Vapers Sweat as White House Scraps Meetings, Weighs Flavor Ban

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Vaping is just as harmful to human health as cigarettes, and even has the potential to cause lung cancer, scientists at the University of Tasmania have found.

The Great Vape Awakening | RealClearPolicy

Legislative momentum continues to build for action against vaping in the wake of highly publicized deaths and illnesses vaguely attributed to the industry. Desperate to appear responsive to a purported public-health crisis, states including New York, Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Ohio, and California are moving to ban sales of certain e-cigarette products or have done so already.

These Trump Voters Say They Might Abandon Him Over Vapes

“I’m more political than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”

“I’m more political than I’ve ever been in my entire life,” echoed Robert Lucas, a 33-year-old vaper who lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan, and said he voted for Trump and the Republican Party across the board in 2016. “Truly, nothing even compares.” (Michigan has instituted a ban on flavored vape products, albeit one that has run into obstacles in court.)

“If this federal flavor ban actually happens,” Lucas continued, “everybody I know who vapes and voted for Trump told me they’re either going to stay home on Election Day, or vote for a Democrat with normal regulations.”

Lucas said he often posts on social media to spread the word, and that he was attempting to educate smokers on the perceived benefits of switching to vaping. Essentially, he comprises part of the “We Vape, We Vote” movement, which has emerged as a hashtag on Twitter. That coalition is not anything brand new, as Matt Culley, a popular vape activist on YouTube, likes to emphasize, because it’s been around since at least 2015. It does, however, appear to have ballooned amid vape crackdowns over the past few months.

‘We Vape, We Vote’: How vaping crackdowns are politicizing vapers | CNN

Vapers across the country are swarming Twitter, the White House comment line and statehouse steps with the message “We Vape, We Vote.” They’re speaking out after a slew of attacks on their way of life. President Donald Trump announced his support for a vaping flavor ban in September.

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2019 high school e-cigarette use data just released.

5.9% daily use
9.4% frequent use (>20 days/month)
27.5% have used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days

NOTE: High school drinking still more prevalent and FAR more harmful.

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— Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@ChaunceyGardner) November 5, 2019

Since 2011, current e-cigarette use among youth has increased dramatically. Meanwhile, current cigarette use among youth has continued to decline. pic.twitter.com/2TLMlgpzkk

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