American researchers have looked at data from the United Kingdom and are claiming that teen vaping acts as a gateway into cocaine addiction.
The problem with their finding is that they fail to factor in the possibility that the individuals who vape and/or smoke may be risk takers who are predisposed to trying illicit drugs.
The drug link to vaping isn’t new, it’s been used as a stick to beat tobacco harm reduction in the past. In 2014, The Daily Mirror wrote: “E-cigarettes could lead to the use of illegal drugs like cocaine and cannabis, new research has found.
“E-cigarettes have the same physiological effects on the brain and may pose the same risk of addiction to other drugs as regular cigarettes, especially in adolescence during a critical period of brain development. We don’t yet know whether e-cigarettes will prove to be a gateway to the use of conventional cigarettes and illicit drugs, but that’s certainly a possibility”
Dave Cross – Planet of the Vapes – 2022-10-06.
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