US: The Dead End Feeling

Source from:  VapingPost 09/26/2019

States and local governments continue to push bans. Trump also now pushes to ban flavored e-cigarettes which will carry an economic toll. But, most　importantly, an emotional one. Vape shop owners now assess the coming damage by making advanced plans to close their doors and layoff employees.

The following is a dispatch from my travels across the United States.

As I traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, my mind was unsettled. This is what happened, who I spoke to, and where my mind was in the days leading up to my arrival in D.C.

Last week…

I was flying down a mountain highway in my home state of Colorado. Dodging the juts of the blind turns, I finally drove into a part of the rural county that has adequate cell phone reception. After adjusting to the straight-away on the now divided highway, I engaged the cruise control and picked up my cell phone.

“It is probably a good time to call,” I thought to myself. Clicking the Bluetooth receiver started dialing the number.

The man I was calling is named Bodie Bodart of Evansville, Indiana.

He answered: “This is TKO.”

“Hi, Bodie! It is Michael McGrady, from Vaping Post. Do you have a free moment?”

Immediately, he said he was unable to chat at the moment due to a dramatic personal matter. He hung up.

I was concerned. What else could go wrong for this man? Though it isn’t my place to judge, the emotional distress was something that I felt through the phone. I was hitting my deadline, but I didn’t want to pry anymore than I already did.  Enditem