Oh fda and politicians, I think about the children every day...I have 2, an older teen and a younger son...the younger has spent more years knowing mom as a vaper, yeah with him he doesn't remember the lingering cig odor on mom like my older one even though I smoked outside....I'm sure that aspect was a bit embarrassing for him, I know it was. Older is well aware harm reduction stuff, don't think youngest gets it, nor should he really, he doesnt remember the cig days. I think about them -never meeting my uncle, estranged yes but things could have changed maybe, commit suicide after suffering with pain increasing from lung cancer....I thought of a lot with My oldest, see he needed a sitter for mom and dad to clean up a nasty mess left that cleaning crew didn't take care of. I thought a lot about my kids as my mother was recently biopsied for lung cancer herself, how to break it to them gently if ....luckily not. I told the children's hospital I no longer smoke, I vape when youngest had severe gi virus and had to go because dehydration, they ask if you smoke, when Dr said ejuice dangers potential, told doc about my lock box away from kids and cats ..I also keep many cleaners out of access too, and yeah, when I get in crafty homemade soap making mode, I do in winter outside, when kids at school....lye is quite nasty stuff... My older son, well we have good discussions on vaping, who, what, why, and how, where get money and stuffs, do parents know or not...also cigs(hey, i got an" in "at local store, an older bro who is good informant even though I don't ask, he tends to keep me in the loop anyway since he likes to talk), same with alcohol and alcohol poisoning, yeah we discuss this a lot, some older buds in college now and enough of the parent "endorsed/approved" parties around as is. Personally, I find the drinking a lot scarier - that's just my opinion only here from stories I've heard, crazier than when I was young(!) I'm a parent, I do think of my children and their friends OFTEN, parental responsibility weighs on my mind more than I ever imagined it would before I had kids, even with medications for allergies, asthma, and Adhd(black box warnings)...I won't go back to smoking, I am too far past the desire to, and hope to drop to 1 mg then 0mg maybe if forced, and keeping my mom going as long as she chooses, but preventing this effective cessation product for the children's' sake....this deeming does more than that, it destroys this industry and the potential to get more off cigs... and yeah, some of his friends do illegal stuffs already...I don't see a resulting black market stopping them honestly, some it'll just fuel their "bad a##" reps more....great(sarcasm!)-seriously some seem to thrive on the b.a. rep and the benefits they get from it...
The more I mull it over, the more frustrated, angry, etc I get...makes no sense, it's about money...sorry had to rant with all the children talk and being a parent...both of my boys were influences to quit cigs(and the fact I was getting sick of the toll It was taking on me ), vaping as harm reduction has been most effective for me-I tried gum, I tried patches, cold turkey when pregnant -yes That too, their grandmother, some baseball team parents/friends, and my co-workers....so I think of the kiddos frequently, I think of parents who currently smoke breaking the cig cycle someday successfully, I think of parenting and responsibility- being aware and involved, I think of teaching people with kids(and even pets, well since job related for me) how to use safety and sense....
