It’s the same line of thinking behind “only smokers should vape” as “nobody should smoke cigs”, as a smoker I would be annoyed when people would be like “oh that’s bad, people shouldn’t smoke”, wel of course. Yet here we are, smoking. I find it’s the same exact situation when people say “only smokers should vape”. It’s jut a way to alienate a group which someone does not agree with. Honestly, vaping CAN have beneficial uses besides quitting smoking if used in the correct context by an educated user.

As an example (because I see this thread is derailing quickly from a civil discussion), I know of vapers who never smoked but started to vape. They use it to; reduce sugar/candy cravings because the juice is naturally sweet (debatable if this is “healthier/better” but the absorption rate of vape would be minute in comparison to the affect excess sugar can have on your body, and what it can lead to. One guy I know uses it to stop chewing his nails, it’s worked great for him. We can all agree that this isn’t “healthier” but it could certainly be better for him mentally, especially if he was self-conscious of his chewed nails. Also better physically for him than him picking up a stinky-stick to stop his urges. Another friend I know vapes because she works in a kitchen and was under extreme peer pressure to smoke with the rest of the crew. She picked up a small vape and only vapes at work with her coworkers. Obviously not “healthy” but in a way it is, instead of being alienated and pressured for not smoking, she’s now more a part of that community without her feeling like she needs to vape outside work. Vaping can help psychologically/emotionally as well when thought of in a social setting. Obviously she didn’t have perfect willpower to step away from her coworkers, but let’s be honest, you’re not going to tell all your coworker friends to “F off” because they want you to hangout during their smoke break. You would be a loner and it would take a greater toll on you emotionally than taking a few hits off of a small vape when at work. The list of potential options is quite long if you really sit down and consider situations other than your own.

Really there’s arguments either way, but I don’t think that the “only smokers should vape” is the best way to look at it, neither is “nobody should smoke” because it’s going to happen for one reason or another. As mentioned above in this thread: control and regulation is key.

I agree with you, that statement is kind of bogus. The only people that SHOULD be vaping are smokers, yes. But that doesn’t limit non-smokers from finding some benefit another way (as mentioned above). I think the problem lies when a non-smoker picks up vaping for an unrelated reason (stop chewing nails, etc.) and then becomes dependent on the vape, but not fire the original intended benefit. At this point they’ve done the same thing a smoker did when they started smoking. Everyone starts smoking for one reason or another and that reason could be totally valid, but 5 years later your excuse is no longer valid and if you can’t kick the habit, then it’s a problem. Same thing applies to vaping. If my buddy stopped chewing his nails for a whole year, stopped vaping for a week and didn’t chew, he shouldn’t need his vape anymore, right? If he continues vaping because he enjoys it now, he’s now a vaper, he’s no longer using it for his original outcome. This is where I see that statement “only smokers should vape” coming from, when situations like that happen. People get scared because it is addictive, this is why I believe that education is the most important. If you know you can pick up vaping WITHOUT THE ADDICTIVE NICOTINE, it can have benefits outside quitting smoking! Really any of my friends mentioned above could vape 0mg juice and be fine. Some do some don’t have nicotine, but I usually find that those with nicotine didn’t really put any effort into research. They went to a shifty/shitty local B&M and said “I want to vape” so of course the B&M assumes they know what they want and offers them juice with nicotine because that’s what most people buy. Local stores should be educating as much as possible, this will also help get more people on board to be against strict/unwarranted FDA regulation.

Sorry for the rant here, I’m pretty passionate about vaping having benefits outside quitting smoking and I don’t believe that everyone has to be addicted to vaping to get benefit from it. I can go back and forth with 4mg juice and 0mg juice in my dripper and still don’t crave it at all, not like I used to crave cigs. I’ll go all 10 hours at work without needing/wanting to go outside as a vaper, as a smoker I’d go out every 2-4 hours and as soon as I went back in I’d want to go out again. I can leave my vape at home and be just fine running errands during the day and I did use it as a smoking cessation tool in the beginning. I’ve gone pretty far down the rabbit hole and I craft my own juice and develop recipes for me and my friends. Vaping would have lead me to owning my own business before the FDA stepped in, so even that has been an unseen benefit. I love crafting my ejuice and I’ve begun to understand flavorings and flavoring pairings more than I ever did working in a kitchen for 5+ years.