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> E-cigarettes, since their introduction, haven't improved public health - they've worsened it. [citation needed]

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  https://www.voanews.com/science-health/us-youth-smoking-decline-stalls-and-vaping-may-be-blame https://www.voanews.com/science-health/us-youth-smoking-decl... > For decades, the percentage of high school and middle school students who smoked cigarettes had been declining. For the past three years, it has flattened, according to new numbers released Monday. There may be several reasons, but a recent boom in vaping is the most likely explanation, said Brian King of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • refurb 7y ago
    That source says nothing about public health. Your assumption is vaping = worse public health.
    • ceejayoz 7y ago
      No, my assumption is "interrupting the decline in smoking = worse public health".
      • refurb 7y ago
        Vaping isn’t smoking.
        • ceejayoz 7y ago
          Didn’t say it was. Read the quote I cited again.