My reply to that is *always* "Better a smart ___ than a dumb___.
One other thing, right along with the observations about how stupid it is to claim something tastes like something no one has ever really tasted... these people who say that after vaping a while, the taste of a cigarette almost, or did, make them throw up. Seriously? When I smoked after 3.5 months smoke-free, I thought it tasted pretty much the same as it ever did -- like a cigarette. Which, now that I'm free of them (and had been for 3.5 months at the time!), really ain't that great, but they haven't changed or anything; I've just lost my appreciation of that taste; my tastebuds have come back to life (more or less) -- glory hallelujah!
And I find the smell of tobacco smoke pretty distasteful; it usually smells a lot like a trash fire with some fecal matter thrown in -- but every now and then, if I happen to smell one freshly-lit... it kinda smells good. Which scares me to death; I don't WANT to find that smell appealing in any way, shape, or form... but it is what it is: I smoked them for 39 yrs, and most of that time, I enjoyed them. If not for e-cigs, I'm absolutely certain I'd STILL be smoking them.
Andria