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We live in a sick (figuratively and quite literally) world where people who create an addicting, health damaging product easily accessible to and abused by kids are celebrated for some kind of "success" and rewarded financially as a result of their immoral creation.

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What you say is entirely correct. People need to take a step back and see it for what it really is. In our economy people often get rewarded handsomely for causing harm.

Are you speaking of an e-cig company or social media? Is physical health less important than mental health?

The evidence of the negative health effects of smoking far outstrip those of social media in both quantity and impact of those health effects. I'm not sure we're even in the sent ballpark right now. I'm not sure even the same game.

Are you speaking of completely irrelevant topics? Is astroturfing for “Juul” (what a stupid fucking name) more important than making a meaningful contribution to the present discussion?

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