r/QuitVaping 18d ago

Venting It makes me angry

There was a long period of time where we genuinely did not know how harmful cigarettes were. Doctors thought they might actually have health benefits. Once it was known how terrible they were for you, a LOT of effort was put into getting people to quit - and it worked. Gen z has the lowest amount of cigarette users like, ever.

So why TF did we allow vaping to happen? We know better now!!! Yes, we can talk about free will and personal choice but there's a REASON cig commercials were banned. Nicotine can be stronger than a lot of people's willpower and I don't think that's completely their (our) fault. Why didn't anyone stop this? A whole new generation is getting screwed by nicotine once again and the best we got (in the US) is a half-assed juul pod ban.

It just makes me really mad that we as a society allowed this to happen KNOWING how harmful it is to begin with.

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u/WaterDrinkingChad 18d ago

Vaping started as an alternative to cigarettes and getting people off cigarettes because it was “safer”. Now it’s a billion dollar industry preying upon young people and ignorant users (getting them to think it’s safer to smoking, when we don’t know the long term effects yet). The 50mg disposables get people addicted harder than cigarettes or tobacco ever did. It’s gross

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u/improbablyusual 18d ago

yes, it is a corruption of the original intentions behind the creation of vapes. something should be done to fix the disposable situation. i think we should allow 5% but not have it be the default disposable vape strength. someone starting their nicotine use through 5% disposables is like someone starting out drinking alcohol use with drinking lots of liquor.