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[Liberal Veteran]

59. The only way to be 100% nicotine free is never to smoke tobacco or....

...eat potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, black or green tea, eggplant (which for me is not a problem because I don't like it anyway), and peppers.

Of course, nicotine isn't the real problem with cigarettes.

Yes, it is addictive. So is caffeine, but I don't see anyone running around freaking out that Starbucks is essentially catering to addicts.

The whole "ZOMG! Vaping is terrible!" seems to be a transference of hatred of smoking tobacco (which is justified given what we know about the dangers of tobacco which are not related to nicotine) and people who have this idea that physical or mental dependency on any substance whether benign or malignant is morally reprehensible.

In short, it smacks of moral panic.

What really sucks, and I applaud your efforts to educate people, is that here is almost certainly safer way for people to enjoy their nicotine and rather than applaud harm reduction, they freak out because it reminds them too much of smoking tobacco.

It is like people who have hangups about sexual activity and say abstinence is the only way to be 100% sure and freak out if anyone tries to suggest we accept the fact that people are going to have sex and teach safer sexual practices.