Stacey Gardiner took as many as 600 puffs in a single day. The 41-year-old woman from Swansea, United Kingdom, started vaping in 2017 convinced that it was less harmful than cigarettes. What no one clearly explained to her was what would come next: two black stains on her incisors that, over the years, turned into holes. A dentist confirmed the cause: vaping.
Some say this proves what they always suspected — that the industry sold the vape as a consequence-free way out, when in reality it only gave the harm a new name. Others argue that information about the risks exists, that each person decides what to do with their body, and that blaming the device is a way of dodging individual responsibility.
Is the vape a trap disguised as a solution, or is the problem that no one forces anyone to take 600 puffs a day?
