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> The dream scenario, IMO, is that we regulate out the worst of the harmful properties, rather than trying to get rid of them entirely (which I think is the dre
by walthamstow 9mo ago
> The dream scenario, IMO, is that we regulate out the worst of the harmful properties, rather than trying to get rid of them entirely (which I think is the dream scenario with cigarettes).
Isn't that basically vapes? A nicotine delivery mechanism without the most harmful properties, created by regulation on tobacco.
The thing with tobacco is it doesn't really have any benefit. It isn't a social lubricant like alcohol and doesn't have medical use like opiates. Old World societies managed fine before tobacco.
- deaux 9mo ago> It isn't a social lubricant like alcohol It is, and I'm not a smoker. Ironically mainly because of the indoor smoking bans.
- walthamstow 9mo agoSounds like the sociability comes from making people stand in an enclosed space together, usually outside a pub, rather than smoking tobacco.
- deaux 9mo agoYup, though outside the workplace is usually the bigger one - might depend on the country. It's just not going to happen without tobacco though.
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- walthamstow 9mo agoYou can achieve the same by pulling the fire alarm and making everyone stand outside.
- KempyKolibri 9mo agoFair point! I’m not that woke on the relative health impacts of vaping but agree that the positive impact of vaping is not akin to that of actual food, no matter how processed.