due to public Health concerns the US government will stop operating Army, Air Force and Space Force installations worldwide

As an American who didn’t know and was afraid to ask, thank you. Had no idea. Now I wanna see some of that sweet sweet space force merch.

I am an American and this is the first time I’ve heard of AAFES

French is a hilarious language

I quit a few months after those came out in my province, and it was a bit of a shock the first time I saw them; but then like most things, they just became stripes on the butt. I probably wasn't their target audience though.

While they didn't make me quit, (I had already decided on my "quit date"), I will say the extra graphic warning pictures were pretty damm effective for starting that conversation with self. I had to take a sharpie to a few packs.

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Vaping is probably better for your health, but holy cow, are my friends addicted to vaping now. Vaping is so convenient and tasty, they go through several pens a day specially on the weekends.

This is more like "We don't sell cider because it might be harmful to your body with all the alcohol and how it tastes of apples, here have some pure ethanol instead"

In Europe many countries are at 12€ a pack...

Marlboros here in MA I think are around $12-$13 a pack.

The really amazing thing is that most the people who smoke, by most measures, really can't afford it, but somehow manage to squeeze it into their budget. People who can afford it...quit smoking years ago.

Smoking will bring heaven closerrr

I miss how cigarettes used to taste man. I'm not sure if it's because they're loaded with additives now or what but all cigarettes taste like shit to me. So even if I wanted to pay the ludicrous price for them, it's still not worth it for me.

In Islam, Heaven is supposed to have rivers of wine (that are not harmful). I bet that extends to all drugs/shrooms/whatever as well

I've told people before, as a non-smoker, that smoking would be the ultimate social activity if it weren't for all the cancer and assorted negative health outcomes. You've got an idle habit that many people also engage in. It requires that people come closer together to share the disposal resources. It then requires that you hold still and fidget with a small stick for several minutes every time you do it. And nothing else. It's hard to beat a set of conditions to get people to idly interact with each other that's better than that.

But, you know, cancer...

Vaping is, on balance, dramatically better for you while still not being good, effectively harm reduction. The outrage was marketed as their marketing being towards young people. The marketing itself was aimed at a younger crowd, yes, but more 20somethings than teens.

The real outrage was more about people adopting vaping instead of starting to smoke cigarettes, which was considered counter productive at a time when smoking rates were dropping dramatically.

It remains to be seen if smoking's stigma continues to cause rates fall or if the crusade against vaping as a less-harmful alternative backfires.

Smoking is much more harmful than vaping, but vaping is not necessarily healthy either. The higher temperatures from burning plant matter (any plant matter really, nicotine is just super addictive) create most of the carcinogens in smoke. The most abundant carcinogen is Benzo[a]pyrene, which is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs, a.k.a. "tar" in cigarette smoke). PAHs are formed at temperatures above 300 Celsius. And vapes typically operate around 200 Celsius. Vapes still contain carcinogens and nicotine itself harms vascular health, but they have none of the PAHs if operating correctly. The biggest issue with them is the targeting of kids, especially by Juul in the 2010s.

Vaping is much healthier per unit. The thing is lots of people cant stop vaping coz unlike cigarettes it tastes awesome. They suck on that thing 24h a day vaping the equivalent of 100+ cigarettes.

Also a big part of the revenue is generated from addicted kids, they know it and wont change it.

Coles notes: smoking, is quite literally that, creating smoke that you intentionally inhale. The desired chemical (nicotine) is mixed with other smoke shit (thousands of different compounds. The shit in that smoke can give you cancer and a long list of other problems.

Vaping is basically a handheld fog machine that has nicotine added to the liquid. Usually sweetened and flavored, but not necessarily. It has the desired chemical, nicotine, as well as a short list of additives (maybe a dozen or so, depending on a few factors), and doesn't contain any known carcinogens (so no cancer)

At the end of the day, you're lungs should breathe the air. If you smoke or vape, that's not as good for you as clean fresh air. However, vaping won't give you cancer, and has a fraction of the toxins and compounds that cigarettes do.

It's like comparing driving your car into a lamp post, or plowing through a parade with your SUV. Neither is ideal, one is definitely much worse than the other.