Your friends reactions to vaping

[Yorkshire_pudding]

The usual reaction is "What the Feck is that?" usually followed by "does it work for you?"
Many people think they don't really work but when i ask why its mainly due to them or people they know trying the cigalikes or the bottom end cheap starter kits and it not really stopping their urges for a cig.
I have had the odd comment like aren't they bad for you or the worse than smoking but most have just read or heard of the badly done tests and scare mongering and warm to the idea once i say i would rather believe the doctors and scientists that work independently rather than the results published my people who receive funding from tobacco in one form or another.

 

[DaveP]

Government is addicted to tobacco harm payments from the master tobacco settlement. Many states borrowed money based on future payments from tobacco companies and they've spent it. If tobacco payments drop based on sales of ecigs, then the states are in the hole for the funds. So, it's in their best interest to restrict or outlaw anything that boosts ecigs sales in their state.

Editorial: California hooked on tobacco taxes - The Orange County Register

Editorial: California hooked on tobacco taxes

"Welcome to California. America's nonsmoking section," stated an ad from the California Tobacco Control Program. Tobacco users have listened, and so many have quit the unhealthy habit that the state budget is getting sicker.

The biggest hit could come from the money California gets from the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement between the big tobacco companies and 46 states, including California. The deal called for $246 billion to be paid over 25 years.

An investigation published Monday by the journalists at California Watch found a big problem. "Rather than waiting for annual payments, the state and some local governments decided to borrow money against their anticipated future revenue. All told, they've issued $16 billion in bonds since 2001."

Like a teenager taking a first drag on a Marlboro, California inhaled deeply – and now is coughing. "In 2007, California issued $4.4 billion in tobacco bonds," California Watch said. "In order to pay back investors by 2047, it assumes that cigarette consumption will decline by about 1.8 percent per year, according to bond filings." The actual rate of decline has been more than 3 percent per year, according to numbers from the California Department of Public Health

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