The state attorney general of Virginia, who is significantly more honest than his AG colleagues, made it clear that e-cigarette vapour is not smoke and cannot be defined as such under the law.
The water droplets are deliberately distinguished from asthma therapy sprays to mimic smoking: by making the water droplets visible, flavouring the vapour, providing a throat hit where necessary, and adding nicotine to produce cigarette-like effects.
It may appear like smoke and have the same texture, but it isn’t. You cannot smoke an e-cigarette.
To expand our user base, we must use smoking-related phrases. It may not always be necessary to do so, and perhaps the breakpoint will occur at around 25% of smoker conversions: the moment when a quarter of smokers have switched, and public awareness of the equipment and method will be widespread.
The above pull quotes illustrate why I feel we need not use smoking based language. We do not smoke, we vape. We have ample "user base" and for sure a "base" that comprehends the difference. Virginia knows tobacco, and its smoking, use.
Virginia used to house international headquarters for Philip Morris, the ones who created Marlboro cigarettes. The headquarters was in Richmond, VA. Know this because along with being the tobacco capital of the the world, VA is also poultry capital to the world. You learn that growing up there.
Recall growing up and Philip Morris making Marlboro lights. Everyone thought they lowered the nicotine content in the cigarettes. No, they lessened the tar content in them instead. Yes, commercial cigarette tobacco gets doused with tar.
Unlike cannabis products tobacco does not produce its own hash/resin material. Tar is used to help the nicotine coat the lungs. This in turn further fuels addiction, whilst also ensuring further ROI, more profits.
If tar is a surprise to you, ammonia used to boost the nicotine surely will be too. It and tar are widely used in making commercial tobacco cigarette products. The reasoning is as simple as ancient, greed.
Our vaping "base" would have continued growth if India had not categorically banned vaping. It also would grow if Big Tobacco, Big Pharma quit lobbying Big (
Corrupt) Government to help end vaping because it threatens profits. There's no way anything against vaping at this point is in the interest of "public safety".
Sorry, did I drop my gloves?