Daily Journal: Trump can save lives by rethinking vaping regulations

[LoveVanilla]

Trump can save lives by rethinking vaping regulations

With vaping conclusively proven to be 95 percent less harmful than smoking and twice as effective as any other nicotine replacement products, it is hardly surprising that millions of Americans care deeply about being denied the products saving their lives.

According to the most comprehensive peer-reviewed research on the subject, nearly 7 million lives would be saved if a majority of smokers quit smoking through the use of e-cigarettes over the next 10 years. As such, efforts by the federal government to reduce access to these life-saving products undermine public health and will doubtlessly cause more people to smoke combustible tobacco. And worse, ill-advised regulations will cause millions to take up illegal bootleg products responsible for scores of illnesses.

But ex-smokers have had to deal with wave after wave of wildly inaccurate moral panics breathlessly spread by assorted special interest groups. “Public health” groups have irresponsibly blamed vaping for a recent, tragic outbreak of lung illnesses.

Good article with one exception. Sanders is not anti-vape (as some are choosing to paint him). And vapers are better served when all candidates are supportive. We need to educate Sanders on tobacco harm reduction.

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Well I agree with you that it's a pretty good article. I also agree that all of the suits need to be more educated on the whole thing. IMO, the only reason that the current POTUS got involved in this vaping thing is because one or more of his minions said or suggested that it could effect his votes.

 

[Dougiestyle]

But but... The revenue from the tobacco settlement!! Dern smokers gotta keep smoking so we can generate sin tax and BT dollars! How else will the ....... states recover from the future bond sales (Ponzi scheme), otherwise?? Forget about the economic savings from reduced occurrence of smoking-relates illness. Psh.