Well we knew it was bound to happen eventually and it seems as if the news many have been dreading is on the horizon. Nothing is even nearly settled at the moment but it seems that there have been talks going on between Phillip Morris and the Ruyan E Cigarette Company.
After a couple of years of the major players in the tobacco and pharmaceutical industry doing all they can to beat the electronic cigarette to death they know want a piece of the pie.
Arthur Schopenhauer once said that “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” We’re coming to the stage where the e cigarette is going to be accepted and promoted by the tobacco industry as the obvious way for all smokers to get their nicotine fix. All the arguments about e cigarette safety will be quickly forgotten in the rush to make as much money as possible.
A couple of years ago when the electric cigarette was introduced to the market it was pretty much ignored by the tobacco companies. They sat back and let small niche companies build up a market for the product and when the device started to become popular they, along with the FDA and the nicotine replacement therapy manufacturers, went to lengths to make sure everyone knew how the product had never been tested and could be dangerous.
Of course those of us who have used the E Cigarette have always known that it was a product ahead of its time which was going to gain main stream approval. If big tobacco does get involved in this then it has its good and bad points.
The good:
- The cash they will be willing to spend on research and development will mean big advances in the technology which will mean a better vaping experience for us all.
- Their huge financial clout will ensure that required lobbying and research will take place which get the FDA and all other “health authorities” off our backs.
The bad:
- Big tobacco will waltz in with their huge cash resources and take most or all of the business off the E Cig companies who have done all the hard work building this product from nothing.
- The companies who have been lying to and literally killing us for the last 150 years with their deadly products will continue to take our hard earned cash.
I don’t know about you but I much rather give my money to a small e cigarette company that a multinational corporation who are quite happy to kill for money.
At this point no agreement has been reached between the Ruyan Group and Philip Morris but its only a matter of time before the tobacco companies claim their slice of this potentially very lucrative pie.
I’ll keep you posted on how this story develops as I get more information.
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While I believe that the major tobacco companies will no doubt try to become market leaders in the ecig business,one must remember that Philip Morris inc only have 15% of the tobacco world wide market.It will I believe be a good thing for them to enter the market,proving that ecigs like Cecorettes have a place in the alternative smoking market.
The day will come when smokers will be fascinated that in the old days,people actually inhaled burnt tobacco.This ecig debate needs the go ahead from all leading Governments allowing ecigs to be used anywhere.This will stop all the fuss,and allow the non smoking public to once and all shut up,and judge for themselves how clean and harmless to other people ecigs really are.
is there any need for e cigarettes i have been off cigarettes for 6 days now i know thats a short time i have written a blog on it at colinthebronc.com are e cigarettes not defeating the purpose of giving up smoking in the first place. but i suppose if they are harmless then alls good
You have to understand that America is a fascist country. That is to say – business and government operates as a team. They’re trying to decide how to tax, regulate, and control the e-cigarette industry. I predict that within 6 months after the 2012 election, the Congress will vote to ban e-cigarettes.
I think it is so wrong for the big tobacco companies to just come in and take over the market. The company Ruyan is the same company that tried to sue E-Cig Brand company for patent violations even though E-Cig was the original inventor of the E-9 Style Ecigarette.
I will still only buy from the smaller companies that started all of this and put in all the hard work and I hop that everyone else will do the same. Let Phillip Morris spend a whole bunch of money on development and then ban them so that all of their efforts are in vain.
Hi,
E Cigarettes are probably safer then tobacco cigarettes anyways. And those big tobacco companies have to accept it. Because E Cigarette don’t contain tar which is really the most harmful substance in ordinary cigarettes. So in essence e-cigarettes are less heavy on your lungs. But use a brand who have less chemicals in their brand like I m using of J&J E Cigarettes and that’s their biggest competitive edge.