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(53,925 posts)and then only after more effective smoking cessation methods had been tried and failed.
but if anyone vapes who wouldn't have ever started on the path to nicotine addition, that's a tragedy and a failure of public policy.
any smoker who opts for vaping instead of a more effective cessation method, that's a tragedy and a failure of public policy, again, unless the other methods have been tried and failed.
the free marketing of vaping to a whole new generation of kids is horrendous public policy. people have been appropriately bombarded with messages that smoking is deadly and no one thinks it's cool. then suddenly this new unhealthy thing comes along and it's being marketed with many of the same lies our parents and grandparents grew up hearing about cigarettes.
is it safer than cigarettes? that may be true.
can it ween you off of cigarettes? that may be true (though some studies suggest it's actually pretty useless in that regard).
but in any event, this is only relevant *if* you're already addicted to cigarettes.
for everyone else who hears about vaping, the message should be don't try it, don't start, it's seriously addictive and seriously unhealthy *and could lead to smoking cigarettes*.