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Listen to the money. When an industry spends billions on persuading the public of some "truth" the opposite is true. Same with cigarettes and cancer. Same with
by unabst 6y ago
Listen to the money. When an industry spends billions on persuading the public of some "truth" the opposite is true. Same with cigarettes and cancer. Same with lawsuits that end with massive settlements and no admission of guilt.
What I don't get is vaping. Wasn't the cause traced down to THC/CBD additives that weren't even sold by the major brands? They seemed to fold too fast for something that arguably was not their product. I must be missing something.
- alexilliamson 6y agoYou're right, the folks that died from vaping were buying weed cartridges. But I feel like the thrust of the policy discussion was that kids were vaping too much. In discussions like that, when politicians keep saying "kids are getting addicted; people are dying", it is nearly impossible for a voice of reason to interject and remind everyone that the people dying weren't dying from flavored juul pods.
- Fnoord 6y ago> What I don't get is vaping. Wasn't the cause traced down to THC/CBD additives that weren't even sold by the major brands? They seemed to fold too fast for something that arguably was not their product. I must be missing something. We don't know the long-term effect of vaping because 1) its a recent hype 2) its difficult to clinically trace vapers and get meaningful statistics. We do know that vaping is more healthy than smoking, regarding carcinogens / cancer. When I went to a store which sells magazines, tobacco, etc the other day (has an embedded post office) they had a lot of commercials for vaping. I know tobacco commercials are illegal here, so I'm not so sure about this. I guess its good business for them.