[jjsheridan5]

Even you, someone not exactly known for either intellectual honesty, or even capacity, should be ashamed at citing a study with such a flawed conclusion.

"The study, which surveyed 14-year-olds in the ninth grade at 10 Los Angeles high schools, found that the kids who smoked e-cigarettes were 22.7 percent more likely to smoke combustible cigarettes the following year. "

The most likely explanation for this is that people who have a tendency to experiment with one activity, have a higher tendency to experiment with other activities. It shows ABSOLUTELY no causation (and, therefore, no "gateway").

Just because idiots at "thehill.com" fall for this type of pseudo-science, doesn't mean that normal people will.

Repeat: no causation - no gateway. And this study found no causation, at all. The worst science, which you are well familiar with, starts with breaking the cardinal rule of science: correlation does not imply causation.

[Drango]

It’s a JAMA study that the Hill reported.