Subj : Re: Smoking
To   : Cougar428
From : Retroswim
Date : Tue Aug 05 2025 07:09:16

 C> It's strange what people do to justify smoking or 'vaping'. As I
 C> stated in the message originally, I'm no one to talk as I smoked
 C> cigarettes until I was 27 years old. I knew it was bad at the time I
 C> was doing it and could find countless ways to justify it. Also the
 C> government did regulate cigarettes at the time, so yeah that didn't
 C> actually do anything to mitigate the problems.

It isnt about justifying it.IMO, people do what they want, you and I included. Neither of us ought to have to justify what we do to our own bodies.

The issue is that half-truths and misinformation affect discourse and policy. I just felt like putting the information out there.

As for regulation, the two are difficult to compare. The carcinogenic inhalants from.tobacco burning are not added, they are created by virtue of, well, burning. The process of vaporising these liquids only mobilises the liquid as a vapor, there is no chemical reaction taking place.

And you're right in saying that directly inhaling the vapor from a device is quantitatively different to being around theatrical fog, however one would expect that occupational exposure to the stuff (say, actors and stage hands) would have exposed any issues by now.

Not a conclusive observation by any means, but a.more useful one than a bare assertion like "I believe X is bad." We can investigate to prove/disprove the former.

Cheers,
RetroSwim

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