You sound more passionate about this topic than, well, anyone else on the forum.
What's your point? No one is asking you or anyone else to care or waste their time reading this thread.
Sorry, there's a lot of current hysteria and false information floating around, and it's leading to gut reactions like bans or proposed bans.
People have been vaping for several years now, and there have been very few deaths--most accidents up until recently involved exploding units due to people using them improperly. Most cases of "popcorn lung" are related to Diacetyl, and many companies have since removed that ingredient.
People are suddenly dying now in what are still statistically insignificant numbers, and many people are rushing to blame all vaping, failing to check the facts. Almost all of the recent deaths and illnesses have been a result of THC based liquids, or black market liquids containing unsafe ingredients. People need to know this, but unfortunately the popular narrative seems to be that all vaping is to be blamed, even though the sudden rise and illness in deaths didn't begin until after the rise in use of said black market and THC-based liquids and devices. Regarding teens using it, the answer should be to regulate and restrict their access further, not to punish responsible older users who've been using something for years that is less harmful than smoking, fast food, and driving fast.
I kinda don't care about vaping either way
Fair enough. No one has asked you to care. Thanks for sharing your non-opinion.
Great although with many more people doing it nowadays, we'll end up determining whether there is any true risk or not in short order.
This is true. What is also true is that there's already a wealth of studies and information on vaping, despite the "we still don't know much about it" mantra that people keep repeating.
We do know there is a true risk from using black market products, THC-based liquids, and anything containing diacetyl or vitamin E. This needs to be explained better in any news reports, and any lawmakers advocating bans should instead advocate better regulation and severe punishments for anyone selling products with those specific ingredients, especially to minors.
Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater