Which Product Is More Unfairly Portrayed, Energy Drinks Or Vapes?

[Billlewis]

. If either of them were anywhere near as bad as some people say they are, I'd have been dead a long time ago, so evidently, neither of them are as bad. The advent of vapes is arguably the greatest public health breakthrough since the polio vaccine (yes, there actually have been some good vaccines) in the 1930's, but people who have been smoking for a long time will try a vape, cough their asses off and then say, 'Oh, vapes are bad, man', but the reason you cough so hard after being a longtime smoker is because of the damage smoking has done to your lungs. Meanwhile energy drinks have about half the amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, and get most of their efficacy from vitamins, yet are billed as being unhealthy. We get so many things wrong these days.

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Okay, it looks I'm gonna have to issue this addendum -- I want this question answered according to the way it's worded; this is not an invitation to hop on over here and tell us about how much you dislike these products. If you think vaping is bad for you, or that energy drinks cause heart problems, etc, et , yada yada, then this question obviously isn't for you. Stay in your lane. Thanks.

[Beckybooboo]

There is a ton of evidence that energy drinks are linked to heart problems, especially in developing children or adults with heart problems. AFib, high blood pressure, arrhythmias... although, in moderation it shouldn't cause problems. If you're a healthy adult, it would cause problems either. Do you know if there's age restrictions for Vaping?

[Beckybooboo]

It also isn't true that they contain half the amount of caffeine as coffee. The amounts are pretty much the same, on Ave but energy drinks contain other stimulants.

[Billlewis]

If I've been drinking them for 25 years or so, and feeling and doing better than I've ever have, I don't care about what so called evidence there is.

[Billlewis]

You just have to buy the good ones -- Monster, Red Bull, C-4, Ghost, etc. Every reported problem -- every single one -- was found in a cheap generic.
I asked this question for a specific reason, not for people to come here and bash energy drinks.

[Beckybooboo]

Bill, I clearly said if you're a healthy adult, it's not a problem. I'll leave an opinion. Neither are unfairly portrayed! If you want me to say vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking, it's gonna happen.

[SweetDripp]

Thanks, but I think I'll take my medical advice from a professional.

[Billlewis]

That's all well and good, but there are at least as many, if not more physicians, like my Doctor, who are very supportive of people who've smoked for decades switching to vapes, so if you're someone who's never smoked, not vaping is an easy choice, with or without an MD's endorsement or condemnation. Vaping has been hailed as 95% safer than cigarettes. If you went to your doctor and told him/her that you're unable to get off nicotine, but that you can use either cigs or vapes to stave off withdrawal symptoms, which of the two do you think they're going to prefer? As always, it's not a snap, cut and dried issue, for people who've been trying to quit smoking for decades but have been unable to do so.

[Avicenna]

Energy drinks, I guess

[CubaPirate]

Probably energy drinks

[Anonymous]

Probably energy drinks