There’s been something of a full-court press to demonize electronic cigarettes in the media lately. The idea is to present them as a public-health menace on the same level as tobacco, thus triggering extensive regulations. Senator Durbin, along with Blumenthal, Markey, Boxer, Heitkamp, and Lautenberg, has called on the FDA to step in.
And why? Because they’re not already regulated. It’s a grim tautology that implies every aspect of our behavior should be subject to government oversight. It’s no coincidence that the politicians who have been the most vocal on this matter are also the biggest supporters of gun control in Washington DC.
It comes down to the same philosophy: meddling.