[testplzignore]

There was a golden era about 10 years ago where it looked like smoking was finally going to be conquered. The cessation aids were working. Smoking rates were plummeting. It wasn't cool anymore. It was no longer an impossible problem - people could quit and never look back.

Then vaping screwed it all up.

I hate the myth - which I assumed is being propagated by the companies that profit off of it - that vaping was a replacement for smoking, and that people who vape would otherwise smoke. No. There was a clear period of time between when smoking was on its deathbed and when vaping exploded.

[strictnein]

But vaping isn't smoking. It's a similar looking, but significantly different activity that carries almost none of the health risks associated with smoking, both firsthand and secondhand.

[Domenic_S]

> No.

Yes. In my social circle a whole bunch of us switched from smoking a pack+/day to vaping, about 10 years ago.

[teamhappy]

You seem to completely ignore that a large fraction of people relapse.

[refurb]

Humans like mind-altering substances. I can guarantee you that if tobacco disappeared and vaping didn't exist these kids would just be drinking or smoking pot.