The vaping panic is looking eerily like the start of a new drug war

REUTERS/David Mercado The vaping "epidemic" is really a classic moral panic fueled by sensationalistic media reports that ignored evidence and exacerbated by opportunistic politicians. Legal nicotine vapes almost certainly had nothing to do with the spate of vaping-related illnesses last year, and the increase in teen vaping corresponds with a massive historic drop in teen smoking. It might be too late to have a reasonable debate about vaping because sweeping prohibitions are already causing tro...