“Months after numerous states reactively banned or overly regulated e-cigarettes, researchers at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy conducted a study and concluded that vaping offers significant health advantages over smokable tobacco, and that bans are an inappropriate response to a limited problem at the expense of society at large. A commonly proposed solution: a prohibition on vaping products to head off an industry in its infancy. But as the Baker Institute study makes clear, that’s a misguided plan. Just 15 percent of e-cig users of all ages never smoked cigarettes before, which means that for 85 percent of vapers, e-cigs act as a substitute for cigarettes. Given these complexities, a total ban on vaping is a rather poorly targeted measure to prevent nonsmokers from using e-cigs. Moreover, it comes at the expense of the majority of vapers who seek to improve their health by reducing or quitting smoking.”
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Vaping Bans Are Bad for Public Health
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