Mmm.. so a giant reduction in bad health outcomes is alarming? How so?
I'd remind you that those same big tobacco companies fight vapes tooth and nail. You might ask yourself - why do they do that.
I'd remind you that those same big tobacco companies fight vapes tooth and nail. You might ask yourself - why do they do that.
> You might ask yourself - why do they do that
> giant reduction in bad health outcomes is alarming
We are separating cigarette use from vapes. My "alarming statistics" is only for vaping. Cigarettes were down before vapes gained popularity. So since their introduction, health outcomes are becoming worse, would you not agree? In other words, it is not substitution at play, rather there was a reduction and now a new increase from vaping.
No I would not agree re overall health outcomes becoming worse. Much of the cig consumption reduction came exactly due to them being replaced by vapes.
I can't think of where do you get that "health outcomes are becoming worse" because of vapes replacing cigs except from the big tobacco propaganda maybe.
EDIT: assume pure nicotine consumption is not decreasing. what would you prefer -- smoke or vape? This is the question. Because otherwise you have to prohibit nicotine itself, and we know where this particular rabbit hole leads.
> assume pure nicotine consumption is not decreasing
If you look at data that covers the last 100 years instead of 20, you will see these are not valid assumptions, at least in the US. Other countries are different, but this is a post about the US
The vast reduction in cigarette usage has been attributed to the relentless anti-smoking campaigns, from statements on the pack, banning indoor smoking, banning advertisements, anti-smoking ads on TV, and ever increasing taxes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuse
This is what this all is about. No one controls chinese sources yet, but oh god do they want to.