MANY MISTAKENLY BELIEVE ASPARTAME AND E-CIGS ARE AS BAD AS THE PRODUCTS THEY’RE INTENDED TO REPLACE.

many people, products that mitigate harm can have positive effects, even when they do not give up the activity entirely — getting nicotine without smoke, or satisfying a sweet tooth without sugar, for example. This is realistic harm reduction, not unrealistic harm elimination.

It is perfectly sensible to have a healthy skepti- serious, well-known harms caused by existing products, which these new innovations could mitigate.

The fact that we do not yet completely and unequivocally know the potential effects of a 20-year vaping habit should be outweighed by the fact we are all too familiar with the effects of a 20-year smoking habit. In this case,