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Want to keep Gen Z off vaping? Teach them about the industry's marketing tactics, study says
(medicalxpress.com)
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Switched from a 25 year smoking habit to vaping. Been vaping for over a decade now, and I have absolutely no idea what "the ecigarette industry"'s marketing practices are...
Are we talking about the actual vaping industry, or the tobacconists "vape" products that you find in every gas station?
I don't recall having ever seen an ad for kanger, smok, or voopoo... Plenty for njoy, vuse, and juul though, which kinda leads me to think that the ads in question are for tobacco company products.
I smoked for 15 years before switching to vape. I was an early adopter so I used the old shitty stuff and I still build my own (more like assemble) like wise I get blank nicotine from a reputable vendor which has tested it. It's 99% better for me than smoking ever was. I hate this push in America against vaping. Granted I'm not smoking the shitty purple blueberry stuff or whatever but it's saved my life.
As an alternative for smoking tobacco it’s great, but as an alternative for not smoking at all, not so much. I think it’s fair to try to avoid people getting hooked on nicotine. At the same time I appreciate how vaping has changed your life for the better.