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Originally Posted by Judecat
And as far as I've heard there's no danger from secondhand steam.
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My big concern with statements like this is that last I checked the only companies that had tested those claims were the manufacturers. Given Big Tobacco spent literal decades claiming their product was safe for everyone despite all of their own evidence to the contrary I refuse to be anywhere near people vaping just like I stand far away from smokers.
I try not to stand in the path of car exhaust either. If the Surgeon General came out and said "Hey yeah we have tested this independently and it's perfectly safe" that would be different. I don't trust the people who profit to be upfront on if something is harmful or not.
Telecom_goddess - Yeah I spent a year working in a restaurant with people that were fresh out of high school or in high school and yeah kids who'd never been smokers were taking up vaping.
These are kids being told it's a totally safe passtime.
When I was younger it was often pushed that "well it's not the nicotine it's the chemicals here smoke these chemical free cigars they're better for you"
While Nicotine in much smaller concentrations might provide health benefits and should be use for such if they do it doesn't negate the fact we as a society tend to indulge in nicotine at toxic levels.