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1) Vaping is far safer than smoking, and I applaud any efforts, profit-seeking or otherwise, that induce smokers to switch to vaping now. And though some claim that e-cigarettes didn't hasten the decline of cigarette smoking, and are possibly slowing it, if you look at the data you can't make that inference. In fact, if you look at the data it's just as possible that vaping was hastening the long-term decline. The problem is that of those who claim to both vape and smoke cigarettes, nobody is reporting the ratios--are they vaping in addition to smoking the same number of cigarettes, mostly vaping but smoking a few cigarettes each week, etc?

2) The source for the epidemic of vaping comes from the yearly youth drug survey. And if you look at the survey results, youths are experimenting with vaping in the same numbers as marijuana. And just like with marijuana, the activity is mostly only once or twice a week, not daily smokers. Where's the concern about the "epidemic" of pot smoking among youth? There's ample evidence that smoking pot is much more harmful for youth, both for their mental and physical development.

Would you tell people that are on SSRI antidepressants that they are addicted to antidepressant medication?

On a bed made of money :(