The last few months of 2024 have been a media hurricane for the vaping community. It seems like we have enemies at every turn in the road, and media outlets across the country are now talking at length about the harm vaping can do and why it’s such a bad thing.
Something like this is understandably pretty demoralising. However, in what is frankly a dark time for our little corner of the world, we thought it would be appropriate to talk about the importance of staying optimistic. After all, we have to stick together in the tough times.
Vaping Does Good
Something which is not talked about enough in the news right now is how much good vaping has done. It’s a really interesting idea because we just don’t talk about it in the way that we should. For all the stories and news about how harmful vaping is, about how much of a danger it presents to people, we don’t talk about the thousands of people who have been able to quit smoking because they’ve started using a vaping device.
There are so many people who have had their lives improve from vaping. It has given them back their physical health and allowed them to live a normal life again. Those are the stories which won’t get published, and those are the stories we need to keep telling.
Standing Strong Against Backlash
Ultimately, we have to stay strong against backlash. The months that are going to come are going to be some of the hardest that the community has ever faced. We’re going to get a lot of people who are going to be campaigning for vaping to be abolished entirely in every format. At the moment, it’s just the end of the disposable device, but if we want to make sure that there is some form of our community left at the end, we have to pull together.
We have to be supportive of each other, and we have to try and push the good that vaping has done. It’s not going to be easy, and there are going to be a lot of vocal critics who will challenge everything that we say, but we know the good that our products can do. So many people have had their lives changed for the better because they were able to give up smoking, and that’s something that no amount of negative media attention can deny.
Closing Thoughts
So, it’s going to be a tough period moving forward, but if we stand together, then we will get through it. We know how difficult it can be for people to try and stay positive, but hopefully together we can change things. Vaping can do a lot of good for people, and even though things may seem bleak right now, the industry will survive. We will continue to help people, and we will continue to do good.