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by kube-system 1422 days ago
The addictive part is the main issue. People don’t smoke for 30 years because it tastes good, and I don’t think vapes are any different.

I don’t think kids would ever DIY non-nicotine vapes enough to cause a public health crisis. Kids could have huffed Halloween fog machines in the 90s but they didn’t.

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Vapes are very different. Im speaking from experience. Switching from smoking to vaping is way harder than quitting vaping.
I don't doubt that. What I'm saying is that, if health concerns with vaping is justified because it's safer than smoking, then it makes sense as a cessation product. But that's not the way they're currently marketed, regulated, and sold. But, being "safer than smoking" is not a justification for hooking a new generation of consumers who didn't previously smoke.