It's purely political - you can smoke all the pot you want in California, but vaping tobacco is off limits. Sure any regular use of nicotine is not good for you

It's purely political - you can smoke all the pot you want in California, but vaping tobacco is off limits. Sure any regular use of nicotine is not good for you, but it doesn't make you an unsafe driver, impair you to the point of making bad decisions, start fires or affect strangers (provided that there are vape free restaurants, workspaces and so on). Objectively alcohol causes more harm than either tobacco, pot or guns, but no constituency in US is demanding restrictions so here goes. Middle East is a different matter. In general, I don't want any of these things to be banned, and they have positives as well as negatives. For example, alcohol is a social lubricant that promotes social connection and cooperation that would not have happened before. But especially FDA targeting tobacco users while turning blind eye to a million other unhealthy/socially disruptive things is a clear sign that their decisions are motivated by whoever is in charge of FDA at the moment rather than any imparcial signs. So if anyone is wondering why so many people don't trust what they have to say about masks or vaccines - here you go.