You guys might want to add to the lists as you see fit.
Vaping pros:
1. First and foremost it's a lot less harmful to your health than smoking but you all knew that or you probably wouldn't be here.
2. Second hand vape is a lot less harmful to others in the area than smoking.
3. When you want to start vaping you turn on your device and when you want to stop you turn it off.
4. Vape comes in an endless variety of flavours.
5. Vape smells good.
6. Vape doesn't have a smell that clings to you which others find offensive.
7. Vaping is easier on the environment. Coils and empty juice bottles can be recycled.
8. No searching for a lighter to start vaping.
9. Others don't "bum" vape off of you.
10. Vaping is cheaper than smoking.
Vaping cons:
1. It's hard to do other things while vaping. You can't just carry your vape device in your mouth while you use two hands to work.
2. It's not a substitute for smoking, it's an alternative. Tobacco flavoured vape isn't tobacco smoke flavoured. It's tobacco flavoured.
3. Vape and vaping products aren't always readily available.
Smoking pros:
1. Getting cigarettes is easy and convenient.
2. If you're hands are busy just stick the cigarette in your mouth while you work.
3. Smoking delivers the nicotine rush almost immediately, whether you realize it or not. It's not necessary for most people to smoke as long or as often as a vaper vapes.
4. Some people enjoy the taste of cigarette smoke and vaping can't duplicate that.
Smoking cons:
1. Smoking is deadly to most people.
2. Second hand smoke is deadly to many people.
3. Smoke stinks, even to a smoker.
4. Smoke clings to you and makes you stink.
5. Smoking is expensive.
6. If you light a cigarette you're pretty much committed to finishing it unless you "butt" it out and carry it around increasing your stink factor.
7. You need to carry a light with you always.
8. Smoking is messy and causes tremendous waste.
9. "Have you got a smoke?" is your most often heard question.
10. Smoking devalues your house and your car.
11. Smoking makes your teeth yellow.
12. Smoking makes your skin wrinkled.
13. Smoking cause black circles below your eyes.
14. Given 11, 12 & 13 above smoking makes you sickly looking.
Keeping score:
vaping +10-3=+7
smoking +4-14=-10
vaping leads by 17 points.
Vaping pros:
1. First and foremost it's a lot less harmful to your health than smoking but you all knew that or you probably wouldn't be here.
2. Second hand vape is a lot less harmful to others in the area than smoking.
3. When you want to start vaping you turn on your device and when you want to stop you turn it off.
4. Vape comes in an endless variety of flavours.
5. Vape smells good.
6. Vape doesn't have a smell that clings to you which others find offensive.
7. Vaping is easier on the environment. Coils and empty juice bottles can be recycled.
8. No searching for a lighter to start vaping.
9. Others don't "bum" vape off of you.
10. Vaping is cheaper than smoking.
Vaping cons:
1. It's hard to do other things while vaping. You can't just carry your vape device in your mouth while you use two hands to work.
2. It's not a substitute for smoking, it's an alternative. Tobacco flavoured vape isn't tobacco smoke flavoured. It's tobacco flavoured.
3. Vape and vaping products aren't always readily available.
Smoking pros:
1. Getting cigarettes is easy and convenient.
2. If you're hands are busy just stick the cigarette in your mouth while you work.
3. Smoking delivers the nicotine rush almost immediately, whether you realize it or not. It's not necessary for most people to smoke as long or as often as a vaper vapes.
4. Some people enjoy the taste of cigarette smoke and vaping can't duplicate that.
Smoking cons:
1. Smoking is deadly to most people.
2. Second hand smoke is deadly to many people.
3. Smoke stinks, even to a smoker.
4. Smoke clings to you and makes you stink.
5. Smoking is expensive.
6. If you light a cigarette you're pretty much committed to finishing it unless you "butt" it out and carry it around increasing your stink factor.
7. You need to carry a light with you always.
8. Smoking is messy and causes tremendous waste.
9. "Have you got a smoke?" is your most often heard question.
10. Smoking devalues your house and your car.
11. Smoking makes your teeth yellow.
12. Smoking makes your skin wrinkled.
13. Smoking cause black circles below your eyes.
14. Given 11, 12 & 13 above smoking makes you sickly looking.
Keeping score:
vaping +10-3=+7
smoking +4-14=-10
vaping leads by 17 points.
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