• @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Don’t strawman the argument to “vapes are worse than smoking” - vaping is actually dramatically less harmful than smoking. If you have a nicotine addiction it’s quite beneficial to switch to vaping.

    BUT both of them are quite harmful to you and vapes were popularized with candy-like flavors that attracted young adults in droves… and continuously use deceptive marketing to play down health effects. Tobacco is a product you shouldn’t use every day in any form, full stop.

    • @buzziebee@lemmy.world
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      111 year ago

      Yeah we need to find a way to get current smokers onto vapes if they can’t quit, but prevent any new people from gaining nicotine addictions.

      In terms of harm reduction they are wonderful! But they are more harmful than not inhaling any smoke or vapour.

    • @thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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      -11 year ago

      That’s disingenuous. Vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking. To say that the level of harm is anywhere close is a straight up lie.

      It’s also not a tobacco product. You wouldn’t call green tea a coffee product because coffee has caffeine in it. There are absolutely companies extracting nicotine from other sources or synthesizing it.

      • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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        71 year ago

        So vaping is +5% worse for your health than if you didn’t do it. If this were a food additive, people would rightfully be losing their minds.