All About e-Smoking

Big Tobacco Beware, the Next Big Story Stock Could Involve E-Cigarettes -- Seeking Alpha

Here's an great read on a subject I've been pondering:

Big Tobacco Beware, the Next Big Story Stock Could Involve E-Cigarettes -- Seeking Alpha.

It’s not too often a product comes along with so much potential. A product with so much pent up demand. A product that is significantly cheaper than alternatives. A product that sells so extremely well right out of the gate the potential to turn a very small speculation into a big score is obvious.

That’s what we’re facing here. The market potential is hundreds of billions. Every retailer who carries it has trouble keeping it in stock. It’s the same type of popularity which turned Crocs (CROX) into a shooting star, made Healys (HLYS), and pushed sales of Snuggies past the four million mark.

Sounds like it has some potential right?

Well, it does have a lot of potential. That is of course, if the World Health Organization (WHO), the FDA, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, and a U.S. Senator don’t get it completely outlawed.

It seems obvious that e-smokes taking a big chunk out of tobacco tax revenue would galvanize government at all levels to figure out how to get their thumb in this pie.  Until they get their taxes lined up, expect banning threats.  Already, Mexico has banned electronic smoking devices and does anyone really think that's about health concerns? 

Overview of Electronic Smoking

This video does a good job of explaining e-smoking for beginners.  There are many different models of e-cigarette to choose from, so  take this as general advice unless you are getting the penstyle he shows.

Jacob Sullum: Where's the Fire?

Let's kick this new blog off with an article by one of my favorite writers at Reason.com, Jacob Sullum:

Where's the Fire?

The rush to ban electronic cigarettes is hazardous to smokers' health.

Jacob Sullum | April 8, 2009

And, the best line:

"Telling smokers they may not use e-cigarettes until they're approved by the FDA is like telling a floundering swimmer not to climb aboard a raft because it might have a leak."