[Gay State Conservative]

They say that the most militant anti-smokers are the ex smokers.That may be true in general but I,who have never smoked,*hate* the smell of cigarette smoke.That could be because I grew up in a household where both my parents smoked like chimneys (and died horrible deaths due to cigarettes).

But if "vaping" produces only water vapor and delivers only nicotine I don't see it as being a big deal.Then only question is...what harm,if any,comes to those who "vape"? My guess is "little or none".

[HighSierra5]

All I can say is don’t mess with my C-gars.

[SanchoP]

A bureaucrat that inflicts his personal opinion on a nation is the very definition of a tyrant.

It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed? -- James Madison, Federalist Papers 62

[fruser1]

If too many smokers quit they stand to lose a tremendous amount of tax money.

[gaijin]

A really big advantage of living in the USA:

Not having to live in a near-constant cloud of needless, stinky tobacco smoke.

A lot of otherwise good countries have that curse.

[MrEdd]

All those people turning Japanese...

[Reno89519]

All they need to do is ban the product entirely.

[Drango]

The smell is gone

LOL. I remember some of the old smoking threads where smokers claimed they didn't stink.

[battletank]

Thank you for posting this. I could have written every single word because what he described is also my experience. Exactly. Vaping is a miracle for stopping smoking. Immediately and forever. Anyone criticizing it has no idea what they are talking about. Period.

[grania]

won't be long before almost everyone's using marijuana. And it won't be restricted to the "medical" kind. Folks will want their high with their pain killers, and the taxman and big tobacco and others who take over the market will profit from that.

Great move, stoners. What were you thinking when you thought legalizing (ie: controlling and taxing) marijuana is a good idea?

[david1292]

The problem is they can’t seem to stop kids doing it. The manufacturers and businesses won’t stop selling it to kids.

Most vape juice contains nicotine. That is an addictive chemical. And studies show people who vape are many times more likely to try tobacco. Vaping has become an exit to many smokers, but it’s also become an entry for non-smokers...especially kids.

[nicollo]

A few years back I lived in downtown Sac, and would walk my dogs by the convention center, always fun to see the different crowds for different events.

Comicon was easy to spot, but one event I couldn’t figure out: more tats than a biker convention, but no bikes, and nearly all of them smoking heavily outside.

They were ex-addicts, and more than a few told me that the cigarettes had saved their lives.

[Ozark Tom]

Custom vaping equipment has become a cottage industry.