[HN Gopher] Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes
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       Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes
        
       Author : DanBC
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2020-02-26 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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       | 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.
        
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