CDC Confirms a THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is Culprit in Most Vaping Deaths

Re:CDC Confirms a THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is Culpri... by bsder on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:17AM (#21850479)

> The RoI is absolutely insane - even if 10k people switch to a well researched alternative to tobacco and avoid serious health implications

The problem is that vaping is converting non-smokers into vapers. That's a really BAD ROI.

Estimates are now as high as 25% of high schoolers vape and has snagged more women than cigarettes would have. That's undone 20+ years of anti-smoking efforts. So, yeah, public health officials are really pissed off.

Yes, vaping is a good replacement for smoking. It's not a good replacement for not smoking, however.

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Re:CDC Confirms a THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is Culpri... by quotemstr on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:28AM (#21850514)

Tobacco isn't harmful because it contains nicotine. There's evidence that nicotine is good for you: it improves concentration [1] and reduces BMI [2]. Vaping gives people nicotine without the harmful substances in burning tobacco. Why should we bucket vaping with smoking? Hell, given the state of public health generally, maybe we should be encouraging people to vape.

[1] https://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20021023/harnes... [2] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/06/why-smokers-are-skin...

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Re:CDC Confirms a THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is Culpri... by washadjeffmad on Saturday December 21, 2019 @07:33AM (#21850956)

It looks like people are disagreeing with you without providing any rebuttal. Classy.

I agree that the "nicbacco" mindset is fallacious and not well-reasoned, but also that while vaping is significantly better than smoking, it's not better than not vaping.

For adults who want to derive the benefits historically gained through tobacco use without incurring the full extent of the damages, certain types of vaping aren't a poor method.

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