If I am brutally honest, I think vapers look like complete homos. I also don't think the technology has been around nearly long enough to be deemed safe yet here we are, they're sold and taxed in our country in no time. At the end of the day vaping is as bad as smoking because Nicotine is a really addictive substance, even moreso than heroin by quite a bit.
You also look kinda stupid sucking on a sonic screwdriver whilst walking down the road. ?
Couldn't give a fuck - it is one of the most additive substances
If you ever faced quitting a very long time stupid habit you was stupid to start, you'd understand
Tax - you have no idea just how little tax is paid on vaping compared to cigarettes
a pack of fags is £10 or more, around 70% to 75% of that goes to government in duty & VAT
so say £7:50 each day the smoker is paying to government
a smoker pays say £3,650 a year on fags - £2,737:50 goes to government
There are about 7m smokers and this is dropping
Now Vapers....
On average vaping is about a tenth of the price of fags - maybe a seventh depends on costs
but assume if you budget carefully a tenth of smoking.....
that is £365 a year but lets call it £500 say....
Now of that £500 the government doesn't even get £100 VAT but £83.33333333333
So when a smoker switches to vaping the government "could" lose £2,654 revenue
Now multiply by 6.5 or 7m smokers - how does £13bn lost revenue sound
& would non smokers/non-vapers like to make up the difference lost ????
Obviously some smokers buy cheap duty free/snide fags etc.....
but the amount of revenue smokers pay is staggering
so this usually closes down the argument of smoking & NHS costs
So a vaper is saving thousands per year trying to kick a nasty health risk habit
As long as they are considerate to others then their is no real crime being committed
(except how much revenue was being robbed from smokers over the years)
As for appearing gay - bollocks, but you are entitled to your opinion as am I
sure it isn't risk free health wise - hence I said lesser of two evils
Trust me, 35 years or more it is a fucking hard habit to kick
but if I can do it then anybody can switch to cheaper vaping if they try