VirtualLarry
No Lifer
- Aug 25, 2001
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Let me state - I don't vape, nor have I ever smoked a cigarette.But this all is just a biased opinion of Vaper who successfully quit cigarettes and rediscovered a healthier living.
But I've got plenty of friends that smoke, or, used to, before they discovered vaping. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, cites "improved health / breathing", from vaping for the last few years (five or so?), rather than smoking the "cancer sticks".
Let me also state - I am AGAINST "Teen Vaping". Let it be 21+ ONLY, and let's ACTUALLY ENFORCE THE LAW.
Here in my state / local area, the "Vape shops" ALL CARD. VERY STRICT.
That's not to say, teens couldn't possibly get them, where there's a will, there's a way. But much like teenage drinking and driving, we as a society do as much as possible to EDUCATE and PREVENT those tragedies. Teen vaping, is along the same lines. But HANDS OFF the vaping devices / juices, FOR ADULTS.
And all of these SENSATIONALIZED media reports, ALL seem to revolve around "black market" THC vaping cartridges, or something along those lines. Who knew that freebasing THC directly, was bad for you?
Anyways, a little nicotine, delivered in juices with PG or VG or both, doesn't seem to kill people, they've been doing it for what, 10-odd years now. Aside from early cases of "popcorn lung", from diacytel or whatever that additive is that's in microwave popcorn too, which the vape juice companies voluntarily removed immediately, as soon as it was known to be an issue, I haven't heard of any ADULT vapers with health problems caused by vaping, save perhaps for people using cheap Chinese or black-market juices, with who-knows-what in them.
Why are all of these reports, TEENS? Maybe because they lack the maturity and discernment to handle vaping RESPONSIBLY. Thus, TEEN VAPING should be banned. But NOT ADULT vaping.
And they can't ban flavoring, they are used throughout the industry, in many products.
