The science is clear. So why can’t governments agree on vaping?

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The science is clear. So why can’t governments agree on vaping?
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You'd be right, but those trace amount of nicotine are often going straight into our faces for the crime of being downwind of someone smoking/vaping without a care in the world.

Health effects aside, I'd appreciate not having to breath in or smell other people's second-hand smoke/vape.

There's more nicotine in your average pasta sauce than you'll absorb by following a vaping person for an hour. I know you're talking about a principle.. but it's not a very strong argument.

Okay, assuming that's true, when I eat pasta with sauce, the person next to me doesn't end up ingesting my pasta sauce.

When you smoke/vape, the people are forced to inhale your exhaust as they breath (which we don't really get a lot of choice in doing).

It's like saying because you got an X-ray you shouldn't worry about bathing in the sun for too long.

You're breathing the same air they are, whether you can see it or not...

You missed the point. More accurate would be: because you watched TV for an hour you shouldn't worry about someone shining a flashlight on you. That's the level of consequences we're talking about and it sounds ridiculous when someone blows them out of proportions. Maybe we should start worrying about anal residue too because people are farting outside.

you are one selfish bastard huh

I'd argue the people blowing their exhaust onto passers by are more selfish, considering the passers by don't get a choice in breathing, but sure I'm the selfish one.

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