The marketing of e cigs needs to be regulated just as cigarettes are.

[DirkGently]

89. Not marketed to children, no. But not regulated "just as cigarettes are."

I think this is a straw argument to begin with. The debates I have seen focus on people incorrectly equating e-cigarettes with tobacco out of what often appears to be a craven need to punish tobacco users who are "getting away with it. Alongside of that, a false argument is constructed that "flavors" in e-cig vapor are a lure to children, because ... apparently adults do not enjoy flavors ... ? or something. The debate has been about whether e-cigs should be "banned" the way smoking is, even though it is not remotely the same thing.

The list of deadly chemicals is baloney. There has been no finding that things like Toulene and Formaldehyde are commonly found in the "juice." It's generally nicotine and food flavoring in propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin. The most you could possibly say in that regard is that ingredients should be listed and toxins other than nicotine forbidden. Which is not, by the way, something done with cigarettes, which contain all kinds of things we basically don't regulate.

The only parallel between smoking and "e-cigarettes" is nicotine. Nicotine is addictive and should not be sold to children.

That's it. It's not kinda like smoking. Not pretty much like smoking. Not an insidious way to soften the carefully constructed social stigma against smoking. It's a different thing. It may have dangers, but there is no indication those dangers will come close to the dangers of tobacco use. And it's helping people with an incredibly harmful habit quit.