> They are loaded with chemicals known to cause harmful effects

So are roasted coffee beans.

> It's not "just water vapor" that is exhaled by users

It's less toxic than tobacco smoke.

> Users insist on using them indoors and in close proximity to others

So did cigarette smokers. This tendency is not written in stone.

> The large lobbying effort to make them socially acceptable often straight-up lies about their effects

Citation needed. Is this a bigger or smaller problem than how Big Tobacco has historically operated?

> Just about the only "Good" thing about them is the lack of carbon being inhaled and released into the air (smoke)... otherwise they are just as bad as plain old cigarettes.

You're completely ignoring the largest benefit -- there is no combustion occurring. Combustion results in many more (carcinogenic) toxins being created. Inhaling nicotine vapor is inherently much safer than inhaling tobacco smoke.