Vape Vs. Cigarettes: The Similarities As we move deeper into the vape vs. cigarette debate, it is safe to say that vaping stimulates the smoking experience without exposing the user to the traditional risks associated with smoking. That is because the smoke of vapes is a form of water, whic...
You may think that vaping and e-cigarettes are safer than tobacco use, but that doesn’t mean they’re without risk. Find out how vaping and e-cigarettes affect your body.
If you are not able to quit cigarettes cold turkey (which isn’t recommended by health professionals), millions in the UK now switch to vaping as a safer alternative. But with many types of vape to pick from, and an abundance of e-liquid variations, it’s daunting initially to know ...
Many are skeptical that e-cigarettes will reduce death rates related to smoking. Historically safer cigarettes have not delivered on a similar promise. After the U.S. surgeon generaldeclared smoking harmfulin 1964, smokers who could not quit migrated to what were then consideredlow-yield cigarettes...
The same approach has been used in New Zealand, where people born after 2008 willnever be legally allowedto buy cigarettes. The UK is already one of the leading countries in Europe when it comes to not smoking, with people in France almost twice as likely to smoke as those in...
"We chose social media to gather our data because this is where individuals, especiallyyoung people, the largest users of e-cigarettes, are sharing their experiences, including those abouthealth," says Dr. Struik. The research showed that negative health experiences were the number one reason thes...
How Many People Smoke in the US? 34.2 millionadult Americans smoke cigarettes, while 49.1 million use some kind of a tobacco product. The US hasn’t got a bad position after all—it ranks 49th, which is quite praise-worthy. Until the 1960s, US citizens were very fond of smoking. The...
She adds that optometrists also are advising patients seeking to quit smoking that “e-cigarettes are not the answer.” The primary agent in traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes is nicotine, a highly addictive substance, regardless of the delivery vessel. Vaping exposes the user to many toxic ...
While it may seem obvious that finding a vape is a sign of vaping, it is hard to figure out exactly what a vape looks like. They come in all shapes and sizes. E-cigarettes like JUULs and Phixs are discreet in their packaging. They can easily be passed off as USB drives. Some even...
The theory is that by eliminating cigarettes’ addictive potential while allowing high-nicotine alternatives like e-cigarettes and NRT products to remain on the market, many smokers would migrate to the low-risk alternatives. Proponents of the plan say that youth experimenters would never get addicted...