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Totally anecdotal, but I'm a former-smoker and I'm pretty sure everyone I know who has switched from combustion to vaporization would tell you that the acute ef

Totally anecdotal, but I'm a former-smoker and I'm pretty sure everyone I know who has switched from combustion to vaporization would tell you that the acute effects are significantly lower. Less coughing, less shortness of breath, shorter recovery when battling a cold, lower blood pressure, fewer instances of bronchitis. I can't imagine that vaping is even in the same ballpark of potential harm as cigarettes. Am I addicted to nicotine? Obviously. Has JUUL made quitting all nicotine any easier? No. But I feel a lot better than I did when I smoked.

mushbino 8y ago
As a former smoker myself, I would agree with all of this. I used to get bronchitis about 3 times per year, but haven't had it one time since I switched. Exercise is significantly easier too. It's not a good or acceptable thing for kids to get hooked on vaporizers at a young age, but I never would have quit cigarettes if it weren't for vaporizers.
Rebelgecko 8y ago
I think compared to smoking, vaping is definitely healthier (or rather, less unhealthy). However the concern is that there are people vaping who wouldn't be smoking cigarettes. Anecdotally this seems to be the case, especially with people in their teens and 20s.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  There is a recent research paper estimating vaping to be about 95% better for you than smoking. Even if people who wouldn’t have smoked at all vape, it appears to be an overall net positive. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111141600.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111141600.h... "Studies show that if most current American smokers switched to vaping e-cigarettes over the next 10 years, there could be as many as 6.6 million fewer premature deaths and 86.7 million fewer life years would be lost," said David Abrams, PhD, professor of social and behavioral sciences at NYU College of Global Public Health and the article's lead author.

mushbino 8y ago

As a former smoker myself, I would agree with all of this. I used to get bronchitis about 3 times per year, but haven't had it one time since I switched. Exercise is significantly easier too. It's not a good or acceptable thing for kids to get hooked on vaporizers at a young age, but I never would have quit cigarettes if it weren't for vaporizers.

Rebelgecko 8y ago

I think compared to smoking, vaping is definitely healthier (or rather, less unhealthy). However the concern is that there are people vaping who wouldn't be smoking cigarettes. Anecdotally this seems to be the case, especially with people in their teens and 20s.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
There is a recent research paper estimating vaping to be about 95% better for you than smoking. Even if people who wouldn’t have smoked at all vape, it appears to be an overall net positive. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111141600.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111141600.h... "Studies show that if most current American smokers switched to vaping e-cigarettes over the next 10 years, there could be as many as 6.6 million fewer premature deaths and 86.7 million fewer life years would be lost," said David Abrams, PhD, professor of social and behavioral sciences at NYU College of Global Public Health and the article's lead author.