{"id":8608,"date":"2015-04-24T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2016-03-24T09:37:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:37:41","slug":"will-we-be-our-own-downfall-from-ecig-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/8608","title":{"rendered":"Will We Be Our Own Downfall?  FROM ECIG ADVANCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed this post from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecigadvanced.com\" target=\"_blank\">ECIG ADVANCED<\/a>, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecigadvanced.com\/blog\/will-we-be-our-own-downfall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Will We Be Our Own Downfall<\/a>&#8221; because it re-states something I&#8217;ve been saying for some time.\u00a0 We&#8217;re becoming our own worst enemy.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I personally don&#8217;t care how you vape.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t care what you vape.\u00a0 I do care that you do it safely and I mostly care that you&#8217;re not smoking anymore.<\/p>\n<p>But we are in a very delicate time.\u00a0 Our actions, how we portray ourselves, the community, and the vaping industry as a whole are currently under a microscope by those on the outside looking in.<\/p>\n<p>It would be wonderful if we lived in a world where we don&#8217;t give a fuck about what they think, and maybe we&#8217;ll get to that time,\u00a0 but right now, that&#8217;s simply not the case.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s those very people who are trying to regulate us out of existence.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a couple things that really bothered me this week.\u00a0 And I&#8217;m not sure who to feel more bad for&#8230; us as a community, or the people who fight on our behalf in the world of advocacy every day.\u00a0 What are those things?<\/p>\n<p>Liquids in these bottles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n.jpg\" alt=\"11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11169136_10205342546376773_725147435_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n.jpg\" alt=\"11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n\" width=\"193\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11124622_10205556597329755_1386568326_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then this site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ScreenHunter_381-Apr.-24-13.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ScreenHunter_381-Apr.-24-13.18.jpg\" alt=\"ScreenHunter_381 Apr. 24 13.18\" width=\"405\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ScreenHunter_381-Apr.-24-13.18.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ScreenHunter_381-Apr.-24-13.18-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI feel horrible when Advocates see this kind of thing.\u00a0 The response is typical.\u00a0 Their eyes close, their heads fall, and they shake slowly back and forth.\u00a0 All that work to fight for our rights and telling people we don&#8217;t market to minors and then this from within our own community.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t think this type of thing will be used against us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Image is really important right now folks.\u00a0 Just something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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