1260: Vaping | Skeptical Sunday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
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ποΈ 21 December 2025
β±οΈ 60 minutes
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Summary
Big Tobacco's playbook is back β just with better branding and candy flavors. Jessica Wynn clears the air about vaping here on Skeptical Sunday!
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On This Week's Skeptical Sunday:
- Vapes don't produce harmless vapor. They emit aerosol, a "chemical soup" containing nicotine, heavy metals like lead and nickel, formaldehyde, and ultrafine particles that penetrate deep into lungs where filtration is impossible.
- JUUL revolutionized addiction by using nicotine salts instead of freebase nicotine β lowering the pH for smoother hits at higher concentrations, delivering a faster brain rush with less coughing, and packing one pod with the equivalent of an entire pack of cigarettes.
- Many vapes labeled "nicotine-free" actually contain nicotine when tested, and secondhand aerosol isn't safe either β it deposits residue on surfaces, harms pets, and exposes bystanders to the same toxic cocktail inhaled by the vaper.
- The same playbook Big Tobacco used for decades β targeting kids, using candy flavors, buying off scientists, and fighting regulation β is now deployed through sleeker devices and better branding.
- Quitting is possible, and the tools actually work. Programs like the Truth Initiative's "This Is Quitting" show 40% higher quit rates, and texting DITCHVAPE to 88709 connects you with free, judgment-free support designed for real people fighting real addiction.
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| 0:33.5 | Welcome to Skeptical Sunday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. Today I'm here with Skeptical Sunday co-host, writer and researcher Jessica Wyn. |
| 0:40.9 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills are the world's most fascinating people, and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better informed, more critical thinker, and during the week we have long-form conversations with the variety of amazing folks, from spies to CEOs, |
| 0:58.7 | athletes, authors, thinkers, and performers. On Sundays, though, it's skeptical Sunday. A rotating |
| 1:03.5 | guest co-host and I will break down a topic you may have never thought about and debunk common |
| 1:07.7 | misconceptions about that topic. Topics such as the lottery, rakey healing, toothpaste, banned foods, diet supplements, internet |
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| 1:54.1 | Today we're talking about vaping. You've seen the clouds. Maybe you've walked through one outside a concert and thought, hmm, cotton candy. Gas stations sell devices with flavors that |
| 1:59.5 | sound like they came straight out of Willy Wonka. So are vapes a sleek, healthier alternative to cigarettes, a cool way to quit |
| 2:06.7 | smoking, or just bubble gum flavored cancer bombs? To help clear the air, we've got writer and |
| 2:12.3 | researcher Jessica Wynn. Hey, Jess. Hey, Jordan. I'm excited to ruin a few vape clouds for people. Perfect. Okay, so first |
| 2:19.3 | things first, full disclosure, have you ever smoked or vaped? I have never vaped. And technically, |
| 2:25.9 | I smoked two cigarettes in my teens, but both times I was on LSD, so I don't think that counts. |
| 2:33.3 | Yeah, if you did it in the fourth dimension, did it really happen? Yeah, that'sSD, so I don't think that counts. Yeah, if you did it in the fourth dimension, |
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