Worried about re-election, Trump reportedly shelves vaping ban

[oplholik]

"Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has backed off from a proposed ban on certain flavors of e-cigarettes, fearing that such a move could cost him votes, US media said Monday."

Worried about re-election, Trump reportedly shelves vaping ban

 

[Fredman1]

Damn politicians. They'll do anything as long its in their own interest first.
Upside is, this seems to be in our favour to.

 

[jjcordone]

....but the individual states can still do whatever they want.
MA is in the midst of discussions that will absolutely destroy the vaping industry in their state.
While I live in RI, our governor has played follow the leader for years and we'll be next.

 

[zoiDman]

"Aides allegedly advised him to hold fire on signing a memo to ban popular e-cigarette flavors such as fruit and menthol, warning that it could damage his re-election chances next year in some key battleground states, The New York Times and Washington Post both reported."

Worried about re-election, Trump reportedly shelves vaping ban

Whereas this would be Good News for anyone using an e-Cigarette(s), I would Wait a Tad longer before I break out the Champagne.

The NY Times and the Washington Post will print just about Anything under the Pretense that an "Alleged Aid" or a "Source close to the President" said it was so.

 

[sonicbomb]

Potentially all this demonstrates is that both politicians and journalists are self serving scum.

 

[jjcordone]

I completely agree - this isn't a partisan issue. Both sides have politicians that are making knee jerk, reactionary decisions based upon gut feelings and not upon researching the topic. The media is more concerned about creating a frenzy of click bait stories and copy each others stories without presenting any facts.
Crazy times we're living in.

 

[Umbertoze]

Interesting play, though I'm not sure how much this will really swing things in his favor. There's been a ton of news stories that mostly seem to revolve around black market vapes causing problems so it may actually hurt him among his own base. Who's to say? I seriously doubt this is an issue he even cares about one way or another though.

 

[sofarsogood]

I think menthal cigarettes are still around because removing them would anger enough voters to cost somebody an election. The same may now be true for vape flavors.

 

[nomore stinkies]

He had to address the issue. Does he care about kids, yes. Does he care about adult vaping, no. The States are the problem. In Illinois they are waving the children flag and the lung damage. And as per usual mum on the fact that it was adulterated THC. 50mg of nic in a JUUL pod is way too much nic for a teen non smoker. It was irresponsible. Take away the nic and i bet they wont vape just bubblegum. Like I said we just wanted to quit smoking. We did. Now this ongoing political struggle. The merits for vaping are there - leave it there. Dang politics are creeping into everything. Everything. Sick of it.

 

[stols001]

States are both the problem and solution in many ways. Some states do one thing, it's a testing ground, etc. Other states don't.

I actually do think this is an issue the president has SOME interest in, because of his dead alcoholic brother. People with that in their family usually either swing to wild fanaticism, or are interested in harm reduction. IDK if any of it is all political, some personal or what. But he did in fact hold a meeting however biased it was, and make a decision.

Whether he did it out of fear of losing votes... Well, a lot of us did call. However, the Washington post will lose NO chance to trash Trump, so of course he did out of "fear of not being reelected" not for any other reason. Etc.

We'll just see. I wish we could un-elect certain members of the FDA.

Anna