How about a 'Why vaping is bad' recap:
It's bad for BT because they're way behind the curve on the technology, they're losing cigarette sales, and they're losing revenue;
It's bad for BP because fewer people are using their products to quit smoking, and eventually fewer people will be using their products to reduce pain and suffering before death. They're losing revenue;
It's bad for state governments because they have invested a lot money essentially gambling that people will always keep smoking. People are quitting smoking and their losing revenue;
It's bad for the federal government because of the reasons stated above. No happy campers among their benevolent benefactors means their losing revenue;
It's bad for public health officials because they get their marching orders and paychecks from state and federal entities who tell them it's bad.
They don't want to lose their paychecks;
It's bad for the ANTZ for all of the reasons above, plus the fact that they just plain don't like it and don't want anybody to do it;
It's bad for research scientists because they're having a hard time finding anything wrong with it even though they're being paid to do just that;
It's bad for the media because one or more of the above groups have told them it's bad and if they report otherwise they'll be out of a job;
It's bad for bystanders and children because that's what the folks in the above groups say, and how dare you presume to contradict them;
It's bad for the planet because...well it's a stretch but I'm pretty sure we'll hear it soon;
It's bad for the people engaged in the activity because it just might possibly, maybe, hypothetically, somewhere in the future, be more dangerous than just living without it;
Seems to me the only people left off the list are the ones who have dramatically reduced or completely quit smoking by way of a switch to vaping.
Apparently we don't count.
Respectfully,
Mark
It's bad for BT because they're way behind the curve on the technology, they're losing cigarette sales, and they're losing revenue;
It's bad for BP because fewer people are using their products to quit smoking, and eventually fewer people will be using their products to reduce pain and suffering before death. They're losing revenue;
It's bad for state governments because they have invested a lot money essentially gambling that people will always keep smoking. People are quitting smoking and their losing revenue;
It's bad for the federal government because of the reasons stated above. No happy campers among their benevolent benefactors means their losing revenue;
It's bad for public health officials because they get their marching orders and paychecks from state and federal entities who tell them it's bad.
They don't want to lose their paychecks;
It's bad for the ANTZ for all of the reasons above, plus the fact that they just plain don't like it and don't want anybody to do it;
It's bad for research scientists because they're having a hard time finding anything wrong with it even though they're being paid to do just that;
It's bad for the media because one or more of the above groups have told them it's bad and if they report otherwise they'll be out of a job;
It's bad for bystanders and children because that's what the folks in the above groups say, and how dare you presume to contradict them;
It's bad for the planet because...well it's a stretch but I'm pretty sure we'll hear it soon;
It's bad for the people engaged in the activity because it just might possibly, maybe, hypothetically, somewhere in the future, be more dangerous than just living without it;
Seems to me the only people left off the list are the ones who have dramatically reduced or completely quit smoking by way of a switch to vaping.
Apparently we don't count.
Respectfully,
Mark
