“Anytime
you
have
someone that’s addicted to
a substance and pull the
rug out, there’s going to be
little issues in the day-to-
day life,” Kolbusz said. “I’m
hoping that people actually
try and quit. I know that’s
what I’m trying to do, but
expectations aren’t always
results. With any drug,
with any kind of substance,
there’s
certain
things
going on that make it hard
to quit.”
Kolbusz
believes
students will find creative
ways to get Juul pods on
campus and could turn to
cigarettes if all else fails.
According
to
local
smoke
shops,
the
ban’s
announcement
has
not
yet
slowed
e-cigarette
sales. Clifton Whinery, an
employee at Ann Arbor’s
Bongz and Thongz, said the
upcoming ban has actually
done the opposite. Whinery
said he saw more people
coming in and buying bulk
over the weekend than he
has in the past.
“I believe, if anything,
it’s been easier to sell the
things because everybody’s
in
hiatus
(from
not
smoking) you know, ‘Oh my
goodness. They’re taking
our vape away,’” Whinery
said.
Patricia
King,
owner
of 42 Degrees art gallery
and glass shop, refuses to
sell tobacco products in
her store given the effect
it has been proven to have
on users’ health. However,
King said she has seen
many
people
over
the
past few days coming into
her shop and requesting
e-cigarette pods.
“We actually, at some
point, looked into (selling
e-cigarette juice), because
it
would
be
of
huge
financial benefit to us, but
I just can’t do it,” King said.
King voiced support for
the ban, though she said
she does not believe it will
work in the way Whitmer
intends.
“I
don’t
necessarily
think that the flavoring
part of it is necessarily
something geared toward
children
or
teenagers,”
King said. “I think that
it’s ‘a cool thing to do,’ and
that’s why they’re doing
it, but I don’t think the
flavor thing is really the
answer. I support people
not
smoking
or
vaping
any type of tobacco, so if
that’s going to keep people
from using this, then yes, I
support it.”
Whinery
doesn’t
believe
the
ban
will
work as intended either,
because he doesn’t blame
e-cigarette
juice
for
the
recent
outbreak
in
vaping-related
illnesses.
He points to black market
THC pods as an alternate
cause.
Because of Ann Arbor’s
ordinance preventing the
sale of nicotine to those
under 21, Whinery also
said the flavored juice ban
targets a type of consumer
already
prohibited
from
e-cigarette
use
in
this
part of the state. Whinery
said he thinks removing
flavored
options
merely
inconveniences the adults
looking
for
a
cigarette
alternative.
“There’s
just
a
few
years between 18 and 21,
but mentally there’s a big
difference, and I think the
18-year-old kids probably
do
think
more
along
the lines of flavors and
‘yummy, this tastes good’
than maybe a 21-year-old,
22-year-old
who
maybe
smoked cigarettes for a few
years and gave them up,”
Whinery said.
Kolbusz is sympathetic
to business owners, stating
that though he supports
the ban, he wishes there
was a way for the small
businesses
to
adjust
without
such
abrupt
change. However, he does
not believe the 21 and
over
nicotine
ordinance
is
enforced
very
often,
leaving
vape
products
available to any susceptible
underage student.
In addition to posting
about the ban in the Bongz
and Thongz store windows,
Whinery said he has been
encouraging customers to
contact state officials to
renounce the ban.
“We’ve
learned,
as
a
business,
that
there
is
something that we can do,”
Whinery said.
Ann Arbor smoke shop
Red 13 posted a similar
notice
in
their
store,
providing customers with
a pre-generated email to
send
to
the
Governor’s
office. Red 13 was unable
to comment by the time of
publication.
Nevertheless,
Whinery
said Bongz and Thongz
plans to continue selling
flavored e-cigarette juice
until
Whitmer’s
ban
is
“stamped and signed and
sealed.”
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