In a move that is both scary and promising, the 3rd largest US maker of traditional tobacco cigarettes, Lorillard-maker of Newports, has announced that it has purchased Blu E-Cigs, a long established and well known brand of Electronic Cigarette. The implications are both promising and scary. While “Big Tobacco” has the resources to test and prove the safety and efficacy of Electronic Cigarettes, they also have a powerful lobby in Washington which could effect legislation and FDA rules which might have a damaging effect upon smaller less established E-Cig companies. Please leave a comment on this breaking news and how you think it may affect you.
they took their sweet-ass time doing it. big-tobacco should have hopped on this a while ago.
Personally, I think that they hoped that the FDA would be able to kill the E-Cig and only, just now, have realized that e-cigs are here to stay and have finally taken the stance that “If you can’t beat them, join them.” Still bothers me that the companies that have been producing cancer sticks and destroying our health have now become the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
Wow! I smell a Rat and E-CIGS ARE THE CHEESE!. At all cost please keep e-cigs underdos, or we end up on the stock exchange and need a bail out. Keep vaping baby!!