Back in August the FDA finally unveiled their long-awaited e-cigarette regulations. As expected, it was a devastating assault on the industry. The regulations require each variation of every single product to undergo the time-consuming and insanely expensive FDA approval process. Many people, including yours truly, viewed this as an attempt to completely destroy the vaping industry by making it too expensive for small manufacturers to stay in business. The regulations were considered a massive win for Big Tobacco, who would easily be able to afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars to approve each of their products while driving out the competition from the smaller players.

Why Trump’s Victory Is Good to The Vaping Industry? Of course, these small manufacturers received a temporary stay of execution, since the approval process would only immediately apply to new products. Existing products on the market at the time the regulations took effect would be exempt from the FDA approval process for a period of two years. An intervention by congress is the only chance of reversing these absurd regulations that were implemented by a non-elected entity (FDA).

While Donald Trump’s economic policies (specifically when it comes to trade) sharply diverge from the old-school conservative thinking that is dominant in the Republican Party, there is one exception: his anti-regulation stance. He hasn’t specifically stated anything about vaping rights, but he has gone on record as being strongly against most business regulations. There is a strong consensus amongst analysts and economists that he will seek to overturn or loosen a plethora of business regulations. It’s reasonable to assume that the strongly anti-business FDA regulations could be on the chopping block in the Trump administration.

Why Trump’s Victory Is Good to The Vaping Industry? Donald Trump has even gone on record as describing federal regulations as the “anchor dragging us down”. He vowed to impose a moratorium on all new regulations. That is a massive plus from the point of view of the vaping industry, which is about to be suffocated under the weight of bullshit government regulations.

Whatever you may think about him, it’s undeniable that he is a much better choice than Hilldog when it comes to vaping rights, as many people believe that she favors stricter regulations on businesses. Not to mention that, as someone who was the “status-quo” candidate, it is extremely unlikely that she would favor something as drastic as overturning FDA regulations that are “for the children”.

Why Trump’s Victory Is Good to The Vaping Industry? There’s still a long road ahead in the fight for vaper’s rights, and I don’t want to make it seem like it’s inevitable that the FDA regulations will be overturned. But goddamn this is the best possible outcome if we want to improve our odds of still being able to vape a couple years from now.So don’t get complacent and make sure that you let your elected representatives know your opinion of vaping, especially if they are on the list of anti-vaping politicians. Hopefully we’ll all be able to vape for years to come!

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