Sunday, December 1, 2019

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

Related posts:
Just asking GET ME REWRITE: Perhaps Ron Johnson just received a big check from Altria?  (11/14/2019)
Dear Kevin Burns, Apology not accepted. Best, Retiring Guy.  (7/16/2019)
Like the tobacco industry hawking cigarettes, the whole point of vaping is to get kids hooked.  (12/19/2019)
In the news: Cloud chasing, vaping's competitive sport.  (11/22/2015)

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