But I think everyone here’s belief that it was intended for kids to go and buy tobacco products are wrong. All of the major tobacco companies have their hands in the vape market as well. Juul for example is owned by Altria which owns the Marlboro brand. They’re called vice stocks for a reason.
I think that this is just a case where well meaning (I hope) busybodies refused to take basic psychology into account.
Juul is the poster child always. Give another example. Anyone that vapes knows who the “Major” players are in the vape world - and those are the ones that consistently produce good flavours.
Big Tobacco wants to push their shit IQOS devices. Or straight up regular cigarettes. Vaping is like 0.001% of their assets.
Well, Altria also has a stake in NJOY and I think at one point had a stake in BLU. All of which I’ve found at pretty much every gas station I’ve been to in the US. The only reason I’m picking on Altria is that I’m both a customer as well as a stock holder and am somewhat familiar with them as a result.
Most of the brands I’ve seen in vape shops however seem to be out of Shenzhen, China and I haven’t been able to find out much about them.
Well, saw that coming.
But I think everyone here’s belief that it was intended for kids to go and buy tobacco products are wrong. All of the major tobacco companies have their hands in the vape market as well. Juul for example is owned by Altria which owns the Marlboro brand. They’re called vice stocks for a reason.
I think that this is just a case where well meaning (I hope) busybodies refused to take basic psychology into account.
Juul is the poster child always. Give another example. Anyone that vapes knows who the “Major” players are in the vape world - and those are the ones that consistently produce good flavours.
Big Tobacco wants to push their shit IQOS devices. Or straight up regular cigarettes. Vaping is like 0.001% of their assets.
Well, Altria also has a stake in NJOY and I think at one point had a stake in BLU. All of which I’ve found at pretty much every gas station I’ve been to in the US. The only reason I’m picking on Altria is that I’m both a customer as well as a stock holder and am somewhat familiar with them as a result.
Most of the brands I’ve seen in vape shops however seem to be out of Shenzhen, China and I haven’t been able to find out much about them.
Vaping is a classic moral panic, like reefer madness, satanic panic and stranger danger.
Any time anyone does anything “for the safety of the children” it should be met with EXTREME skepticism.