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Anecdotally, I know people who started vaping without ever having touched cigarettes before.

• landcoctos 7y ago
  That's my point. Banning flavoring probably won't lead to as many using cigarettes.
  • kortilla 7y ago
    But it will lead to more using cigarettes. If it’s any more than the 20:1 safety difference then it’s still a net loss.
    • ilikehurdles 7y ago
      I'm confident there are significant numbers of people (read: kids) who would have never taken up cigarettes but took up vaping as the cool new way to get cancer.
      • DanBC 7y ago
        What cancer causing ingredients are there in vape liquids?
        • partialrecall 7y ago
          Possibly nicotine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/ >Tobacco use is considered the single most important man-made cause of cancer that can be avoided. The evidence that nicotine is involved in cancer development is reviewed and discussed in this paper. Both tobacco smoke and tobacco products for oral use contain a number of carcinogenic substances, such as polycyclic hydrocarbons and tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNA), which undoubtedly contribute to tobacco related cancer. Recent studies have shown that nicotine can affect several important steps in the development of cancer, and suggest that it may cause aggravation and recurrence of the disease. TSNA may be formed from nicotine in the body. The role of nicotine as the major addictive component of tobacco products may have distracted our attention from toxicological effects on cell growth, angiogenesis, and tumor malignancy. Effects on cancer disease are important aspects in the evaluation of possible long-term effects from sources of nicotine, such as e-cigarettes and products for nicotine replacement therapy, which both have a potential for life-long use.
      • robdachshund 7y ago
        The whole point of vaping is that it does not cause cancer
• DanBC 7y ago
  The English (maybe rest of UK too I dunno) approach is a voluntary code of practice for shops that sell vapes and juices to check that people have been smokers before selling to them. I think this is the right approach for the UK. I'm not sure it'll work in the US.
  • partialrecall 7y ago
    How does that work in practice? Honor system? Asking to see a receipt from a cigarette purchase?
    • DanBC 7y ago
      It's just an honour system.