Idaho Public Television and State Health Officials Lie to the Public by Telling them Smoking is Not More Harmful than Vaping

In a public education campaign entitled " Do You Know Vape? " Idaho Public Television in collaboration with the state health districts isinforming the public that: " Vaping isnot safer than cigarette smoking. "The campaign is also making several other alarming claims, including that:vaping causes brain, bone, and lung injury to young people;third-hand aerosol from vaping (i.e., particles that stick to surfaces) can cause "asthma,respiratory illness, increased risk of disease, headaches andincreased risk of cancer" ; and vaping exposes users tometals in the lungs that can cause lung cancer.The Rest of the StoryRather than calling this a public " education " campaign, Idaho Public Television should more accurately call this a public " miseducation " campaign.First, it is simply not true that vaping is no safer than smoking. There are a multitude of studies showing that vaping is much safer than smoking. I won ' t repeat all the evidence here but it can be found throughoutmy blog. Even scientists who are profoundly anti-vaping admit that vaping is much safer than smoking. Imagine if the tobacco industry made the same statement, except changing the syntax to read: " Cigarette smoking is no more harmful than vaping. " According to the Idaho health officials, that would be a perfectly accurate statement for Big Tobacco to make. It ' s a wonder that the cigarette companies haven ' t truthfully told their customers and potential customers that: " According to health officia...
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