Or you know, make tapes illegal
Comment on If it's not bad for the lungs, we should fluoridate vape juice.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My two concerns are that, you wouldn’t hold the vapor in your mouth long enough for it to actually be helpful, and with some people vaping occasionally, and others doing it constantly, it would be difficult to keep the fluoride levels high enough for casual users to get a benefit, but low enough that all-day every-day folks don’t OD.
clubb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Your comment reminds me of a dog that barks every time someone walks past the house.
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Why make them illegal? I used a vape to limit my nicotine intake and weaned myself off of smoking (and vaping) completely. It still sucked for the first 6 months and the occasional random craving that comes from being a smoker for over a decade, but at least I fought each part of the smoking addictions separately which made it bearable.
For clarity, I got 0% nicotine vape juice for a month or so before I quit puffing completely so let the withdrawal from the substance run its course, and then had to deal with the psychological side of things. Which was VERY annoying. Everytime I’d do anything where I’d normally smoke triggered a craving.
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
What we REALLY need to do is limit the concentration of nicotine in vape juices to no higher than that found in a “standard” cigarette. Part of the problem right now is that you can easily buy vape juice with waaaay more nicotine per puff than any tobacco product so it’s much easier to get addicted.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Vaping was integral to me quitting smoking. Vaping isn’t the problem, advertising and accessibility of nicotine to youths is the real issue.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Both of those apply to tap water too but municipal governments still spend millions every year buying industrial byproducts for “public health”
LapGoat@pawb.social 4 months ago
name one person who died of fluorine poisoning from drinking too much tap water.
sxan@midwest.social 4 months ago
I can tell you of one adult guy who went to Germany with no cavities, lived there for two years, and came back with several cavities. Not, like, a couple cavities, but several. Germany doesn’t flouridate their tap water.
That guy was me, and now whenever I hear fucknuts complaining about flouride in tap water in the US, I stick 'em in the mental “dumb-asses not worth listening to” bin.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I don’t think the claim is that it’s deadly; I believe the concern it’s that there’s little to no proven benefits when used topically and at least a few proven detriments when ingested. I haven’t done much reading on the subject, so I’m not sure.
Regardless of the veracity of the aforementioned claims, I believe it’s immoral for a government to add unnecessary chemicals to public water supply.