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Robert Steed, owner of Alchemy e-Lixers, pours favor juice into a beaker. The vaping community fears that FDA regulations will inadvertently favor the big tobacco companies' disposable cigarettes, essentially bringing the independent e-cig industry to an abrupt halt.

Robert Steed, owner of Alchemy e-Lixers, pours favor juice into a beaker. The vaping community fears that FDA regulations will inadvertently favor the big tobacco companies’ disposable cigarettes, essentially bringing the independent e-cig industry to an abrupt halt.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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E-juice, ready for labeling, sits on a shelf at Vape Place Inc. lat month.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Alarmed by a surge in nicotine poisonings and the potential for abuse, the FDA is considering rules for the vaping industry, which some say could doom small companies such as Robert Steed’s two vaping stores.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Flavor juice sit in large jars ready to be combined with nicotine and vegetable glycerin at Vape Place in Gardena.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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The finished product, ready in bottles, sit on a counter at Vape Place.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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