The vast majority of people who live in the United States want nothing more than to feel as if they live in a free country. The ability to do what you want with your time is perhaps the most important thing when it comes to leading a fulfilling existence.

For many of us, freedom means being allowed to smoke tobacco even though we know it’s bad for our health. These days this is becoming more and more difficult thanks to the fact smoking has been banned in public establishments, and some places are even moving to ban it in outdoor public spaces.

With smoking on the way out many fans of nicotine have been making the decision to switch over to the use of e cigarettes instead. You would think that a product which was far less damaging for the health of the user and posed no threat to the general public would be welcomed with open arms by the people who run things. Unfortunately it seems that even this personal freedom is now under threat as a few groups of people try to outlaw it’s use.

Perhaps those in power just don’t like us to get our own way and are threatened by the fact it’s now possible for smokers to flout their draconian laws by switching over to this tobacco replacement instead of the real thing. There are also those who believe the reason the legality of the e cigarette is threatened is because as long as it’s available it will take sales away from the pharmaceutical industry which manufacturers nicotine replacement therapy.

Whatever the reason for a possible ban there is no doubt it would be a serious dent in this country’s claim to be “the land of the free” if it was ever implemented.