It should come as no big surprise that Americans are not the world’s best mathematicians. After all, our federal government has accumulated a mindboggling $22 trillion debt and American students have borrowed more than $1.6 trillion just to attend college. In 2017, only 34 percent of eighth-grade students scored “proficient” in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress. Even worse, the average American adult scored an abysmal 253 points out of a possible 500 on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s 2012 Survey of Adult Skills.
Perhaps this widespread inability to perform basic math can partially explain why Americans (mistakenly) believe electronic cigarettes and vaping devices are more harmful than combustible cigarettes. Or maybe this goes beyond the general public lacking simple math or rudimentary reasoning skills.
Maybe Americans should pay more attention to governments’ reliance on tobacco taxes and settlement payments, which are used, overwhelmingly, to prop up extraneous programs and budget shortfalls.
Fortunately, e-cigarettes are disrupting the government’s fuzzy math. In fact, e-cigarettes have become more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in helping smokers quit. Keep in mind, the government also applies its nonsensical mathematical approach to NRT via massive subsidies.
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