I think it took 50+ years for public consensus to form around smoking (even if many people bought in sooner), and now vape culture has challenged that same cons

I think it took 50+ years for public consensus to form around smoking (even if many people bought in sooner), and now vape culture has challenged that same consensus by formally changing the subject of research. Meanwhile, challenges to the consensus around morbid obesity are skyrocketing to the top of thoughtful communities like HN as recently as last week. I’m personally skeptical on both fronts, but also don’t find myself drawn to either, so my skepticism isn’t practically meaningful. And especially since I’m not much effected, I can’t moralize over somebody else’s relationship to those beliefs or how they live in light of them. If they want to hope vaping is safe and obesity is misunderstood, or even if they’d just rather be a fat smoker and take statins, that’s kinda their thing to sort out. I can’t possibly expect myself to know their context better than they do.