"A lot of people still think e-cigarettes are not harmful. But studies show that nicotine is, pound for pound, as addictive as heroin." @Surgeon_General Jerome Adams at #CADCAForum Meet and Greetpic.twitter.com/1NhxnXNdll
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You say, "I don’t think it’s a good idea to compare harm." In that same vein, is it then fair to compare the addictiveness of different things? Where do we draw the line?
Fair question. I don’t think it furthers the conversation to suggest to someone their suffering is less than someone else’s. I do think that with kids telling us they think e cigs are just water vapor, it helps to give them a “dependence potential” frame of reference.
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Agree. Providing facts so that kids and parents can make educated decisions. Knowing the facts helps us speak both to our kids and to a sister who still smokes (but think vaping is not healthier). We need to get out the facts, as ALL (kids and adults) respond to facts not fear
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Understood, but how many actually believe it's water vapor and not habit forming. They know it's like smoking and they aren't dumb. I remember ads from 4 years ago that played on the radio giving away e-cig kits claiming they only produced water vapor. They played during rush...
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hour so that many adults could hear them and, if they were picking up kids from daycare, they would have heard the ads too. I'm fairly sure that's where this false information got started.
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