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by mattmanser 4531 days ago
The problem is, and you can't see this because you're a delusional addict, is that allowing e-cigs is like legalizing a highly addictive food substance and then allowing McDonald's to make a burger out of it. It might be better for smokers than smoking, but it's still a drug addiction.

And then worse you're blowing that highly addictive substance into the air in a confined place and stinking the place out with a foul chemical smell of 'chocolate' or 'mint' or some other 'pleasant' smell just because you're so addicted you can't even go a couple of hours without your hit.

If you were a normal person, and not a junkie, you'd never smoke those things in public because you'd see how bizarre, odd and selfish thing it is to do.

So no, it's not just 'vapour' and you've got no right to try and convince people otherwise because you are, ultimately, a junkie justifying your addiction.

I'm a junkie too, but at least I admit it.

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e-cigs are not addictive, which is the problem. As a device to get people to stop smoking much more dangerous cigarettes, they aren't very effective (yet).

> It might be better for smokers than smoking,

It most definitely is better than cigarettes.

> but it's still a drug addiction.

And so is caffeine in coffee or sugar in coke or adrenaline from running. Human beings are quite easily addicted to many things (some better than others).

> If you were a normal person, and not a junkie, you'd never smoke those things in public because you'd see how bizarre, odd and selfish thing it is to do.

Self righteousness is actually not effective in this case at all.

> So no, it's not just 'vapour' and you've got no right to try and convince people otherwise because you are, ultimately, a junkie justifying your addiction.

Strong perfume is also not just vapour and can be downright annoying, especially for someone who is allergic.

> I'm a junkie too, but at least I admit it.

Great. Because someone who hasn't been addicted to something bad before has absolutely ZERO clue about what is going on (skinny people telling fat people to eat less, non-smokers telling smokers to just stop smoking...its so easy right?).

I'm not a junkie nor an addict. I have used e-cigs in the past, as I enjoy the flavor. There are liquids that do not even contain nicotine. I have used it in public. Your assertion that only a junkie would use one in a public place has been debunked.
"it's not just 'vapour'"

Citation needed.