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In reply to the discussion: pilot study on nicotine residues in houses of electronic cigarette users, tobacco smokers, and non s [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I'd rather treat a vapor(er), okay? Statistically, cigarette smoking leads to lung AND cardiovascular disease SIGNIFICANTLY. Either one or both of those things severely reduces the quality of lifespan for anyone diagnosed with them. If you could not walk further than 100 yards without your blood vessels suffering downstream to your limbs, or because you had exertion-related shortness of breath, you are not having a quality of living commensurate with enjoying yourself with a son/daughter/grandchild. I see this EVERY DAY. Then, there's the pharmaceutical remedies.
But, I'm guessing that one habit would also follow the other. IOW, there would already be a history of cigarette smoking. Therefore, every treatment associated with the long term effects would be in order.
But since you gave me an either/or choice, I assume from what I'm reading that there are a number of middle school aged kids getting entry into the vaping market, maybe we ought to look at that as a gateway to smoking.
It's cool either way in their eyes.
The idea is for us to use safe and best practices to reduce the gateway to cigarette smoking.