Some long-term smokers in an attempt to quit
smoking switch to e-cigarettes and other vaping devices as a cessation method.
Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling the vapor created by a vaping device.
Vaping devices include advanced personal vaporizers, vape pens, e-pipes and
e-cigarettes. Many youth on the other hand who have never tried cigarettes use
vaping devices for fun. With vaping on the rise, it is important that we get
the facts straight. Does vaping really help smokers quit? Is vaping safe? Let's
find out with the vaping facts enlisted below.
1. Vaping devices contain nicotine, a highly
addictive substance. In any form, nicotine is highly addictive. What's more,
the nicotine in e-liquids is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, which
causes a transient surge of endorphins in
the reward circuits of the brain, and stimulates the release of
adrenaline and dopamine, hence a brief moment of euphoria. This reinforces the
"need" for more, a gradual buildup of addiction. Nicotine also has a
host of harmful effects such as: increase in pulse rate and blood pressure,
hyperglycemia, and others. Severe nicotine poisoning results in tremors, prostration, cyanosis, dypnoea,
convulsion, progression to collapse and coma.
2. Vaping paves the way for traditional
cigarette use among the youth. Youth make up the greater proportion of
vaping-device users, including those who have never smoked cigarettes before.
Research has shown that some young people start smoking cigarettes not long
after they start vaping.
3. Long-term exposure to toxins in e-cigarette
vapor like lead, tin, nickel, benzene, acrolein and
formaldehyde increases the smoker's risk for cancer.
4. Vaping isn't a reliable smoking cessation method.
Research shows that most people who start using e-cigarettes in a bid to stop
smoking traditional cigarettes end up continuing to smoke both e-cigarettes and
the traditional ones.
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