Kids are gonna do what kids do. That hasn't changed nor will it. It's the nicotine addiction that most folks consider the scurge not the fact they are vaping.
Smokers typically do not continue to smoke because they just love love love the tastes of cigarettes. They do it because it provides a dose of things they are hooked on. And most here have swapped to vaping nicotine laiden juices to provide a seemingly safer alternative form of a habit satisfying method.
The jury is still out how safe it is. We know from experience it is a more or less safer way to feed a nicotine addiction, but the addiction still remains. We just feed it with yummy flavors.
The ones who understand vaping is a viable smoking cessation tool also understand a whole new generation is getting hooked on nicotine through vaping. They understand vaping is less "toxic" than smoking. But they don't want to see the kids addicted to nicotine.
Forget the sky is falling crowd. They're going to howl about something anyway. So their opinions are just that……opinions. It's those who look at things locigally who we need to get on our side. But we need to show them we understand their side too.