I meant to add to my post that the expression of guarding one’s health is in the Torah for a reason, and I don’t think the average Jewish Joe (Yosseleh) should be able to find a heter for its use. It is at least as bad as cigarettes in terms of filling the lungs with toxins, it causes some similar effects to someone being buzzed or even drunk, thus making its user a hazard on the road should he think he is fully capable of driving (pretty much what drunk drivers also think). amd right now it is illegal, so there is no need to look for further issues. Dina d’malchusa dina. That alone makes it assur, until such time as the malchusa changes it dina.
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