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- Published on: 14 November 2016
- Published on: 14 November 2016This is a perspective through a warped lens.
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This is not a particularly well constructed argument. In particular, the paragraph that states:
"If ENDS emissions were really benign, indoor vaping advocates should take courage and call for it to be allowed in classrooms, crèches, hospitals and neonatal wards. That they do not rather suggests that they know well that such a position would be irresponsible."
is possibly the worst excuse for a genuine point of debate it has ever been my misfortune to encounter. it is not even a particularly well constructed straw man.Many things are considered normal and appropriate for the general population that would not be considered appropriate for a crèche, classroom or neonatal ward.
To use merely the first two examples that sprang to mind (and the list is almost endless):
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Incense sticks are widely used, and despite the clear emission of smoke, they are are not banned, or the subject of proposed bans, in most jurisdictions. Many people use them, but I doubt that any would do so in a crèche or neonatal ward. Yet, if we follow the same logic proposed here, this means that they are dangerous, and should be banned almost universally.
Similarly, fog machines are widely used in stage shows, nightclubs and even teenage discos. Despite the extremely strong similarity with vaping, both in chemical composition and particle size, there are not widespread calls for fog machines to be banned (I'm certainly not aware of...Conflict of Interest:
I work for a trade association, ECITA, which represents a number of companies that produce electronic cigarettes and other vaping products. I do not work, and have never worked, for the tobacco industry. Perhaps more important than my financial conflict is my ideological one, since I am an ex-smoker who successfully switched to a safer form of nicotine delivery in the form of electronic cigarettes. This has made me extremely passionate about harm reduction, especially as it applies to smoking. However I am also passionate about the scientific method and, so far as it is possible, try to maintain an evidence based position.