While baby boomers and a few generations before are hooked on cigarettes millennials and generation Z have a whole new addiction. While tobacco cigarettes used to be something that was ‘cool’ to do, the new age version of this is vaping. Over time our technology has increased and scientists came up with an alternate solution to cigarette smokers addictions. Scientists have found a way to infuse nicotine into flavored oil (AKA e-juice) and use an atomizer to heat that to its boiling point which creates a flavored vapor with nicotine in it. Although this is a much healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes, there are definitelty some health risks that this new product presents.Scientists created an alternative, and with a lack of research or attention to research in media, many teens have turned to vaping. Vaping and using e-cigarettes is harmful to your body in many ways. Vaping includes risk of other lung issues, exploding atomizers can risk lives, and faulty vapes are extremely dangerous. THey also include risks of addiction to nicotine, and extremely harmful chemicals you are taking into your body. Many teenagers are fascinated by the incredible “clouds” that vaping can create but are unaware of the many health risks.according to science news for students, in their article, “Vaping May Be Harmful to Lungs”, “Chemicals in e-cigarettes can damage lung tissue, provoking inflammation. That damage can reduce the ability of the lungs to keep out germs and other harmful substances, new studies show.” This also means reduced sports performance. If your lungs arent working right or have decreased function, you have decreased ability to run. Vaping also causes Popcorn lungs aka bronchiolitis obliterans. According to the american lung association in the article titled, “ Popcorn Lungs: A Dangerous risk of flavored E- cigarettes” Popcorn lungs Is a harsh disease that can cause coughing and wheezing. It also causes shortness of breath, similar to COPD. Popcorn lungs is caused by the chemical diacetyl, which used to be in a lot of foods and artificial butter flavorings until many factory workers got popcorn lung because of inhaling the diacetyl. Since then this has been removed from most (if not all)
Everyone always wants to be with the latest trend, and as many celebrities and magazine ads have pictures of vaping, electronic cigarettes have become a "trend”. People are largely unaware of the emergency risks of vaping. According to a study by Mitch Zeller he states, “I can say definitely, that nicotine is harmful to a developing teenage brain. And no teenager, no young person. should be using any tobacco or nicotine-containing products”. Unlike true cigarettes, electronic cigarettes do not have
First, vaping is bad for the body and one's health. Vaping is the heating of a liquid, or “juice," until it becomes a vapor that is then inhaled. Since vaping has only been around in recent years, there are not many studies about them yet, but what researchers have seen so far does not look good for the future. Researchers say, “And then there's the nicotine. This is the component in cigarettes that smokers get hooked on. Research shows that nicotine may be as addictive as heroin or cocaine” (Lombardi). Many people “stop smoking" with the use of a vape. Little do they know, some of the same components found in cigarettes are also found in a vape. Nicotine, found in both vapes and cigarettes, is proven to be extremely addictive. Research shows that it could be as addictive as cocaine or heroin. For years, researchers have studied the horrendous outcome of nicotine effects on the body.
Vaping has become very common all around the world but what are its effects on the people that vape? Is vaping safe? According to the author of the article, How Safe is Vaping?” At very high levels, nicotine is toxic and can be lethal.” People who vape everyday are putting themselves at risk for diseases such as lung cancer and other respiratory diseases. How does vaping affect children? The author of the article Concerns Explode after New Health Risks of Vaping says this about how vaping affects children “Students as young as 12 or 13 are now more likely to vape than to smoke.” The effects of childhood vaping or secondhand smoke are asthma and lung diseases. What are the effects on teens who vape? One of the biggest effects are chronic bronchitis
Some people believe that vaping may lead people into trying actual cigarettes in order to get a stronger effect. This is an especially worrisome possibility when it comes to children. The fact of the matter is that there is no strong evidence to support such a belief. If anything, the exact opposite is true. Most vapers chose to use e-cigarettes because they realized how harmful tobacco smoking was to them and they wanted to find a safe way to quit. In addition, many of these people spread the word of how harmful traditional cigarettes can be, which furthers support for anti-smoking campaigns.
Vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking, though by no means is it good for you. Though you can’t argue with the fact that vaping is better for your health than smoking traditional cigarettes. I will agree on the fact that the nicotine warnings should be placed on all bottles of vape juice and things alike that contain nicotine. This was approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Also, I agree that advertising of devices or products that deal with vapes and e-cigs should be prohibited. Vaping should be for the use of breaking traditional cigarette smoking habits and not displayed to our youth so openly.
E-Cigarette can cause harm especially to your lungs. The lungs are a important part of your body. The lungs are a respiratory system allowing the oxygen in the air to be taken into the body, to get
In conclusion, more Americans need to be aware of the dangers of e-cigs including their addictive levels of nicotine, and harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde. Thedailybeast addressed the dangerous of e-cigs to not only the user, but other in this statement ,”Outside the risk of exposure to cancer-causing agents, e-cigarettes have been shown to prove dangerous to kids.” This shows that the dangers caused by e-cigs can indirectly harm others, and is posing as a threat to the user's health and can act as a bad influence toward the youth. This is why americans need to relook at how safe e-cigarettes
Imagine you are laying in a hospital bed. You wake up, the first thing you see is your doctor and you hear him say, “I’m sorry, you have lung cancer.” This is a situation that far too many people have had to go through; especially those who smoke. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco kills around 6 million people a year. This is alarming and certainly unacceptable, especially when there is an effective, safer alternative. This alternative is called ‘vaping’.
This article is based on the dangers of vapes & e-cigs. In 2015 Harvard University scientists confirmed that “lung destroying” chemicals are found in the liquids used for electronic cigarettes and vaping devices.
Traditional cigarette pollutes the environment and is harmful to both the smokers and nonsmokers around them. Vaping minimizes the harm by reducing your exposure to tobacco and lowering production of smoke to the environment. One cigarette contains over 4000 chemicals which include 400 toxic chemicals harmful to human health and 43 carcinogenic compounds. The chemicals range from arsenic to formaldehyde. However, vaporizers reduce or even eliminate all the chemicals.
This article is about the new health risk concerning vaping. When a toxicologist went to a school to tell students about the damage vaping can do; many students said that they had mouth and throat bleeding that took a long time to heal due to vaping. This made the toxicologist named, Irfan Rahman, very concerned so him and his team decided to investigate what the vapors inhaled from electronic cigarettes might be doing to mouth cells.The October of 2016, him and his team showed that vaping makes the mouth cells flare up which can lead to severe gum disease and tooth loss. After continuing the investigation they also found that the liquid in the vapors can have a cancer leading chemical, this sparked concern because most vapors are being smoked
But vaping devices are packed with potentially harmful materials.” In the passage, it also states “And then there’s the nicotine. This is the component in cigarettes that smokers get hooked on. Research shows that nicotine may be as addictive as heroin and cocaine. ” Not only can the vaping device harm young teenagers by attracting them to the artificial flavors, but can make them addictive. There are concerns for the teens who get addictive because they are consuming a Juul within a day, which is not healthy for them. Others who get addicted to using the Juul are more likely to move on to a cigarette. Overall, the e-cigarette industry is filling teens minds with lies, but in reality, the teens are being harmed with the detrimental components, which then causes them to become
Nicotine is a highly addictive drug at any age, which is very unhealthy for you and can cause major downfalls in the future. Even second smoke from the vapes are harmful because of the chemicals. Vapes or E-Cigarettes were made for adults to quit smoking cigarettes but our youth is also using them as well. They are thinking now that it doesn’t help smokers quit but they aren’t
In our generation vaping is know to be healthier than smoking cigarettes. Vaping is vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device. On the other hand, cigarettes are thin cylinders that contain tobacco rolled in paper. In America vaping is becoming popular since people vape for a hobby. While smoking cigarettes is known as a stress reliever, people tend to like it more than vaping. Vaping is respected more in today’s society, it is known to smell and taste better than cigarettes, in addition, it is not addicting like cigarettes. Cigarettes contain tar, tar makes the smoker’s teeth yellow and destroys his or her lungs. No, vaping is not as harmful as cigarettes, however, it is still harmful.
E-cigarette is believed to greatly reduce on the health effects associated with tobacco smoking. However, e-cigarette has been criticized as a leading cause of smoking among the youth due to its flavor as well as its novel appearance and campaigns. It is also believed to pose some health risks. Despite such drawbacks, e-cigarette has recently gained a lot of popularity and subsequent growth.