wait...huh? nicotine is highly addictive but it's otherwise just a stimulant not a mutagen. and vape devices main risk is heavy metal poisoning from the hot coils i don't think there's been any studies linking them to cancer yet.
Diacetyl is frequently added to flavored e-liquid to enhance the taste. Inhaling diacetyl causes inflammation and may lead to permanent scarring in the smallest branches of the airways — popcorn lung — which makes breathing difficult.
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Vaping-related lipoid pneumonia is the result of inhaling oily substances found in e-liquid, which sparks an inflammatory response in the lungs.
there's shit other than nicotine in an e-cig. lead and arsenic can be found in e-cig fluids and fumes. formaldehyde can form in the fumes after contact with the coils. flavorings and humectants can have weird shit in them. no one's saying e-cigs are as dangerous as cigarettes, but they're probably still dangerous, and we're not going to know how bad for a long time because e-cig popularity is a recent phenomenon.
wait...huh? nicotine is highly addictive but it's otherwise just a stimulant not a mutagen. and vape devices main risk is heavy metal poisoning from the hot coils i don't think there's been any studies linking them to cancer yet.
Yeah I’m certainly not gonna say vaping is good for you but to act like they’re anywhere near as harmful as cigarettes is really disingenuous.
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I'm pretty sure inhaling hot air into your lungs still enflames them, and doing that repeatedly still increases cancer risk.
what about inhaling hot vaporized potent anti-inflammatory compounds?
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/what-does-vaping-do-to-your-lungs
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there's shit other than nicotine in an e-cig. lead and arsenic can be found in e-cig fluids and fumes. formaldehyde can form in the fumes after contact with the coils. flavorings and humectants can have weird shit in them. no one's saying e-cigs are as dangerous as cigarettes, but they're probably still dangerous, and we're not going to know how bad for a long time because e-cig popularity is a recent phenomenon.