From vape mods to vape pens, the numbers of vaping devices being introduced in the market these recent years have indeed caught the attention of health organizations. Introduced as an alternative to traditional cigarettes and tobacco, these e-cigarettes are designed to imitate cigarettes and deliver nicotine via inhalation without the need to combust a tobacco. It is also designed to deliver nicotine in a toxin-free vapor.
SO HOW BAD IS NICOTINE TO OUR BODY?
• Nicotine is a naturally occurring chemical that is found in many plants and vegetables.
• A small baking potato contains around 1 microgram of nicotine. While tobacco cigarettes contain between 0.4mg to 2.5mg of nicotine.
• Around 30-60 mg of nicotine might be a lethal dose for a non-smoker. However, a person’s genetics can greatly vary their response to nicotine.
• A heavy smoker could survive up to 120 mg of nicotine.
According to Professor Michael Russell, “People smoke for nicotine, but die from the tar.” Tobacco cigarette smoke contains over 4000 identified chemicals including a number of known carcinogens and poisons.
1. Cyanide
2. Carbon Monoxide
3. Methanol
4. Acetylene
5. Ammonia
6. Nitrosamines
7. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
8. Radioactive carcinogens
E-cigarettes, vape pens and vape mods on the other hand only has 3 base chemicals and food grade flavorings. And sometimes are added with more complex flavorings or additional compounds for its taste.
• Propylene Glycol
• Nicotine
• Glycerin
• Vanillin
Dr. Klauss Lessnau, a Pumonary and Critical Care Specialist from the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City stated: “Regular tobacco products produce more than 1,000 toxic substances, many of them tar–related whereas, electronic cigarettes do.”
Unlike regular tobacco cigarettes, there are no currently proven risks from using vaping devices. Even Dr. Murray Laugesen of New Zealand’s Smoking Policy and Cigarettes Research said: “The product is safe, efficacious, and possibly effective in stopping smoking… It is a product that potentially just might assist smokers to quit and therefore cut the 1 in 2 cumulative death rate in smokers.”
Hence, vaping devices and e-cigarettes may indeed be the life-saving product we have been looking for to leave many nicotine addicts a viable option to stop tobacco smoking and leave a healthier life.
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