Adam looks into the cavalcade of myths, misinformation, and misunderstandings around vaping, and why the way we talk about it will eventually kill people.

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Alarmist Articles About Vaping

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/clearing-the-air-about-e-cigarettes-vaping-nicotine-and-health/2019/03/15/aaee1150-444e-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/illinois-patients-death-may-be-first-in-us-tied-to-vaping/2019/08/23/d9656a06-c5cc-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-virginia-among-22-states-reporting-incidents-of-vaping-related-illness/2019/08/28/dddf1c26-c9d2-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html

Competing “Vaping Made A Guy Sick” Stories

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/08/16/mystery-lung-illness-linked-vaping-health-officials-investigating-nearly-possible-cases/

Dank Vapes Story On Inverse

https://www.inverse.com/article/58581-dank-vapes

Street Vapes vs. E-Cigarettes

https://fee.org/articles/street-vapes-are-not-e-cigarettes/

Teens Aren’t Even Vaping Nicotine that Much

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/25/teen-vaping-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-researchers-say/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trying-to-cut-cigarette-use-by-banning-vaping-might-backfire/2019/07/19/4917a0e6-a992-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Competing Exploding Vape Battery Stories

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/02/05/vape-pen-kills-man-after-exploding-his-mouth/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212603/deadly-vape-explosion-highlights-safety-gaps

Tobacco Companies Promoting on Social Media

https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/tobacco-pop-culture/investigation-reveals-tobacco-companies-are-secretly-using

Deaths Each Year From Cigarettes

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm

Pediatrics Journal Study

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/4/e20173557

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