Now, tons of progress has been erased because these e-cigarette brands, some of them owned by the old tobacco companies, were allowed to get around all those restrictions. The FDA completely dropped the ball and moved in way, way too late. Sale to minors wasn't even banned federally until 2016!
This just puts some of them back in place so, once again, we can start working the problem down.
> The new regulations will pull vaping devices from stores and make it more difficult for those who do need them, thus making them go back to using cigarettes.
What proposed regulation are you claiming makes it harder for an adult to buy e-cigs? The FDA's tepid response was that flavored e-cigs must be sold in a closed-off area. That's it. Nevermind that part of the FDA's problem is that e-cigarette manufacturers were able to resist regulation by claiming in court they were not a nicotine replacement therapy, but in fact a new tobacco product for people who did not want to quit.
> Ever heard of the opioid / heroin epidemic that actually results in death and much worse health issues?
What happened to people making their own informed choices and putting what they want in their bodies?
Besides that - obviously the existence of other problems does not prevent us from dealing with this one, now. The facts, according to the article, are that our tremendous progress in eradicating nicotine addiction has been dealt a serious setback: millions of kids are addicted, most of whom would not have been smoking cigarettes, and vapers are more likely to become future smokers.