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Vaping exposes non-users to particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm, which poses health risks to non-users. [88] E-cigarettes produce propylene glycol aerosols at levels known to cause eye and respiratory irritation to non-users. [148] A 2014 study demonstrated that non-smokers living with vaping device users were exposed to nicotine. [149]
Vaping is nowhere near as harmful as smoking cigarettes. However, health experts agree anyone who does not smoke should not start vaping, as it may cause long-term damage to lungs, hearts and brains.
In 2016 they stated, "There is a lack of clarity about long-term health risks to users and the potential adverse effects on non-users exposed to e-cigarette vapour." [1] In 2020, the Ministry of Health of New Zealand issued a new position statement on nicotine vaping: “The Ministry considers vaping products could disrupt inequities and ...
Alex Martin, an eye health expert from Eyebot, says vaping may pose serious risks. Research shows that chemicals in vaping can damage the surface of the eye, disrupt tear film quality, harm the ...
According to research, vaping, like smoking, has an immediate negative effect on the user’s blood flow — even if the vape does not contain any nicotine.
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. [331] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
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]
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