Vapouround magazine ISSUE 15 | Page 137

scientific assessments that vape products were 95% less risky than smoking. That’s amazing odds — 95%? Where else have we seen such a gigantic leap in reducing harm? Nowhere, except vaping. Then of course, I usually tell those who assume vaping will eventually be found to be just as bad as smoking, that The Royal College of Physicians was the same prestigious institution that warned America of the carcinogenic components found in cigarettes and us Americans naturally ignored their groundbreaking message. Why? I’m assuming it is because unless America is the place responsible for producing such information then it will never see the light of day — why? Because we are socially trained like pets to be suspicious of anything foreign and it is without a doubt, a sad reality. All things considered, I ended up explaining my position about vaping the entire time to the woman who was cutting my hair. She appeared intrigued, asking more questions, responding with convincingly astonished expressions, shaking her head and cutting my hair at a deliberately slow pace since she was intensely listening. After my haircut, I thanked her for the service and she immediately thanked me. She even said, “I’m so glad I learned the truth.” “You and me both,” I thought. By no means am I suggesting that my own personalised form of expressing socially verbal communication is the only persuasive voice able to legitimise vaping. There are countless influential minds and voices assisting this industry on so many levels. However, this hair stylist could have just as easily been trying to get a good financially rewarding tip and she most certainly did. Then again, most people do compensate others who tend to share in like-minded beliefs such as facts. Perhaps, I was the one suckered into forking out more cash, essentially charging me for regurgitating my never-ending vape advocacy narrative agenda. Whatever the case, after studying So