Taxation on its own is not the solution.
Pretty sure that sin taxes are there in part to lighten the fiscal burden on the health system due to said 'sins'.
As much as vaping may be the lesser of two evils when compared to traditional/ analogue smoking, surely there are still way too many unknowns and not enough positive or negative trials (either for or against the use of vaping as a nicotine replacement mechanism) for a totally informed and final decision to be made.
I don't disagree with the fact that my chest feels better as a vaper than when I was a smoker, but does anyone know conclusively yet whether us or our kids will start glowing in the dark in 30 years as a result of inhaling vapour?).
What's the average (individual genetics aside) durations for onset of emphysema / lung cancer / throat cancer / cardiac disease in smokers ?
Has a big enough/ significant sample size been vaping for long enough to validate that these side effects will not prevail at some point as well ?
If taxing brings regulations (and funding towards the enforcement of such) then it's not all such a bad thing. Regulation and enforcement should involve and bring about safety approval, regulation and enforcement of underage usage, stringent lab testing and product certification, involvement of competition authorities who will ensure fair playing fields to the benefit on the consumer (all these things have to be funded from somewhere).
Pretty sure that sin taxes are there in part to lighten the fiscal burden on the health system due to said 'sins'.
As much as vaping may be the lesser of two evils when compared to traditional/ analogue smoking, surely there are still way too many unknowns and not enough positive or negative trials (either for or against the use of vaping as a nicotine replacement mechanism) for a totally informed and final decision to be made.
I don't disagree with the fact that my chest feels better as a vaper than when I was a smoker, but does anyone know conclusively yet whether us or our kids will start glowing in the dark in 30 years as a result of inhaling vapour?).
What's the average (individual genetics aside) durations for onset of emphysema / lung cancer / throat cancer / cardiac disease in smokers ?
Has a big enough/ significant sample size been vaping for long enough to validate that these side effects will not prevail at some point as well ?
If taxing brings regulations (and funding towards the enforcement of such) then it's not all such a bad thing. Regulation and enforcement should involve and bring about safety approval, regulation and enforcement of underage usage, stringent lab testing and product certification, involvement of competition authorities who will ensure fair playing fields to the benefit on the consumer (all these things have to be funded from somewhere).