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0 pointsDanBC12y ago0 comments

(I accidentally downvoted you. Sorry.)

Buying cigarettes means giving money to tobacco companies. I firmly believe these are an example of corporations bein evil - which I understand is a controversial opinion on HN.

The tactics (spread fear and misunderstanding; discredit your oponents) have been taken up by other campaign groups (eg, anti climate change groups) often using the same scientists for hire.

"Vaping" avoids most of the social stigma of smoking and if you buy carefully you avoid giving money to tobacco companies.

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eli12y ago· 1 in thread

I think there's still a pretty significant stigma against smoking an e-cig in public, but I guess YMMV.

DanBCOP12y ago

I agree. I like the fact that some people are careful about where and when they "vape" - not in feont of children, not around people eating etc etc.

a8da6b0c91d12y ago

> Vaping

Nicotine on its own is vasoconstrictive. The compounds in tobacco smoke altogether are dialative. Tobacco smoke has MOAB agonists and aromatase inhibitors. Tobacco smoke lowers serotonin sensitivity while I don't think pure nicotine does this.

Vaping is really not a substitute for tobacco smoke as it is missing a bunch of chemicals.

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