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'Quitting' seems like an arbitrarily high bar to set. Bob is a 20-a-day smoker. Bob takes up e-cigarettes and subsequently ceases smoking other than the odd on
by stegosaurus 11y ago
'Quitting' seems like an arbitrarily high bar to set.
Bob is a 20-a-day smoker.
Bob takes up e-cigarettes and subsequently ceases smoking other than the odd one here and there (social events, ran out of e-liquid, etc).
If e-cigarettes are healthier than conventional equivalents, then that alone seems like a huge improvement to me.
Replace all instances of 'conventional cigarette' with 'chocolate bar', and 'e-cigarette' with 'apple'. Perhaps eating apples doesn't result in quitting chocolate, but if it reduces consumption, that's great!
- Shivetya 11y agoWhile the health issues are unresolved at this time many insurance policies consider them the same as smoking with regards to penalties and such. the only solution to smoking is to quit Thank you for the down votes, smoking is not equivalent to abstinence
- sneak 11y ago> the only solution to smoking is to quit That's like saying the only solution to teen pregnancy is total abstinence. We already know how that one works out.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoIt's clear the above poster's argument regarded insurance. Call e-cigs a metaphorical condom or whatever but you aren't paying premiums for your risk of becoming pregnant just because you have sex.
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- collyw 11y agoNon smokers get lung cancer too.
- Brakenshire 11y agoDon't quote me on it, but I recall reading that the health effects don't scale linearly. Going from smoking 100 cigarettes a week to smoking 3 doesn't necessarily reduce the health impacts by 97%.
- collyw 11y agoprobably because of all the diesel fumes we are breathing in
- wdmeldon 11y agoThat describes me perfectly. Went from about 20-a-day down to maybe 4 thanks entirely to vaping.