Eissenberg T, Bhatnagar A, Chapman S, Jordt SE, Shihadeh A, Soule EK. Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of Electronic Cigarettes. See the Wise Choices box for tips on stopping. If you’ve already started vaping or smoking cigarettes, it’s never too late to quit. And companies can no longer produce and sell flavors that appeal to children like fruit and mint. People must now be 21 to buy any tobacco product, including vaping products. New laws are aimed at curbing vaping among teens. The rates have more than doubled in the past two years. About 20% of high school seniors vaped marijuana in the past year. Marijuana vaping has also increased dramatically among teens. And studies have found that teens who vape nicotine may be more likely to go on to smoke traditional cigarettes. One in four high school seniors say they vaped nicotine in the past month. Vaping is now more popular among teens than smoking traditional cigarettes. They recommend avoiding any vaping product containing Vitamin E acetate or THC, particularly those from informal sources like friends, family, or in-person or online dealers. The CDC identified it as a “chemical of concern” among people with vaping-associated lung injuries. One harmful chemical may be a thickening agent called Vitamin E acetate, which is sometimes used as an additive in THC-containing vape products. When they get heated up, those components can turn into other potentially dangerous chemicals.” “And all of those are heated up in this little reactor, which is an e-cigarette. “You’re inhaling propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, flavorants that were meant to be eaten but not inhaled, and nicotine,” he explains. “Your lungs aren’t meant to deal with the constant challenge of non-air that people are putting into them-sometimes as many as 200 puffs a day-day after day, week after week, year after year,” Eissenberg says. But nicotine vaping could still damage your health. So how safe is vaping? Studies suggest nicotine vaping may be less harmful than traditional cigarettes when people who regularly smoke switch to them as a complete replacement. They create more vapor and deliver more chemicals. While vaping devices work similarly, some are more powerful than others. Thomas Eissenberg, an expert on tobacco research at Virginia Commonwealth University. “If the liquid has nicotine in it, then the user is inhaling nicotine along with the other ingredients in the liquid,” explains Dr. Plus, other chemicals can be produced during the vaporizing process. These may include the main active chemicals in tobacco (nicotine) or marijuana (THC), flavorants, and other ingredients that are added to vaping liquids. Vaping exposes the lungs to a variety of chemicals. This heats the liquid in a cartridge, turning it into vapors that are inhaled. Puffing activates a battery-powered heating device.
While they may look different, most vaping devices work in a similar way. Others are shaped like every-day objects, such as pens or USB memory sticks. Some look like traditional cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Vaping devices, also known as e-cigarettes, vape pens, and e-hookahs among other terms, come in many shapes and sizes. But those aren’t the only risks that come with vaping. You might also know about the recent outbreak of lung injuries and deaths linked to vaping in the U.S. You’ve probably heard a lot about vaping lately.
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