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hat vaping is at least 95 safer than smoking probably more like 99 and recommends that people who smoke switch to vaping if they cannot or will not quit smoking fact the same data that glantz used to determine vaping caused heart attacks actually shows that vapers were significantly less likely to have a heart attack fact there has not been one case of popcorn lung diagnosed in someone who vapes in fact the suspected chemical in popcorn lung diacetyl is found at much higher levels in cigarettes and popcorn lung has never been linked to smoking so it makes no sense that vaping would carry a risk of popcorn lung when smoking doesn t fact the teen vaping epidemic has been purposefully misrepresented after juul hit the market in 2015 teen vaping decreased from 16 in 2015 to 11 3 in 2016 according to cdc data in 2016 2017 the us surgeon general fda cdc truth initiative campaign for tobacco free kids and the media began issuing statements and articles about teen vaping informing teens who otherwise saw vaping as lame smoking cessation for old people that vaping was a teen trend that the devices were easily hidden from parents and teachers and that they came in kid friendly flavors suddenly teen vaping or at least teens giving vaping a try at least 1 time in the past 30 days skyrocketed but looking at the actual numbers just 5 8 of high school students were vaping daily and they were already smoking before vaping or may have been smoking if vaping wasn t an option fact there is zero evidence that vaping leads to teen smoking the anti vaping people use the same kind of science as was used in this heart attack study to prove a gateway they look at surveys and see how many teens who smoke also used vapor products at any time in their life they found that more teens who smoke had used or currently used vapor products so decided that meant vaping leads to smoking but they admit in the fine print that they cannot really determine if the vaping caused the smoking or if it was just that kids who are more likely to smoke were trying vaping first fact with this teen vaping epidemic raising fears of a gateway to increased youth smoking high school smoking rates have actually declined from 15 8 in 2011 when they first started tracking vaping rates to 8 1 in 2018 middle school smoking went from 4 3 to 1 8 smoking for 18 24 years old those who would have been teen vapers that became smokers as adults went from 15 5 in 2014 to 8 1 in 2018 youth vaping is clearly not leading to teen or young adults smoking fact nicotine is not a carcinogen nor is it considered the cause of other diseases related to smoking such as heart disease copd or stroke addiction isn t what causes those diseases either smoke inhalation is what is linked to those diseases nicotine gums lozenges and patches were approved by the fda because they were safer than smoking and had low probability of addiction without the smoke vapor products use the exact same nicotine as pharmaceutical nicotine products studies using 4 mg nicotine patches as treatments for parkinson s and ulcerative coalitis found that after 6 months of nicotine treatment patients were not addicted to nicotine away from smoking it appears nicotine is no more dangerous or addictive than caffeine fact most of the stories about vape pens exploding are actually batteries not in devices that are in pockets or purses with other metal objects that caused the batteries to overheat they weren t even in the device in spite of the alarming headlines other cases are caused by the consumer modifying their device in ways not intended by the manufacturer using old damaged batteries or using improper charging equipment fact there is no proven risk of seizures because of vaping just as with the heart attacks information was withheld such as the fact that many of the cases were patients with previous history of seizures the seizures didn t even happen close to the time the patient vaped or the patient was also using drugs additionally there were only 35 self reported cases ie unverified and not reported by scientists or doctors over nearly a decade with millions of people vaping in that decade an average of 3 9 seizures per year is actually lower than the average number of seizures reported by people who weren t even vaping fact the majority of ex smoking adult vapers use non tobacco flavors they report that sweet flavors make real cigarettes taste horrible and that keeps them from relapsing also for many the tobacco flavored vapor products just makes them crave the real thing claims that adults trying to quit smoking don t want fruit and candy flavors so vape companies must be targeting teens are hypocritical by completely ignoring the fact that the fda approved nicorette gums and lozenges they promote come in cinnamon fruit chill orange cherry and mint but don t come in tobacco or menthol flavors is nicorette targeting youth too i started vaping back in 2009 and was active on a vaping discussion forum minors weren t even aware of vaping back then or thought it was for douches and weren t even allowed in the forum i joined the forum because i had just purchased my first vapor product and it was tobacco flavored it was gross and tasted nothing like smoking so i was trying to find out if there were other flavors at the time most companies only sold tobacco or menthol flavors there were hundreds of threads on that forum of people trying to find or make all kinds of flavors thousands of requests for candy fruit beverage cereal and dessert flavors by adult vapers of an average age of mid thirties i am a first hand witness to the fact that the vaping industry didn t come up with flavors to entice and hook kids they came up with them because adult vapers wanted those flavors i m a 51 year old ex smoker who smoked non menthol cigarettes for 20 years and i use a flavor that s a blend of blueberry raspberry and dragon fruit my 71 year old aunt who smoked for 50 years uses the same flavor these are the facts about the so called science that s being used in the us to scare people who smoke away from switching to vaping and scare people who don t smoke or vape into supporting the horrible laws being passed against vaping like use bans flavor bans high taxes and even outright banning the sale in stores and online while leaving cigarettes to still be sold in just about every corner gas station convenience store big box store and grocery store please don t believe the lies millions of lives depend on it both now and in the future posted by kristin noll marsh at 10 57 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 8 comments monday august 8 2016 fda vapor regs analogy for non vapers don t get why the fda vapor product regulations are ridiculous let us give you a more relatable analogy imagine that some small upstart tech company developed a car that significantly reduces accidents and emissions and makes driving at least 95 safer for the public and cleaner for the environment except the government environmental groups and insurance companies claim that the remaining 5 risk is still too high and that teens might be lured into buying these cool looking colorful cars adults don t want cool cars of course and drive recklessly because they correctly perceive the car to be safer so they say these safer cleaner cars need to be regulated just like the existing dangerous gas guzzlers the new regulations require the small tech company