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(4,625 posts)Ask anyone who has made the switch, and they will tell you how much better they feel. You see post after post after post of that here on DU. We may not have the specifics, but it's well-proven just by common sense and usage reports that it is way safer (just like it was common sense that inhaling SMOKE that left you coughing constantly and congested and smelling bad and nauseous wasn't going to be good for you).
Given that, what you should care about is getting people off of TOBACCO, which, for SURE, KILLS A HALF MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR in the US. And vaping does just that- it keeps people from smoking tobacco.
Now, teenagers need to be educated about nicotine's addictiveness and the fact that inhaling anything into your lungs isn't going to be harmless. If you can avoid getting addicted to it in the first place, that's most definitely the way to go. But, it's not nicotine that kills people. It's tobacco. If you don't like the idea of your child vaping, imagine if he was smoking cigarettes (which, of course, historically teenagers have certainly done at times).