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Flavored vape bans led to increase in teen smoking (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Of course not, cigarettes are nasty. But what I would like to understand is: are kids vaping way more nicotine now and getting every more addicted? You don't get addicted to cigarettes per se, but to nicotine.

And flavoured cigarettes were banned in many places and helped stop some young people from starting to smoke.

[–] r0ertel 2 points 5 months ago

I remember the flavor ban and thought to myself that it was going to be good to do so that it would not be as attractive to kids. The article is implying that the flavor ban did not stop kids from vaping. In fact, the ban corresponded with a slight increase in kids vaping, which does not make sense to me.

Of course, correlation does not mean causation and the two facts may not be directly related. Maybe kids heard all the talk of the ban and that served as advertising to get them to start. More studies are needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I read a study that cigarettes also contain MAOIs. The MAOI dramatically increase the dopamine response from nicotine based on "desire".

This could influence the perceived potency vs the measured potency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Gotta look into that.