To Vermont today and another set of politicians who are coming up with unwanted and unnecessary legislation . The problem is they don't try to find out the truth and simply don't realize the damage their petty plans cause for local vaping stores.





There are four bills on their way to Vermont House committees. If passed they would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products or substitutes from 18 to 21, extend the ban on smoking in public places to e-cigarettes, prohibit displaying e-cigarettes on store counters, restrict e-cigarette flavors to menthol and last and definitely least, tax the product at 92% of the wholesale price The bill regarding flavors is being sponsored by Rep. Patti Komline, R-Dorset. Like a lot of misguided people she believes the fruity flavors are aimed at children. "They're so gearing this towards young people to try to get them to smoke" says the misguided politician. Pehaps she should try and answer why it is that the e-cigarette industry is apparently trying to lure children but refuse to sell the product to them.





Komline is a woman who has already been told just why there are such flavors. People have told her that they use flavors such as blueberry to help them quit tobacco. That's the truth Patty and slightly promising is the fact she says she sympathizes with them and remains open to discussion and possible compromise on the legislation. Perhaps the politican should do some research on the subject before she considers legislation . She also says: "It's definitely better than smoking cigarettes. But it's not good. It's addictive." Again the politician hasn't done her research. Hasn't she read the Penn State College of Medicine's views on e-cigarettes? Their lead researcher Jonathan Foulds says "E-cig users feel less addicted."





Adam Tredwell knows just how important e-cigarettes can be to people. His mother used them to give up her deadly tobacco smoking habit and that led to Tredwell, who had tried them himself but didn't like the flavor, creating several mixtures. This led to him opening Vermont Vapor Inc. becoming one of the first manufacturers in the States and wholeslers of juice for e-cigarettes.He runs his business because "I want people to stop smoking" but he fears the upcoming legislation in Vermont. "The more the industry, expands, the more regulation. And the worse it's getting for use."





Tredwell admits that if the only flavor he can sell is menthol then he'd go out of business as not enough people are menthol smokers. The massive tax wouldn't help anyone either and Vermont Vapors would have to either lower his wholesale price or risk losing his customers. That's bad news for Tredwell but also terrible news for those trying to give up smoking. The fact e-cigarettes are cheaper is another good reason for them to switch products. If the gap in price narrows then they might just stick with their poisonous tobacco cigarettes.





Rep. Alison Clarkson, D-Woodstock, is sponsoring thetaxation bill and says it's a good way "to finance prevention." It's also a good way to get lots of cash into their coffers and make life for a flourishing industry extremely difficult. When it comes to banning e-cigarettes in public places, Tredwell would like to see the evidence that supports such action, come to think of it we all would. Don't the politicians know of the 2013 study by Drexel University that found that involuntary exposure to e-cigarette vapors causes no health risks?



