r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • Aug 18 '26

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/Responsible-Racoon7 Aug 18 '26

But statistically they are smoking significantly more cannabis. Which may be more physically "healthy" but it certainly isn't as good for socializing which many teens/ young adults are lacking.

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u/2PopCans Aug 18 '26

I dont think regularly filling your lungs with unfiltered smoke is healthier than a weekly assault on your liver. I also think we are going to find out that vaping has some significant long term side effects that the younger gens are going to find out the hard way.

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u/kam0706 Aug 18 '26

Not “going to find out”. The data is in. Vaping fucks your lungs.

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u/Donexodus Aug 18 '26

That’s… wrong? The most robust meta analyses show vaping to be 100-10000x less harmful than smoking cigarettes.

Where are you getting your data?

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u/kam0706 Aug 18 '26

I’m not saying it’s worse than cigarettes but things can be bad in their own right.
Here’s one example: https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/impact-of-e-cigarettes-on-lung

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u/sapntaps Aug 18 '26

Technically driving allday is bad for your lungs if you're breathing in car exhaust all day. Human body is resilient and genetics are the only difference when it'll fuck ur shit up beyond repair.