American Lung Association Condemns 2.5 Million Ex-Smokers for Using E-Cigarettes to Quit

What do you say to a person who smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for 30 years and then quits completely by switching to vaping?I would say: Congratulations on this amazing and difficult accomplishment. You ' ve saved your life and done a huge service not only to yourself but to your family and friends.The American Lung Association, in contrast, is saying to vapers: Shame on you! You shouldn ' t have done that. You ' re a bad person because you ' re still using a tobacco product. And you ' re at risk of dying from acute respiratory failure.Specifically, the American Lung Associationstated: " The bottom line is that e-cigarettes are not safe, and from the American Lung Association ’s perspective,no one should be using e-cigarettes. "By saying that " no one " should be using e-cigarettes, that obviously includes ex-smokers who have quit smoking successfully using e-cigarettes and are reliant on these products to remain smoke-free. Based on data from the National Health Interview Survey, there are more than 2.5 million of these ex-smokers in the United States.Essentially, what the American Lung Association is saying to the 2.5 million vapers who accomplished the difficult task of quitting smoking is: " F... you. "The Rest of the StoryI find this incredibly interesting because it demonstrates that the American Lung Association simply cannot tolerate the thought that someone could use a product in a way that " looks like " smoking to quit smoking, even though it is much saf...
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