Do You Think Vaping Will Be Found To Be As Dangerous As Smoking?

[barney15c]

I have heard that Vaping can bring on something called 'popcorn lung' which seems just as bad as the effects of normal cigarette smoking. As vaping is relatively new i think its effects are not fully understood and people are replacing one dangerous habit for another?

[murraymints]

most likely

[Old_Geezer]

No idea if as dangerous but I know it's an equally daft habit inflicted on others; and an uncaring cynical attempt to financially profit from smokers at a time when tobacco smoking is gaining disapproval. I see nothing good about it.

[Sqad]

"As vaping is relatively new i think its effects are not fully understood and people are replacing one dangerous habit for another?"

Could be barney......nobody knows at the moment.

Both are antisocial habits.

[jackthehat]

I knew smoking was doing me no good whatsoever.
I took up vaping; knocked cigarettes on the head completely and just vaped for about 18 months.
And then I gave up vaping.
Substituting the Vape for nicotine was really quite easy *but* it isn't at straightforward or risk-free as might be imagined.
I became incredibly itchy, at one point, and could get no relief. Mrs JtH suggested it may be the 'juice' I was using so I googled it.....and one of the side-effects noted, caused by a particular ingredient, was indeed intense itching.
British-produced 'juices' are more stringently controlled than foreign imports but unless the vaper does their own research, they are unlikely to know exactly what they are putting into the bodies.

[Canary42]

Extremely likely IMHO.

[woofgang]

as I understand it the thing with vaping is that it depends on the recipe of what you are vaping....its not like tobacco.....so it make well be that some of the constituents of some kinds will cause problems.

[dannyk13]

//.its not like tobacco..//
But they still contain nicotine among other things.

[Cloverjo]

I can't imagine it's in any way ok to inhale the stuff into your lungs like that.
We'll see eventually, I suppose.

[jackthehat]

Fairy nuff.... :o)

It's true that 'some' juices contain nicotine; they are available in different strengths which means that it is possible to wean yourself off the nicotine-fix.

But the liquid can contain many other ingredients to make up a specific flavour or colour, too.

[chrissa1]

I use a non-liquid ciggy which is purely nicotine and the “smoke” I exhale is simply, steam.

[Old_Geezer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45170756

And they still suggest switching to it rather than quitting !

[Kromovaracun]

I find it very hard to believe it's equally as bad as smoking. Obviously this doesn't mean it's a good or healthy habit, but it's probably an improvement.

Still an irritating habit though. Especially when vapers generate massive clouds around themselves.

[Eleena]

Worrying trend isn't it, exchange one for another, who knows 100% what it's affects are.

[dannyk13]

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/31/health/where-we-stand-now-e-cigarettes/index.html
I can't see how they are not dangerous to health.

[jno]

Kromovaracun, smokers have always generated clouds round them. You may be too young (if you're lucky) to remember the horror of stepping into a smoking carriage on the tube.

However, it was tolerated the same way body odour, or fish shops, were tolerated, as part of the fabric of modern life. Smoking was only restricted when the perils of secondary smoking became clear. If vaping creates those same perils it should be banned. If not, not.