25:30 mark, this just pisses me off.....
That's not exactly true, Mike. Dr. Farsalinos, and Dr. Hajek have performed and published a fair amount of study results.
It really depends on one's perspective. From the top-down (tobacco being at the top), I think we've seen a lot of clear & positive results. As you've said many times, smokers-to-vapers are winning big (unarguable, as even Stanton Glantz admits).
From a bottom-up perspective ("Nothing" being the bottom), I'd agree with you (little-to-no published results). I understand that's your path, and I get it (to a certain extent). Simply from my perspective though, and as I've said many times, if that was my own personal target, I'd quit. The reality is that nothing will equal "Nothing", and we already know that.
The only remaining question that people could possibly have is where vaping sits on an inline scale. If zero is Nothing, and 10 is Tobacco, current opinion is that vape sits somewhere in the area of .5 (one-half). I'm thinking that it sits somewhere between .1 (one-tenth) and 3, based on nothing but studies I've read, combined with my body's reaction through six years of doing this thing we do. I'm OK with that, while I understand that others are not.
There's also some correlation to what we're seeing with coffee now, where they've raised concerns about the (relatively tiny) amount of acrylamide that can exist. They're also throwing our old friend diacetyl into the mix, by the way, which is cracking me up all over again.
On both issues my feeling is the same. If it's perfection we seek, it is already in our power to grasp. Stop doing the thing that they/we believe contains the elements of harm/danger/etc..
My decision was made years ago. I will continue to vape, and I will continue to drink coffee.
Even if I
could live forever, I highly doubt that would be a personal goal. Based on my experiences to date, the thought of aging endlessly is not an attractive one (to me).
Good gawd, somebody shut me up.
Happy Saturday, all.
~ B. Labbermouth
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