No new products in 90 days unless they apply first...which means no new products. And two years to sell off stock of existing stuff.[/QUOT
Roxy, what about existing items during this 2-year period? I've read everything between 30 days, 90 days, and 24 months. If we do have 2 years, how many local and online vendors will be able to survive that long, or willing, given that many will be looking for a new business opportunity (or have already started doing so, in anticipation of these regs)... I think some held out just in case the news was better than expected. I know a guy who quit a secure state job with a pension to open a vape shop. Can't even begin to imagine......
I do think BT will get something approved, maybe Juul like device...... who knows if those will pass inspection. Maybe they will create something with real tobacco that is somehow non-combustible. But if everything will need to be self-contained, I don't see buying a bottle of yucky Marlboro liquid at the 7-11.
I know that new items can't come to market after Aug 5, but can SMOK sell TFV4's for 2 years, and can Cuttwood sell their existing flavors for 2 years, continuing to producing existing but not new flavors?
Finally, if tanks and coils and pg/vg/nic are "tobacco"---- and wouldn't that make patches and gum tobacco---- will online sales and Ebay be shut off in 30 or 90 days? We may wind up able to buy stuff for awhile, but with no available vendors. PayPal dropped their POS system for vape shops recently, leaving one in our area SOL with no notice. They got a new system in 3-4 days, but Jesus.
My guess is that there are far more vapers than those who participate in VU or that other, less desirable, forum. We are the success stories. Whether or not we can make coils and e liquid, we embraced the healthier alternative, and a lot of us drastically reduced or quit big tobacco. What will Dad or Grandma do, unable to get coils for their Nautilus or Kanger? I thought about the death toll that could result, but then realized we've sent soldiers to war for business reasons, with larger losses yet.
Can real tobacco be vaped, as a healthier alternative to combustion? RYO and pipe tobacco certainly existed before 2007. Can it be vaped in a device created for another type of substance, one that we can't discuss?