What is more harmful to smoke: vape or regular cigarettes

The apparent safety of e-cigarettes has led to this, that they are beginning to be considered almost a drug. This is fundamentally wrong: vape can be considered as an alternative method of giving up cigarettes, but it is unlikely that even nicotine-free fluid will benefit the body. Quite controversy erupts today on vape vs tobacco, "What is more harmful" and the like, but conclusions should be drawn on the basis of facts.

Advantages of vape

Certainly, e-cigarette has a number of advantages over conventional.

1. Lack of resin in the liquid, toxins and other substances, which are inevitably contained in traditional cigarettes.
2. No caustic tobacco smoke, which impregnates clothes, things, premises and harms others.
3. E-cigarette, due to the lack of the same resins, which does not cause such damage to the teeth and skin of the smoker.
4. "Soar" is possible indoors, as well as there, where smoking is prohibited: trains, public places near children's and municipal institutions. Many employers prohibit employees from smoking indoors or in the surrounding area. Vape will be a kind of way to circumvent the ban and get a dose of nicotine.

By and large, these are all major factors, why vape is better than a regular cigarette. Others include a variety of flavors of smoking liquid, softer and more pleasant taste - but all these are too subjective advantages. People, biased against smoking, loyal to smoke, and tobacco manufacturers offer hundreds of different flavors of classic cigarettes.

Spreading or smoking is more harmful

In view of the, that e-cigarettes have gained widespread popularity recently, not wonderful, that in-depth research on the harm of vape has not yet been conducted. The result of long-term use of modern models is also not established. So, it is still difficult to estimate, how dangerous vape, what are the consequences of prolonged smoking of a kind of inhaler. It is also not necessary to be based on the manufacturer's assurances: whether trading companies have the financial ability to fully test their products. The only thing, what you can focus on - certification by the Ministry of Health, which has not yet recognized vape safe for humans.

Operating facts, the composition of the smoking liquid does not contain toxins and poisons, Of course, if it is a licensed product, manufactured in accordance with technical specifications and safety requirements. There are many fakes of a fashionable device, their composition is much worse and may include excess (not specified) nicotine content or other components, dangerous to humans.

But, Safe substances can cause some health problems:

• manifestation of an allergic reaction in various forms;
• poisoning or intoxication;
• dryness of the oral mucosa;
• psychological tendency to smoke cigarettes;
• development of persistent nicotine dependence.

Non-smokers are advised to refrain from using vape, after all, even nicotine-free liquids may actually contain a small proportion of alkaloids. In a healthy body, nicotine is produced naturally. If it comes from outside, this process is suspended, and rapidly developing dependence.

Mixtures, where the nicotine content is indicated, will inevitably become addictive.

Ordinary cigarettes include a whole list of harmful components, resins are especially dangerous. The composition of vape smoking liquid is devoid of all these substances, than it differs from tobacco. E-cigarette appears as a less harmful alternative, compared to traditional cigarettes.

Will vape help to quit smoking

Choosing, which is better: e-cigarette or regular, people are often guided by the idea of ​​combating smoking. So, you can quit smoking when using vape, but this requires a purposeful scheme or even a plan. There is a lot of controversy, which is actually more harmful: vape or cigarettes. If you take note, that nicotine addiction develops, then the lack of resins and other substances in e-cigarettes will not affect the addiction to tobacco products. So, as electronic, and regular cigarettes are equally conducive to the development of nicotine addiction.

Consider the benefits of this method of combating bad habits.

1. No need to buy a whole pack of cigarettes or smoke a cigarette completely. During periods of exacerbation of nicotine requirements, when giving up regular cigarettes, smoker enough pair of puffs vape.
2. