I guess it was 2005 when avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak happened. I remember that I was visiting my uncle who is a doctor. I brought up the topic and said how dangerous it was, how World Health Organization increased the pandemic alert level, etc. The only thing he said was "It is a hoax". No matter how much I tried to explain him the whole situation, he just said that it was all about money. And after few years, it was revealed that the flu wasn't that dangerous and a hoax was created to sell the shots. I was too shy to go to my uncle and say he was right, but he was right indeed.
I open the pipesmagazine page, there is an FDA article on the main page, there are at least 3 active FDA threads in the forums every day. Every other guy is just talking about FDA in each thread. I am not saying that it is a hoax. That's why there is a question mark in the topic. Trust me, when you don't live in a country everything seems to be really simple about that country and the thing is each issue or problem needs to be seen from a simple point of view and they all have a simple solution. At least that's what I learned while trying to solve complicated logic puzzles.
As a result, I don't say that I am sure or it is 100% proven, however that whole FDA thing seems to be a hoax. Even if it is not a hoax, then it is going to be a profitable thing for the biggest manufacturers of cigars and pipe tobacco (I am not even talking about cigarette companies). I will tell you how:
Let's say that there are 1000 pipe smokers in this world and there are 4 big pipe tobacco companies. Each company sells its products to 250 people. So the market is shared. Then a small 5th company starts selling its own products, then another 6th company, then the 7th, etc. So, those 4 big companies start losing their customers. In this case they have 2 options. They either have to compete with them by producing better products for a cheaper price OR they have to go back in time when those companies were not around so they can sell their products. They understand that they cannot go back in time, so they have to bring back the old times. Voila. You ask a friend of yours who has the authority over every tobacco company and he does the job for you.
I open the pipesmagazine page, there is an FDA article on the main page, there are at least 3 active FDA threads in the forums every day. Every other guy is just talking about FDA in each thread. I am not saying that it is a hoax. That's why there is a question mark in the topic. Trust me, when you don't live in a country everything seems to be really simple about that country and the thing is each issue or problem needs to be seen from a simple point of view and they all have a simple solution. At least that's what I learned while trying to solve complicated logic puzzles.
As a result, I don't say that I am sure or it is 100% proven, however that whole FDA thing seems to be a hoax. Even if it is not a hoax, then it is going to be a profitable thing for the biggest manufacturers of cigars and pipe tobacco (I am not even talking about cigarette companies). I will tell you how:
Let's say that there are 1000 pipe smokers in this world and there are 4 big pipe tobacco companies. Each company sells its products to 250 people. So the market is shared. Then a small 5th company starts selling its own products, then another 6th company, then the 7th, etc. So, those 4 big companies start losing their customers. In this case they have 2 options. They either have to compete with them by producing better products for a cheaper price OR they have to go back in time when those companies were not around so they can sell their products. They understand that they cannot go back in time, so they have to bring back the old times. Voila. You ask a friend of yours who has the authority over every tobacco company and he does the job for you.
