at first vaping was advertised as a "smoking cessation" method, and i still walk into vape shops that push that angle, like 'turn in a pack of cigs and we'll give you 10% off your purchase' or whatever...
but truth is it's just another form of nicotine consumption. some chew, some smoke, some vape... it's just a different side of the same vice. now personally, i believe vaping is way safer, but it's not a can of worms i like to open because obviously it's not "healthy" in and of itself, and who knows, vapers could wind up with some nasty form of cancer ten years from now, whatever.... so that's not a hill i'll die on.
but yeah there's a lot of notions about vaping that need to just die already. ones like "you can do it anywhere!" well no, you can't. most people vape with 50+ watt mods now that make mad clouds, it's just rude to do that in a restaurant or a crowd. these were cute notions back when "vaping" was just disposable little sticks you could get at the gas station, but it's not 2012 anymore