brownies" or Donuts, or a custard, or a fruit bowl, Etc.
(In small towns like where I live, a lot of stores can't afford to keep up with all of the new laws and had to close down, and selection is already really bad.. and it's pretty impossible to get good prices on things you need- or even GET EVERYTHING YOU MAY NEED SOMETIMES- so I would really hate to see it become harder to get things I need where I can afford it on my budget.)
I've met people on here that had cancer- one of them had lung cancer from cigarettes.. and was able to beat it.. and started vaping, and I'm sure that man would not have lived if he had not been able to stop smoking- and it is a much more safe alternative to still give you the hand-to-mouth action that is soothing for people who have smoked- without the carcinogens in cigarettes. It is a much safer alternative to be able to get off of cigarettes and wean down nicotine easily too.
Also- MOST OF THIS is on the heels of reports that numbers something like: 28% of kids quit smoking cigarettes, and 25% started vaping. (Who knows if this is true?)
(They also have seen a big uptick in serious lung problems in (1) TOWN- that they are attributing to vaping. They have PINPOINTED this much about these cases- the people that have become very sick were vaping T*C oil, using underground cartridges, (probably pre-filled with a mystery T*C oil), and using a vitamin E additive. (If you have used vitamin E in skincare, you know it is very oily.. and probably has lipids, with all of this probably causing lipid pneumonia, (*and oils are not in E Juice at all, so a ban on Ejuice is the wrong product to ban anyway (if you are going to ban something)).
*Since it is in (1) TOWN- I am guessing there is a head-shop, or maybe 1 person or group, Distributing something they shouldn't, or something else blackmarket, or else the cases would be scattered around the United States- or at least a larger region, otherwise.)
-I started bumming cigarettes in my late teens, or having friends that were older by them for me..and then started buying my own when I was 18, (and sometimes before I was 18 depending on who was working), and it took 5 times trying to quit cold turkey before it stuck. But about 15 years later (I hated to do it, but I was so stressed at work I started bumming cigarettes at work and smoking 1/2 of one.. but I hated the smell on my hands, in my hair, and on my breath.. and I could simply walk past my boss and he knew I'd smoked a cigarette when I had never smoked before), and I got lucky because I was at the gas station..to buy a pack, and saw a display of something I've never seen there, and it was a display of vaporizer pens. I asked about it and the man who owns the store didn't really know anything, but the coke delivery man overheard me and did, and directed me to a vaping store and I've been vaping since.
My grandfather died of cancer- and was deformed after surgery for the mouth and throat cancer for a long time, & refused to go back to the doctors when he was sick, and none of us knew it until it was too late when he collapsed one day.. and I'm lucky that there's another option for me.