but they’re actually not, and therein lies the problem with your blanket generalization. The whole concept of vaping was to be a smoking cessation device, an alternative to inhaling all the carcinogens associated with smoking. People who had smoked for years could now vape their nicotine in a supposedly cleaner, cheaper and safer way. My wife’s uncle smoked for at least 40 years and replaced it with vaping. The problem with it is the same as what happened to the tobacco industry (remember, at one time in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s cigarettes were actually considered GOOD for you). Vaping started being targeted to younger people, just as cigarettes were targeted to young people with Joe Camel. Then, ooopss…turns out it’s not that good for you. Who’da thunk it? By that point, the damage had been done. YES, people started vaping THC and other substances, however the vast majority of people who vape do it to consume nicotine. Equating vapers with dopers is just completely inaccurate.
Personally, I can’t stand it and would be more than happy if the 5 vape shops in my college town where I live would shut down.
Vapers are the same as dopers.
So, people who vape nicotine aren’t more like cigarette smokers? I think the vaping industry has missed their target audience, then.
but they’re actually not, and therein lies the problem with your blanket generalization. The whole concept of vaping was to be a smoking cessation device, an alternative to inhaling all the carcinogens associated with smoking. People who had smoked for years could now vape their nicotine in a supposedly cleaner, cheaper and safer way. My wife’s uncle smoked for at least 40 years and replaced it with vaping. The problem with it is the same as what happened to the tobacco industry (remember, at one time in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s cigarettes were actually considered GOOD for you). Vaping started being targeted to younger people, just as cigarettes were targeted to young people with Joe Camel. Then, ooopss…turns out it’s not that good for you. Who’da thunk it? By that point, the damage had been done. YES, people started vaping THC and other substances, however the vast majority of people who vape do it to consume nicotine. Equating vapers with dopers is just completely inaccurate.
Personally, I can’t stand it and would be more than happy if the 5 vape shops in my college town where I live would shut down.
clarification–my post above was directed at Agent, not the good Cap’n.
Vaping.
Smoking.
I believe those are both harmful.
One is known to harm lungs and rob oxygen supplied to organs including the brain.
The other is highly likely to cause loss of cognitive ability and psychosis per credible medical studies.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20110301/marijuana-use-linked-to-risk-of-psychotic-symptoms