That was then, this is now: The skinny on vaping

Sources:
The evidence keeps piling up: e-cigarettes are definitely safer than smoking.  (The Guardian, 12/27/2017)
Liquid Nicotine Used in E-Cigarettes Can Kill Children.  (Healthy Children, 9/9/2019)
Gasping for Action: Lab tests reveal popular e-cigarette liquids contain harmful chemicals.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/18/2019)

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of (the) skinny, as a noun meaning "inside information" occurred in 1938.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. balding
2. blimpish
3. deglamorize
4. overglamorize
5. socko
6. starstruck
7. unglamorize

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