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by spacebanana7 529 days ago
> Also ... Can we stop vilifying this life-saving habit?

As a former smoker I’ve recently started vaping because I love nicotine and I think the risk / reward is worth it.

Vaping has been around at this point for over a decade, yet the evidence of harm is minimal. Some inflammatory responses, oxidative stress and potentially pre cancerous changes in gene expression. But that’s pretty much it (for UK legal products at least).

I wouldn’t call it healthy but consider it more like alcohol or sugar rather than traditional tobacco.