“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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