I used to be a very heavy smoker. I tried my first ecig and never had another tobacco cigarette. Over the years I cut down the nicotine percentage to zero. I've been at zero nic since 2011.
And yet because a few people got fucked up by some illegal vapes they want to ban the shit out of something that is actually helping people.
Just out of curiosity, how exactly are vaping devices
helping people?
It helps them get their nicotine fix without having to smoke or chew.
They're
expensive nicotine delivery devices
designed to keep people's addiction going, they also are known to contain other potentially harmful chemicals which can cause conditions like
popcorn lung and
angina (and who knows what else since research is scant) not to mention the "vape" is an
aerosol which potentially has a whole host of negative long term effects.
Their advantage over tobacco is that they don't contain the tar or as many potentially harmful chemicals and they don't smell as bad.
I don't think they're "helping" many people, I think they're just an alternative delivery device that keeps the
money rolling in for the tobacco industry (which owns most of the vaping companies) for one of the most addictive substances known to man and as a BONUS for the industry it's proven super easy to sell to KIDS.
IMHO the best HELP for people that just can't quit cold turkey are other nicotine replacement alternatives (i.e. patches) that are much safer.