FYI
PART I
Making Sense of Regulations
on Vapor Products:
The Significance of Sociological Interpretations
- Words & Photos by Tony Ottomanelli II -
Obviously, the title of this particular
article may cause some slight confusion
at first glance - that is, of course,
because the words “sense” and
“regulations” do not belong in the same
sentence, let alone the same area of
existence when referring to the severity
of government intrusion on the once
flourishing Vape industry. The amount
of authoritarian political tactics put in
motion against vapor products has
been harsh all around the globe, from
all-out bans of vapor products in Brazil,
Taiwan, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Thailand, Singapore, Qatar, Mexico,
Oman, Argentina, Jordan, Austria,
Malaysia, The United Arab Emirates and
Turkey to strange restrictions known as
“partial permission” in Belgium, Norway,
Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and
several others. (http://www.ecigarettepolitics.com/electronic-cigarettes-globallegal-status.html)Unfortunately, the
regulatory overreach of the FDA has
been especially severe within American
“Dumb-ocracy.” Pardon the typo, I meant
to write De-mockery, oops, I misspelled
it again I think. One might assume my
spelling abilities were much sharper,
given that my American Freedumb gave
me the opportunity to become thousands
of dollars in debt from student loans
while buying myself a “Bastard’s Degree”
- wow, I can’t express how apologetic I
truly am for these grammatical errors - of
course, I was trying to convey that I’ve
earned a Master’s Degree. All sarcasm
aside, I do in fact have a Master of Arts
Degree in Sociology, which some critics
of my published writing tell me that’s all
I ever write about. Well, I think I earned
the right to since I paid so much damn
money for it. In all hon