This was on the Bing news feed this past week but I am not going to find it and post it because it will soon become mainstream knowledge. (Also, I sheepishly admit I always have a hard time finding and posting links. Not technically good at it. So anyone else, please be my guest.) Vaping often involves ingesting nicotine and nicotine is a harmful, addictive substance. This report also cited that the other things being vaped such as flavorings can be harmful. Our lungs are not equipped to deal with processing all this crap being vaped.

I guess going from cigarettes to vaping is like going from heroin to methadone. At some point you have to get off the methadone. I am simply not going to take the time to argue against the idea that vaping (which is still ingesting foreign and potentially extremely toxic substances into the lungs) is a proper cessation tool. It's absurd.

Perhaps there should be more emphasis placed on the genuine tools that create a good cessation program i.e knowledge, group support, medication for anxiety and depression if needed, life skills building, therapy, creative living; proper nutrition, sleep hygiene, and exercise; frustration tolerance etc. As well, a bunch of elders kicking the butts (no pun intended) of young people who think it is cool to smoke, and/or vape. Nicotine is a hard core addictive substance. Vaping is still new and experimental, with unknown long-term side effects. If nicotine is being vaped then the person vaping is leaving themselves open to the possibility of developing hard core nicotine addiction, and everyone on this thread who has gotten free of nicotine has been pleading and begging others not to start playing with fire, or vapor, whatever!!! Why put anything but clean air into young lungs?????????? It is just a BAD IDEA.

Why is vaping being touted as a cure? Follow the money...