Only looks at one part of the equation.
Take a 100 people who vape. 8% quit. That’s a good thing.
However, if at the same time, E-cigs are normalized and 100 teenagers, start to vape, become addicted...then switch to cigarettes. Well, there is no gain to society.
Building a new pipeline to addiction is absurd.
Are teens more likely to vape than smoke a cigarette?
A few weeks ago, I saw someone in the car next to me vaping an illegal substance. Well, it’s illegal here until January. But I’m not sure you will be able to drive while smoking in January.
Always the nanny statist, Drango.
Thinking that you can control people’s behavior with government force is more absurd.
“Building a new pipeline to addiction is absurd.”
Either way it’s none of your damned business what adults do.
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>However, if at the same time, E-cigs are normalized and 100 teenagers, start to vape, become addicted...then switch to cigarettes.
A) There’s zero evidence of people starting with vaping moving on to cigarettes. Cigarettes taste like butt compared to vaping.
B) Vaping is much easier to quit than cigarettes.
Take a 100 people who vape. 8% quit. That’s a good thing.
However, if at the same time, E-cigs are normalized and 100 teenagers, start to vape, become addicted...then switch to cigarettes. Well, there is no gain to society.
Building a new pipeline to addiction is absurd.
I don’t know about your 8% statistic, but I am surprised that more people who have tried fake cigarettes don’t quit with them like I did. There may be something else in the cigarette smoke that is addictive like the ammonia. I still miss the smell.
Social engineering and changing cultural norms is not always a good thing. I love Lucy would be banned today because Lucy and Ricky smoked. Instead we get will and grace. A social engineering experiment designed to normalize the gay lifestyle. I’m not even against gay people. I just don’t like the mind control tricks.
The ends justify the means is not a rationale. What’s next?