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I wish we were taking a much more harm-reduction focus like they are in the UK.

From the NHS website...

Leading health organisations including the Royal College of General Practitioners, British Medical Association and Cancer Research UK agree that e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking. Based on the currently available evidence, Public Health England and the Royal College of Physicians estimate they are at least 95% less harmful.

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Yes, seems the UK is the only sane government on this. The US has gone absolutely hysterical on the subject. Ban is our only tool, and everything is a nail. Think of the fucking children, for GOD's sake! Puritanical roots probably has something to do with it.

When I was a child, Reagan kicked off the drug war into high gear to protect me. Millions incarcerated, even more families ruined. I wish he hadn't. We were hysterical then too.

Money, greed, and ignorance are at play here. If they truly "cared about the children", they'd ban smoking altogether.

The methods of the NHS are not without its fair share of public criticism: https://observer.com/2019/10/vape-crisis-public-health-resea...

Can you point to where that’s stated in your article?

It basically just talks about how hard it is to find a definitive study since there are so many different products.

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