I haven’t looked into this topic much, but I know reducing the harm from cigarette smoking is one of the priorities of the School for Moral Ambition. Perhaps they would be interested in substitution of cigarette smoking for vaping as part of the approach?
Hi Brad, thanks for reading and commenting. The School for Moral Ambition and its incubatees are the EA-associated organizations I mentioned above. They appear to be strongly opposed to promoting vaping to people who smoke (“Vaping: a healthy alternative to smoking” appears as an item in a “Big Tobacco Bullshit Bingo” card used in one of their trainings), have lobbied for restrictions on e-cigarette use in places where smoking is banned, and have spread misinformation on both the risks of vaping and the evidence for its usefulness in smoking cessation.
I think they have good intentions and may be doing helpful work with other tobacco control efforts, but when it comes to vaping and other noncombustibles, they appear to be contributing to the problem Hannah describes rather than trying to be part of the solution.
On another note, it might be worth engaging, potentially on their community forum, to see where your cruxes are regarding vaping as harm reduction and determine whether there are any areas where your perspectives could inform each other or there is common ground.
I haven’t looked into this topic much, but I know reducing the harm from cigarette smoking is one of the priorities of the School for Moral Ambition. Perhaps they would be interested in substitution of cigarette smoking for vaping as part of the approach?
https://www.moralambition.org/
Hi Brad, thanks for reading and commenting. The School for Moral Ambition and its incubatees are the EA-associated organizations I mentioned above. They appear to be strongly opposed to promoting vaping to people who smoke (“Vaping: a healthy alternative to smoking” appears as an item in a “Big Tobacco Bullshit Bingo” card used in one of their trainings), have lobbied for restrictions on e-cigarette use in places where smoking is banned, and have spread misinformation on both the risks of vaping and the evidence for its usefulness in smoking cessation.
I think they have good intentions and may be doing helpful work with other tobacco control efforts, but when it comes to vaping and other noncombustibles, they appear to be contributing to the problem Hannah describes rather than trying to be part of the solution.
On another note, it might be worth engaging, potentially on their community forum, to see where your cruxes are regarding vaping as harm reduction and determine whether there are any areas where your perspectives could inform each other or there is common ground.
My apologies for not having followed the links in your post in the first place.