[HN Gopher] Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes ___________________________________________________________________ Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes Author : DanBC Score : 14 points Date : 2020-02-26 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk) (TXT) w3m dump (publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk) | ShamelessC wrote: | The amount of misinformation on e-cigarettes/vaping nicotine has | been absolutely infuriating. | | I went from smoking a pack a week, which was very likely to give | me lung cancer at some point, to vaping nicotine. The latter is | very unlikely to give one lung cancer and there have been no | reported cases of lung cancer linked solely to vaping. | | Furthermore, the whole debacle with THC vaping juice containing a | vitamin E acetate that resulted in several deaths was reported in | an absolutely disgusting manner. THC and vitamin E acetate were | rarely mentioned in these reports. It was usually reported as | "vaping mysteriously causing deaths" and even associated with | companies like Juul who don't deal with THC at all. | | The irony that we've gone from "Reefer Madness" to "Nicotine | Vaping Madness" when black market THC pods were straight up | killing people is so unfortunate. | | Even NPR reported incredibly questionably on this. | | Full disclosure - I don't think kids should be vaping or smoking, | but there is no proof that vaping nicotine causes anywhere near | as much damage as smoking cigarettes. I also have no problem with | smoking marijuana in moderation (and perhaps less so for | developing minds), but won't be touching any THC vape pods until | it's clear that no one is using Vitamin E acetate in their juice. | wnevets wrote: | >The amount of misinformation on e-cigarettes/vaping nicotine | has been absolutely infuriating. | | I wonder if tobacco companies are behind most of the | misinformation about vaping. While I'm sure most if not all of | them have e-cigarette product lines, the margins have to be | terrible compared actual cigarettes. Folks into vaping aren't | buying their nicotine and flavors from these companies. | [deleted] | colonwqbang wrote: | Another alternative to smoking is Swedish Snus! It also falls in | the "probably not risk free, but certainly not nearly as bad as | cigarettes". As an added bonus, you don't have to go outside to | use since nobody else is affected (unless they want to kiss you | or something). | | But of course, although snus is a credible safer alternative to | cigarettes, it is banned in every other EU country while | cigarettes remain completely legal. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-02-26 23:00 UTC)