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What's any of this got to do with not liking vaping?
All research shows vaping to be essentially harmless, especially compared with cigarettes. But governments and private interests are pushing to get it banned, taxed, and are otherwise attacking it. All because it "harms children".
At its most basic it's water vapour. You know the one thing you're not supposed to get in your lungs... water. And you can't exactly trust what certain research shows, it's too early in the lifespan of vaping to truly know it's ramifications. Cigarettes used to have research having then saying they were good for you.
At the end of the day though, what's the fucking point of vaping other than to be another addictive substance for those on the bottom to be beholden to, like an addict tax keeping their take home income as low as possible. It's just not something the world needs, so why defend it? Have you got the addict equivalent of buyers bias or something?
Edit: okay I'll concede on the water vapour thing. Still don't want chemicals in my lungs past that though.
Also to say something else on vapes... I'm fine with it being a stepping stone to get people off cigarettes. The only issue with that is that it's much more accessible to puff on a vape at any point in the day (as long as it has charge) too the point where someone might actually end up using it way more and at a more concentrated level than what they'd do with cigarettes. It's not great.
They are either working for a vape company or so hopelessly addicted they can't admit negatives.