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Vaping was reported to have comparable levels of nicotine urinary metabolites to those who were tobacco and smokeless tobacco product users. [222] Though, the oxidative nicotine metabolites were less in those who were vaping. [222] Evidence indicates that some vaping products may deliver the same amount of nicotine as traditional cigarettes. [243]
Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]
Continued use of nicotine may result in harmful effects to women's brains because it restricts estrogen signaling. [24] This could lead to making the brain more vulnerable to ischemia . [ 24 ] A 2015 review concluded that "Nicotine acts as a gateway drug on the brain, and this effect is likely to occur whether the exposure is from smoking ...
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Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes. [127] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
Vaping has a teenage reputation, but many young women picked it up as a way to cope with pandemic anxiety. And they're finding their new addiction hard to quit. Shrouded in Watermelon-Mint Smoke ...
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has focused on what it continues to describe as a “youth e-cigarette epidemic,” even though vaping by teens has fallen by more than 60% since its peak in 2019.