How E-Cigarette Regulations Might Push Vapers Back to Smoking
From: Motherboard | Vice
Written by Kaleigh Rogers, Staff Writer
There’s a well worn stereotype of a vape bro sucking on e-cigarettes because he thinks blowing thick clouds of vapor makes him look cool. In reality, the majority of vapers (even the cloud chasers) are actually smokers looking for a way to get off the sin sticks. But with strict new regulations introduced by the Food and Drug Administration this year, many in the industry are predicting that hundreds of businesses will be forced to shut down, and some vapers may resort to going back to their original vice: cigarettes.
“It’s very, very difficult to predict people’s behavior in theoretical terms until it actually happens,” said Dr. Michael Siegel, a tobacco researcher at Boston University who runs a fact-checking blog on public agency statements about vaping. “People are actually pretty bad at predicting their behavior, especially when it comes to addictive behavior.”
