Current Events > The Verge did a decent article on 'Big Vape'

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/16/16658358/vape-lobby-vaping-health-risks-nicotine-big-tobacco-marketing

The concerted efforts to discount evidence from studies finding cause for concern about vaping echo the tactics of tobacco industry-funded scientists who questioned the link between cancer and smoking, Soneji [professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice] notes. They sowed confusion and skepticism to undermine a growing body of evidence of smokings harms, which helped delay regulations on cigarettes for decades. The research on e-cigarettes is just beginning, he says, yet advocates are simply dismissing potential harms while cheerleading the benefits of vaping far beyond what the science supports.

Godshall [vaping activist], in contrast, insists the science is settled. He blames the left-wing media and government-funded scientists for spreading misinformation about the benefits of vaping. The headlines and the news are confusing and deceiving the public about the science, he says. Many of the people who are being paid to conduct the science have been knowingly and intentionally manipulating their results, omitting results, selectively cherry picking and basically misrepresenting their own findings because theyre getting federal funding.

Where did Godshall get the evidence that vaping is 99 percent safer than smoking? Basically every study thats ever been published, he told me.

Stuff in the square brackets was added by me to aid comprehension.

tl;dr: The lobby behind e-cigarettes is pretty much as big as that behind tobacco.
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who cares about vaping

popcorn lung
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