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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by Gatsky on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:06PM (#21829451)
The investigation is ongoing, vitamin E is not confirmed as the causal agent.

Anyway, the problem is actually people inhaling random chemicals, a problem which vaping has gifted to us. There will be other cases of lung injury unrelated to vitamin E.

Frankly, even 1 more dead guy is too many, I support a total ban on vaping.

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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by tannedNerd on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:19PM (#21829597)
So I also assume you fully support prohibition of alcohol then? Since it kills 1,000s a year in the US?
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by Gatsky on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:54PM (#21829869)
This is a foolish argument. 1. Vaping is at the stage where it can be controlled, whereas alcohol is beyond that point. Public health is not best served by a logically coherent approach where every product is treated fairly. 2. Alcohol will not burn your lungs and kill you in a few days at recommended usage levels, whereas vaping random juice apparently will.
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by jrace on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:46PM (#21830270)
Drinking ISO alcohol will make you go blind. Drinking moonshine can kill you.
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by ta999999171 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:01PM (#21829928)
> Vaping is at the stage where it can be controlled

Strongly disagree, see: Prohibition

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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by sybarita on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:57PM (#21840131)
How do you suppose you would "control" vaping any more than you can control alcohol? Every idiot knows how to fill a vape cart now
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by gizmo686 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:51AM (#21832299)
No one is pro inhaling random chemicals. They are pro inhaling specific chemicals. The fact that there is contamination is a problem of quality control and regulation.
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:01PM (#21831941)
Smoking also Vaporizes whatever it is you are smoking. I doubt replacing Vaping with smoking is going to be a public health win. Regulating what is in the vape liquid probably would be though.
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