{"id":18427,"date":"2018-11-21T13:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=18427"},"modified":"2018-11-21T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:39:09","slug":"reason-tv-stossel-let-them-vape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/18427","title":{"rendered":"REASON TV: Stossel: Let Them Vape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaping may not be safe, but it’s a lot safer than cigarettes.<\/p>\n

Our government says e-cigarettes and vaping are the latest “epidemic” among teens. So the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will restrict them. Cities across the country are banning e-cigarette use in public.<\/p>\n

But e-cigarettes help smokers quit traditional cigarettes. Michelle Minton of the Competitive Enterprise Institute tells John Stossel that people have misconceptions about e-cigarettes. “It’s about 95 percent less harmful than a normal traditional cigarette,” she says.<\/p>\n

That’s because e-cigarettes let people get a hit of nicotine without actually burning tobacco. The burning of paper and tobacco leaves is what makes cigarettes so dangerous.<\/p>\n

Minton admits that the nicotine in e-cigarettes is addictive. But “on the spectrum of drugs that you can become addicted to, nicotine and caffeine are very similar to each other.”<\/p>\n

The Surgeon General says there are other health risks to vaping: “Besides nicotine, e-cigarettes can contain harmful and potentially harmful ingredients.”<\/p>\n

Despite the dangers, researchers seem to agree that e-cigarettes are substantially less dangerous than combustible cigarettes.<\/p>\n

Other studies concluded that long-term e-cigarette use is “associated with substantially reduced levels of measured carcinogens and toxicants relative to cigarette-only smoking.”<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the FDA threatens to crack down to discourage kids from using e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n

Minton says that is a bad idea: “Do we want children to become addicted to anything? No….But keeping a small percent of teenagers from trying e-cigarettes is not worth sacrificing adults whose lives could be saved.”
\nThe views expressed in this video are solely those of John Stossel; his independent production company, Stossel Productions; and the people he interviews. The claims and opinions set forth in the video and accompanying text are not necessarily those of Reason.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n