National Park Service Bans The Use Of E-Cigarettes Anywhere Smoking Is Prohibited – Consumerist
Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere but I have one question for you all.
Why are we willingly allowing ourselves to be relegated to some dark, smelly, unhealthy corner with the smokers?
There have been no credible studies that show that there is any danger at all from second hand vapor.
NOT true with cigarette smoke. There is a massive amount of evidence that shows that second hand smoke is bad for us, up to and including causing cancer.
Why should we be forced to put our health in jeopardy because some ill-informed idiots see vaping and smoking as virtually the same thing?
They arent.
One is imminently more healthy than the other. Both anecdotal evidence from this very forum and peer reviewed research studies show this rather conclusively.
So does basic math. A handful of chemicals in vaping has to better for us than over 4000 from smoking....especially when 69 of the chemicals found in cigarette smoke are known carcinogens.
Even an idiot should be able to see the simple truth of this statement.
CASAA and this forum have been strong advocates for vaping as harm reduction versus more traditional methods of tobacco usage and nicotine delivery.
How much of that harm reduction is negated by breathing in the nasty cigarette smoke that most of us had sense enough to walk away from?
After being completely cigarette free for almost 3 years now, the stench of cigarettes makes me nauseous and steals my breath away. I am sure I am not alone in this as well. Not by a long shot.
If they want to enforce no vaping in state parks or other areas then they need to provide areas for vapers that are separate from smokers.
As vapers we need to fight to separate and distance ourselves from smokers or we share the same fate!
We arent the same...but if we allow ourselves to be treated the same then ultimately we have no one else to blame but ourselves.
End rant.
Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere but I have one question for you all.
Why are we willingly allowing ourselves to be relegated to some dark, smelly, unhealthy corner with the smokers?
There have been no credible studies that show that there is any danger at all from second hand vapor.
NOT true with cigarette smoke. There is a massive amount of evidence that shows that second hand smoke is bad for us, up to and including causing cancer.
Why should we be forced to put our health in jeopardy because some ill-informed idiots see vaping and smoking as virtually the same thing?
They arent.
One is imminently more healthy than the other. Both anecdotal evidence from this very forum and peer reviewed research studies show this rather conclusively.
So does basic math. A handful of chemicals in vaping has to better for us than over 4000 from smoking....especially when 69 of the chemicals found in cigarette smoke are known carcinogens.
Even an idiot should be able to see the simple truth of this statement.
CASAA and this forum have been strong advocates for vaping as harm reduction versus more traditional methods of tobacco usage and nicotine delivery.
How much of that harm reduction is negated by breathing in the nasty cigarette smoke that most of us had sense enough to walk away from?
After being completely cigarette free for almost 3 years now, the stench of cigarettes makes me nauseous and steals my breath away. I am sure I am not alone in this as well. Not by a long shot.
If they want to enforce no vaping in state parks or other areas then they need to provide areas for vapers that are separate from smokers.
As vapers we need to fight to separate and distance ourselves from smokers or we share the same fate!
We arent the same...but if we allow ourselves to be treated the same then ultimately we have no one else to blame but ourselves.
End rant.
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