• Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    Vaping is not intended as a smoking cessation product, it is a cigarette alternative. It happens to help people quit cigarettes, but the tobacco industry does not give two shits whether it does or doesn’t. Vaping is addictive and still pretty bad for you.

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      10 months ago

      Vaping is not intended as a smoking cessation product

      That’s just factually inaccurate.

      it is a cigarette alternative

      It happens to help people quit cigarettes

      By better simulating the habit than other methods. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to make the connection. You have to be a special kind of stupid to confidently deny it, though.

      the tobacco industry does not give two shits whether it does or doesn’t

      True, but they’re not the ones who invented vapes. In fact, they and organizations sponsored by the sales of “traditional” smoking cessation products were the most ardent advocates for outlawing vapes, for obvious reasons. That some of them have bought Juul and other vape companies is just a cynical way of getting rid of the competition by devouring it.

      Vaping is addictive and still pretty bad for you.

      Which is why it’s meant for adult smokers only. It’s still nowhere near as addictive and harmful as tobacco, though, so even if you DO accidentally replace one addiction with another, you’re still better off than if you had continued smoking.