Why ecigs are bad

The Flash based YouTube player is currently not accessible to screen readers. Surgeon General. E-cigarette Basics E-cigarettes are devices that heat a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. Besides nicotine, e-cigarettes can contain harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, including: ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs flavorants such as diacetyl, a chemical linked to serious lung disease volatile organic compounds heavy metals, such as nickel, tin, and lead.

E-cigarettes and Youth Don't Mix Adolescent years are times of important brain development. Nicotine affects brain development, which continues to age Trends E-cigarettes are very popular with young people. Health Risks of E-cigarettes The Office of the Surgeon General shares an important message about the possible dangers of e-cigarette use by young people.

No matter how it's delivered, nicotine is addictive and harmful for youth and young adults. E-cigarettes Are Unsafe for Young People. In , 1 in 5 high school students reported using e-cigarettes in the past month. Popcorn lung has no lasting treatment. There are, however, treatments that manage BO symptoms, such as:. Unlike the classic pneumonia caused by infection, lipoid pneumonia develops when fatty acids the building blocks of fat enter the lungs.

Vaping-related lipoid pneumonia is the result of inhaling oily substances found in e-liquid, which sparks an inflammatory response in the lungs. Symptoms of lipoid pneumonia include:. This can be the result of an injury — such as a gunshot or knife wound — or when air blisters on the top of the lungs rupture and create tiny tears.

Those who develop these blisters are usually tall, thin people who had a period of rapid growth during adolescence, says Broderick. Because of the accelerated growth, a weak point may blister and develop at the top of the lungs. Smoking — and now vaping — are associated with an increased risk of bursting these blisters, leading to lung collapse. But I do vape. But more advanced cases require a chest tube to drain leaked oxygen from the body cavity or surgery to repair the hole in the lung.

Well after 1 week of vaping I found I was having severe asthma attacks. I asked others like my sister if they were experiencing any breathing problems with vaping. Everyone said no or even said they were finding that they could breath better. I tried to see if buying a different brand might help. Mine was just a regular ecig. Well my breathing worsened. I already suffered from asthma from allergies but this made it so much worse.

I went to an allergist to get breathing treatments. I asked them if they had heard of this and they had not. But this was 4 years ago. Everyone had heard people were breathing better w ecigs. Well I stopped in less then a month and kept smoking. Eventually I did quit using nicotine patches.

But I wanted to tell my story. Because I was an adult who had smoked cigarettes for years and I knew that cigarettes never made my lungs feel like the ecigs did. But there are people who are allergic or something to these. And I am one. Smoking or vaping are addictions, and should be treated as such. That is, like alcoholic drinks, the addiction to nicotine can be as difficult to stop as alcoholism or illicit drug abuse.

Smoking and vaping should taxed and managed by the government just as the use of alcohol is. All we get if e cigarettes are banned are the illegal production and use of the e cigarette devices and sooner rather than later we will have the same problems that the prohibition of alcohol did, more drug gangs, more addiction, more dangers of adulterated oils, more overdoses, and more psychiatric problems.

Just legalize the stuff, tax it, and use the tax revenues to help rehabilitate the addicts. How many people die from cigarette smoking, or even air pollution? Four point six million! Sounds like we should put some energy in that direction…ya think! Perhaps we should embrace humanities ability to cull itself?

I first started age 14 with chewing tabacco while playin hockey with friends, loved it and chewed for 3 years, then i switched to smoking belmonts pack a day for 1 year which i hated and felt digusted until vapes started coming out in my local smoke shop.

I bought a big 20w box mod kit for 80 bucks and ive been vaping ever since. I then bought a dripper and have been drip vaping huge clouds for the past 4 years. Ive been going through 1 bottle every week for 4 years aswell and i am active, healthy and feel way better then i did smoking cigarettes. I have noticed alot of young kids vaping, its the newest, quickest, cleanest way to get a buzz so of course kids are going to be all over the new JUULs and these stupid little pen vapes.

They are also vaping NIC SALTS which is basically a more concentrated version of nicotine, pure and crystallized; can get any young kid addicted extremely quickly. Vapes have been out for years now, and to hear a kid got a lung infection in just 7 months of vaping is clearly horseshit and a hoax. I am glad these articles and news have been revealed fake or not because it will sway the children off the vapes. I work at a wedding hall, and most of the young staff have thrown away their vapes from these fake stories.

THC Vapes became cool less than a year or two ago and now all these kids are dying? I continue to vape my big box mod that has low nicotine also Brodie!

I was always coughing and had wheezing. I purchased my first e cigarette after my doctor suggested it as an alternative , in October I have not had a tobacco cigarette since.

My breathing has improved dramatically I no longer wheeze. It has changed my life, I really hope that people realize not everyone gets sick from vaping. E-cigarettes containing nicotine vapor are more dangerous than ordinary cigarettes burning tobacco. E-cigarette vapor contains nanoparticles from the heater coil that emit UV radiation that raises nicotine to a higher electronic state than burning tobacco. See paper on the web at nanoqed. I transitioned to vaping 14 months ago after being a cigarette smoker for 35 years.

It has been a blessing for my health. I am aware that it does have a negative effect on my lungs, but it is nothing in comparison to cigarettes. It has allowed me to adopt an active lifestyle and a renewed interest in things forgotten while my health was in decline from smoking.

I would be hesitant to discard all the positive aspects vaping can have in the light of a few unfortunate instances. If you consider cases of vaping-related illness to total users, it is miniscule compared to smoking-related illness among total cigarette smokers. I think the fact they warned everyone of the dangers of smoking for decades before the US government came out with a statement claiming as much speaks volumes.

I recommend that you stop promoting smoking as being a better alternative as it has not been proven so. Can I ask you if you believe that vaccinations cause autism? Nanoqed has no author or sources listed its just a stream of nonsense.

In I quit smoking cigarettes by using e-cigs. I decided I wanted to quit and that was the way that seemed the most familiar. The physical addiction was gone. If you plan on replacing cigarettes for the rest of your life, this is still a gamble. But I will tell you that I do not regret the way I quit and I thank my lucky stars that these were available at a time when I really needed them most.

I hit 7 years nicotine free in May! Great valuable information! You have covered everything on the lungs that everyone should know about it.

Keep sharing such good stuff!. The juice used in Vaping is not an oil, it is propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and nicotine. It would take very large amount of these substances over many years to cause issues in your lungs.

Which is why factory workers in the popcorn industry ended up with popcorn lung. E-juice is not an oil. I was a smoker for 21 years.

When my first-born daughter was about 8 years old, she had been after me for a while to quit smoking. I had tried quitting using the patch and gum, but with no success. I also did the dumb thing and started using smokeless tobacco snuff, otherwise known as Dip, with no success. Well, one day my brother had been speaking with me about vaping, so I did my own research.

I just hope more people inform themselves before they decide to speak out on issues. I also thought I was living in a free country USA where as a grown adult we can make decisions to better ourselves healthy or otherwise. While much remains to be determined about the lasting health consequences of these products, the American Lung Association is very troubled by the evolving evidence about the impact of e-cigarettes on the lungs.

In January , the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine 1 released a consensus study report that reviewed over different studies. That report made clear: using e-cigarettes causes health risks. It concluded that e-cigarettes both contain and emit a number of potentially toxic substances.

The Academies' report also states there is moderate evidence that youth who use e-cigarettes are at increased risk for cough and wheezing and an increase in asthma exacerbations. PLoS Biol 16 3 : e