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This Time, The Cool Kids Were ... Right?

Vaping, an apparent affectation first embraced by Gen Z, could be much healthier than smoking. I'm already benefitting.

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Sally Shideler
Nov 15, 2023
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I hate to admit it, but it's true: when I first started smoking, I felt cool as hell.

Not cool like “Grease,” mind you. I felt cool like Audrey Hepburn; like Bridget Jones. (So, OK, maybe a little bit like Stockard Channing’s iconic Rizzo.) Smoking made me feel glamorous and worldly - elegant, really. And on top of that, it gave me something to do with …

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