alt Hacker NewsIn the Netherlands, we banned flavoured vapes. Now every 12-16 year old has a vape dealer. Just banning is not enough. Society needs to decide vaping is as bad as smoking.
Currently it's still somewhat accepted to vape inside of public buildings. Which, IMHO, is insane
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Unfortunately the evidence that vaping is as bad as smoking is mostly from faulty studies, p-hacked studies, or misinformation. Which will ultimately blow up in the face of those trying to push it. The same way "Weed will make you jump out a window" just made kids blanket distrust all "weed is bad" messaging.
I'm not arguing for or against vaping, just stating that the negative health effects from vaping appear to be rather minor. In it's pure form its just nicotine and propylene glycol. Nicotine is well studied and similar to caffeine in harm (outside the addiction) and PG is used in medical inhalers (along with almost everything else, seriously its used in food and cosmetics everywhere).
> Society needs to decide vaping is as bad as smoking.
Why though?
> Currently it's still somewhat accepted to vape inside of public buildings. Which, IMHO, is insane
Well because second hand smoke is so obvious and real and second hand vape... I mean... I'm not convinced it even exists. I see the vapor for about 2 seconds then it's gone. I can sniff as hard as I want, I'm not smelling anything.
But smoking? Woof. I could tell someone smoked 2 hours ago from 10 feet away. My fingers used to smell like ash 24/7. Even walking past someone 20 feet away, outside, in the wind, you can clearly smell cigarette smoke.
So I don't think it is the same.