Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken to one of his own news channels to deliver a broadside against flavored vaping products. This diatribe is remarkable for its flagrant contradictions, staggering lack of self-awareness, and complete lack of understanding about harm reduction.

Bloomberg warns that the Food and Drug Administration’s recent authorization of flavored vaping products will “prove deadly for kids.” He paints a lurid picture of an America supposedly on the verge of societal collapse, with predatory companies handing out mango-flavored addiction to children on every street corner. The Trump administration and the FDA must reject this prohibitionist theater and help smokers trying to kick their deadly habit.