Why The CDC Has It Wrong About The Rise In Teen Vaping

[Hydroscopic]

I'm not an advocate of teen vaping. However, I do like the fact that she called the CDC out in this article.

Author even replied about addiction in the comments.

Why The CDC Has It Wrong About The Rise In Teen Vaping via Forbes.

 

[Jman8]

Likely, most teen vapers are former smokers who switched to e-cigarettes to help them quit or cut back on the real things. A smaller number of teens who would have otherwise begun to smoke were probably re-directed into vaping.

This from the article.

This doesn't compute with me. I don't think teens are making such decisions, and if they are, then they are really far more mature than they are given credit for. I'm thinking it is a matter of preference, and they are experimenting with both, likely, but choosing vaping as it has a) more flavor options, b) more of a trendy/hip factor and c) less of a social stigma (currently).

This notion of smoking as something that the only rational adult choice is cessation is between mental disorder and cult. The 'good' news is that once minors turn 18, they get free admission into the cult.

 

[Oliver]

Just to add one more thing (which is kinda implicit in what you said) - the possibility that e-cigarettes themselves have caused smoked cigarettes to lose appeal: been somehow "debranded" and now seem pointless to adolescents.

This is the interpretation Prof Dautzenberg chose to give after reviewing the Parisian adolescent smoking behaviour data from 2010-2014.