Real crisis but government reaction is bizarre

[LoveVanilla]

A good read,

The vaping crisis is real, but the government reaction to it bizarrely misses the point

All the vape bans really accomplish is to stoke more fear and stigma around yet another substance,” Matt Sutton, director of media relations for the Drug Policy Alliance, said in an emailed statement. “What we are seeing play out right now is a real-life drama of how various substances are criminalized without justified reasoning and reliable research to do so. Taking this approach, we fail to consider the harm that may result from its removal from the marketplace, such as people turning to the black market or more harmful substances.”

“Banning vapes will only stop legal vapes, with no known problems,”

There is a concerted campaign by public health officials, led by the FDA, the CDC, and the California Department of Public Health, trying to demonize vaping in general, even though there’s strong evidence that vaping, in general, is much safer than smoking, for all sorts of obvious reasons,”

... the current vaping panic is just that—a sort of moral panic that creates a demand for action, whether or not that action addresses the actual problem and whether or not that action leads to negative consequences.

“During this entire scare, teen vaping goes up and up and up, but teen smoking has gone down, down, down. There’s no public health crisis evident, but the anti-smoking crowd is trying to misinform the public, and they’ve succeeded. Polls now show over 50 percent believe vaping is as dangerous as smoking. They’ve succeeded in panicking the public and misinforming it about the advantage of vaping over smoking,” he argued.

 

[CarolT]

Actually, this is Tobacco Control's not so secret agenda, as proven by the CDC's actions. This is conspiracy, fraud and racketeering by government.

 

[Izan]

Actually, this is Tobacco Control's not so secret agenda, as proven by the CDC's actions. This is conspiracy, fraud and racketeering by government.

So... business as usual.

Sad and disappointing.

Cheers
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[Letitia]

but not surprising to any