<QUOTE>I didn't realize people were only allowed to vape if they were addicted to nicotine. I guess the whole hand-to-mouth thing (or the benefits of nicotine for people like me who have neurological disorders) doesn't count for anything? </QUOTE>
Only stupid kids who think this is cool, but aren't addicted to nicotine, should stay away from ecigs.
So basically anyone that is just like every current smoker and former smoker turned vapor, who was at some point in their life or maybe still is - a stupid kid (or kid at heart)?
I have to disagree with you. People are going to do what they are going to do, that's human nature, if they don't start vaping, they just might start smoking or using chew. We were all stupid kids once, and if vaping
had been around when most smokers started smoking, more of us would be (around) now.
You jumped on the OP simply because (in your opinion) he/she wasn't addicted to nicotine, without even knowing if he/she was a "stupid kid" (like the rest of us were/are), or a former smoker like most of the rest of us. You didn't know how much or how little the OP once smoked, or whether they may have a hand-to-mouth addiction, or were using nicotine for a nervous disorder (maybe not recommended, but still, people are going to do what people are going to do).
I personally wouldn't even go so far as to say that someone who only smokes a 1/4 PAD, doesn't light up within the first half hour of being awake, etc. is necessarily not addicted to nicotine. Not all addictions are created equally. Some might not have as strong of addictions as others. IMO, better for someone to vape daily and increase their overall nicotine intake, than to smoke a 1/2 pack once a week when drinking or hanging out with smokers.
If someone is going to experiment with nicotine, as so many do, better to start with ecigs than any other tobacco product, IMO. Unless you tow the line of the FDA (and others) that ecigs will lead to analogs. But, I just don't see someone vaping and wishing that their experience was limited to two flavors (ashtray and ashtray+menthol) and made their hair and clothing smell like they work at a trash incineration plant.
Let's face it, vaping is the new smoking. In a perfect world, only smokers and nicotine addicts would vape, and no one would start a nicotine addiction with vaping. In a perfect world, the youth of today would be smart enough to learn from the mistakes of the previous generation, without having to make those mistakes for themselves, unlike every generation that came before them.