Can someone explain the backlash on e-cigarettes to me? I feel like I'm in the midst of a tobacco lobby organized press campaign at times.
Here is how my thinking goes: 1) nicotine is essentially another caffeine and not a public health risk, 2) the cancer from smoking is from the literal act of burning things, which emits cancerous material and then by inhalation deposits it in your lungs and finally, 3) e-cigarettes don't emit the same cancerous materials since they only vaporize a nicotine-liquid, and are hence safe.
I feel like I can make the conclusion in 3) with just basic understanding of why cigarettes are bad (and e-cigarettes safe), yet it seems no one in the press is prepared to make the small logical leap. Am I overestimating my knowledge here?
Here is how my thinking goes: 1) nicotine is essentially another caffeine and not a public health risk, 2) the cancer from smoking is from the literal act of burning things, which emits cancerous material and then by inhalation deposits it in your lungs and finally, 3) e-cigarettes don't emit the same cancerous materials since they only vaporize a nicotine-liquid, and are hence safe.
I feel like I can make the conclusion in 3) with just basic understanding of why cigarettes are bad (and e-cigarettes safe), yet it seems no one in the press is prepared to make the small logical leap. Am I overestimating my knowledge here?