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Re:San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigare... by munk-a on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:19PM (#20280264)
Can I devil's devil's advocate - various players in the tobacco industry carried out a long PR campaign trying to downplay the health effects of smoking after being internally aware of them so... maybe let's wait to see if this new way to inhale tobacco is safe before accepting the word of tobacco industry participants again?

This is going by the old "Fool me once shame on you, falsely convince me that tobacco products pose no health risks twice shame on me" - I think that's how that quote goes.

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Re:San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigare... by oarabbus_ on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @08:43PM (#20280840)
Combustion of tobacco produces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) which are heavily carcinogenic. Vaporization of nicotine does NOT produce these compounds.

I'm not claiming e-cigs are _good_ for you, but greater harm than, say, soda and junk food, has not been proven.

The UK government claims they are 95% less harmful than cigarettes: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/vaping-quit-smokin...

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