Federal rules should trump state vaping law

Thank you for your recent article pointing out the absolute absurdity of the soon-to-be-enforced Indiana vaping regulation. This law needs repealed. The Indiana bill clearly states that our bill was to be enforced “in the absence of federal regulation.” There is now a clear federal regulation to be enacted as soon as Aug. 8.

I own and manage a vape shop/lounge called Cloud City Vapes out of Marion. It has always been our store policy to carry juice prepared in a laboratory-rated ISO 5 or higher. We ask a lot of questions. We want to ensure the quality is of the highest standard.

We are for regulation. This is a market that needs standards of production. There are many wonderful juice producers who have decided on their own to build labs, to exceed any standard of production necessary by law at the time. Most shop owners and distributors on their own accord do not sell to minors, use child proof caps and glass bottles, write nicotine warnings on the labels and so forth.

The juice in production in Indiana is the same recipe in most cases as an “out of state” bottle. Indiana did not regulate ingredients. They are not keeping the consumer safe in that sense. All they are doing is putting a scannable sticker on the label and charging 40-60 percent more to us, the wholesaler, which we must pass the cost to the consumer, in some cases driving said consumer back to a cigarette.

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Christin Sigworth
Cloud City Vapes