Is it better to vape than smoke? Definitely, but it’s still worse than quitting entirely | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

The new report into vaping, which resulted in calls to ban vaping entirely for younger Australians, still leaves a great number of questions

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Before the pandemic and its many controversies, vaping - the use of electronic nicotine (or non-nicotine) delivery systems or e-cigarettes - was one of the most contentious topics online.

Talking about vaccines would start arguments, discussing raw milk might get some hate, but even the slightest hint of a position on vaping would get you immediately inundated with passionate replies from whichever side you had offended.

Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz is an epidemiologist working in chronic disease in Sydney's west, with a particular focus on the social determinants that control our health