to jump through new prohibitively expensive and complicated regulatory hoops that were supposed to reduce accidents and emissions not only do they have to prove they re safer and cleaner than existing cars they have to prove that their car will never cause an accident can t be misused to cause an accident can t be modified to increase emissions will never inspire someone to drive recklessly and won t cause someone to buy a different car that doesn t have the same safety and environmental features in the future even if they do manage to prove all of that and can scrape up the money to get approved the regulations also prohibit the company and car dealerships from allowing customers to test drive the car and forbid them from advertising or telling their customers that the car is safer than other cars and better for the environment on top of all of that the regulations don t apply to the existing car designs on the market because the law grandfathered in any car design that was on the market before 2007 allowing them to keep selling without hindrance of course if big auto wants to introduce a new design it can afford the millions of dollars it would cost to meet the requirements or it can just make a few tweaks and claim the new design is substantially equivalent to its pre 2007 design as long as they don t make their car safer or cleaner it s substantially equivalent therefore the new reduced risk and cleaner car won t be able to be sold and the far more dangerous gas guzzlers will be the consumers only option or the government and policy groups tell them they should just quit driving altogether and walk or bike everywhere since that s the safest and healthiest option to add insult to injury the governments that passed high taxes on the old cars to encourage the public to buy cleaner and safer cars are now applying the same onerous taxes to the cleaner and safer cars too that s exactly what the fda is doing to the vapor industry if you re a vaper the fight is not over go to http casaa org now posted by kristin noll marsh at 8 39 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 2 comments labels deeming fda regulations vaping saturday march 5 2016 but you re still addicted vapers are often told sure you quit smoking but you re still addicted what does that even mean i consume around 12 mg to 18 mg of nicotine per day as a vaper vapers may consume anywhere from 0 mg to 200 mg per day if i don t use my vapor device for a while i sometimes feel a bit anxious and maybe feel a little crabby nicotine is not a carcinogen but some studies say nicotine could raise the risk of cardiovascular disease lining up for a fix of their socially acceptable mood altering psychoactive drug but compare that to caffeine the average daily caffeine consumption from all sources by us adults is on average 178 mg per day if you include children under 18 the mean only goes down to 165 mg per day so kids are consuming a significant amount of caffeine as well some age groups consume 300 mg to 400 mg per day many health experts say that the safe level is around 300 mg per day people who eliminate caffeine from their diet can experience withdrawal symptoms such as headaches anxiety nausea and restlessness in many ways similar to the effects of nicotine withdrawal some studies have also linked caffeine to cardiovascular disease both caffeine and nicotine use are linked to improvements in mental alertness and concentration but nicotine is curiously known to also help with relaxation both chemicals have been linked to possibly helping in some way with brain diseases like parkinson s alzheimer s and ms nicotine has additionally been linked to aiding patients with ulcerative colitis both caffeine and nicotine occur naturally caffeine in coffee tea and cocoa and nicotine in eggplant green peppers tomatoes other vegetables and the tobacco plant notice which chemical is present in nutritious fresh whole foods and which must be heavily processed for human consumption both chemicals are stimulants both are a mood altering psychoactive drug both chemicals are natural insecticides both chemicals are toxins and can kill you if you consume too much one clear difference between nicotine and caffeine is that the effects of nicotine wear off far faster than the effects of caffeine so nicotine consumers take in more or less the same in milligrams but do it more frequently because of that a caffeine consumer can drink a big cup of coffee and be good for a few hours whereas a vaper may seem to have their device glued in their hand that gives the false impression that nicotine consumers are more dependent than caffeine consumers of course many caffeine users are never far from their morning cup off coffee then switching to their afternoon energy drink or caffeinated soda but no one really notices that so does it really make sense that vapers are treated as addicts and nicotine use is warned against while caffeine consumers are treated as normal and caffeine use is practically worshipped vapers aren t smoking they are just nicotine consumers and as i ve just shown that s not much different from being a caffeine consumer unless you never consume caffeine and also see caffeine consumers as addicts maybe consider checking your judgemental opinion of vapers are still addicts at the door posted by kristin noll marsh at 8 04 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 8 comments labels caffeine e cigarettes vaping tuesday september 29 2015 vape industry don t forget older smokers my 66 year old smoker aunt has watched nearly my entire family switch from smoking to vaping over the past 6 years she never showed any interest too much fuss she said so we never pushed it we even set up a smoking area on our screen porch for her when she moved in with us a few weeks ago enjoying her first cigalike inside a couple of weeks ago we were at walmart and i casually mentioned that a disposable cigalike being sold was the most realistic i d ever tried and to my surprise she bought one a week or so and 3 disposable ecigs later she mentioned she d like it if it could be recharged and refilled so i picked up a rechargeable cigalike with extra cartos for her when i was in walgreens yesterday my husband and i stopped in a vape shop for supplies and she came in with us she is now the proud owner of a new shiny red mod 100 her idea at the store she told me i m finding that i m using it the cigalike more often then smoking and i m really enjoying it i m only smoking in the morning so i may as well get something better buying her first mod this story folks is a perfect example of why we need to keep fighting for diversity in the marketplace without that first cigalike and unbiased guidance in a safe comfortable and reassuring environment she was unlikely to walk into a vape shop this can be extremely important for a smoker s journey from smoking to vaping on a side note this shop only had 2 straight tobacco flavors shop owners would be smart to have more than that for smokers it also shows a classic case of a typical dual user that the antz are wringing their hands over most dual users just haven t finished their journey to do so they need truthful information and gentle guidance not pressure to jump in over their head with advanced devices and low nicotine levels or to quit smoking right away and it makes an important point that many dual users are smokers who had zero interest in quitting yet they are now cutting down their ...