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Concerns exist that vaping can be harmful by exposing users to toxic levels of nicotine. [13] Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and the elderly are more sensitive to nicotine than other individuals. [73] Nicotine is proven to be a carcinogen in mice and has been linked to cancer in humans. [238]
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 ...
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 ...
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."
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.
It also emerged that around 5.1 million people aged 16 or over are likely to have vaped every day or occasionally in 2023. Proportion of women aged 16-24 vaping daily highest since current records ...
In 2014, dollar sales of customizable e-cigarettes and e-liquid surpassed sales of cigalikes in the US, even though, overall, customizables are a less expensive vaping option. [378] In 2014, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association estimated that there were 35,000 vape shops in the US, more than triple the number a year earlier. [379]