Well, mainstream economics has convinced too many of us to see our behavior primarily through the lens of markets, in the form of a dogma that greed is good, markets are sufficient, and governments are suspect
John Patrick Stewart testified that the addictive potential of e-cigarettes was unknown, and that they "may be as addictive as, if not more addictive than cigarettes." Another Health Canada official, Suzy McDonald, told the committee: "The bottom line is that we do not have the evidence yet to demonstrate that these products definitively help folks quit smoking." Despite that uncertainty, Health Canada did not require the vaping industry to provide any evidence e-cigarettes are safe and effective at helping smokers quit
Quit smoking, quit chewing tobacco, quit puffing on cigars or pipes if you do not want any more tobacco stains
While some of the research focuses on cigarette advertising, an English study of 11-to-15-year-olds published last month in the journal Tobacco Control found that simply noticing tobacco products on display every time a youth visited a shop raised the odds he or she would at least try smoking by threefold, compared to peers who never noticed the products
Because of this, we've become extra vigilant to avoid falling for something that looks too good to be true
While some may consider vaping harmless without nicotine, there are still side effects of using e-cigarettes
