[–] BeauDacious ago
I started vaping in late 2009. It got me off cigarettes. Granted i was vaping a 30 mg with a small joye ego t at the time, but it was better than smoking. Within weeks, I was done hacking black shit out of my lungs every morning in the shower and felt way better.
I still vape, but now with much better equipment. That equipment simply wasn't available at the time. Now I am down to a 3MG, and plan to switch to a 0MG soon.
It is always about the money. US gross is about $14 Billion/yr
Cigarette taxes around the country are levied on top of the federal rate of $1.0066 per 20-pack of cigarettes. As of 2016, taxes accounted for almost half of the retail cost of a pack of cigarettes.
On average, states charge $1.73 of taxes per pack of 20 cigarettes. If high taxes were the goal, New York and Connecticut would be smoking the competition this year with their rates of $4.35 a pack. Rhode Island ($4.25) is close behind, with Massachusetts ($3.51) and Hawaii ($3.20) following. But not every state charges such high taxes. There is a wide range of rates in different states. Missouri, for instance, levies the lowest tax in the country at $0.17. Virginia ($0.30), Georgia ($0.37), North Dakota ($0.44), and North Carolina ($0.45) also levy low rates.
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[–] oneinchterror ago
Vaping has been around for longer than 8 years. Some friends and I ordered some blu cigs when they first came out in '09 and we were like the coolest kids in school at the time. We also used to just puff on em in class since no one including the teachers had any idea what they were. Good times man.
[–] voatusernamevoat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's supreme douchery though, cringe on display.
[–] elphantasmo ago
either way, it's still a gay af weakling habit to be addicted to nicotine.