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In reply to the discussion: CDC: Number of teens hooked on e-cigs might be greatly underestimated because many teens don't know [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)I still haven't seen that yet anywhere.
I read the whole article which was a waste of time. There is not one fact in it. It's a whole lot of hearsay by people who clearly know nothing about vaping. The main point of it...
So teen use might be under-reported because of a misnomer. You don't say! Well whoopeedoo!
So... what conclusion are we to draw from this... the inference is something like this... Instead of 10% as reported, it might even be 11%, or maybe even 12%! Who knows, it might be as high as 15%!!! OMG, and somebody got the CDC to actually say that the number could be higher than 10% because of the word choice! WOW!!!! And the harm to go along with that huge revelation was... crickets, not a peep about that. Talk about a puff piece!
I'll tell you what... even if the claims made were true, which I doubt but still wouldn't be a big deal, if kids are spending their money on the type of devices described in the article (which would be expensive for them considering the limited amount of nicotine and number of puffs they're getting), then that is money they will not be able to buy crack with, or something worse. And you know too, people can vape and drive just fine, so I'd be a little more worried about kids drinking and driving. All things considered, I think if kids' "get high dollars" are being diverted to ecigs, that is not such a bad thing really.
I want to see the Nannies properly regulate and tax guns before they come after yet another harmless substance of choice. Maybe if all that energy and money that goes into harassing smokers and now vapers went into gun control, it might get somewhere.
On the list of threats to life, ecigs, or vape pens, or hookahs, or whatever you want to call them, are way down the list of things to be concerned about.
Very frankly, I think it's pretty reprehensible to try to put fear into people about something that could very well save their life, or that of someone they know. The anti-eciggers' actions are not cost-free, you know. But there isn't much of a sense of responsibility about that, I notice.
It just might be, that other people do know what's best for them better than you do.
***Oh and, btw just a reminder that to date Big Tobacco has 1% of the vaping market.
(And about the use of the term "hooked on" in your headline, oh please! Get a grip! I want to see some credible case studies before I'll believe that is happening. I'm a heavy vaper, and my craving for an ecig is about the same as for a cup of coffee after a few hours. It's nothing like cigarettes.)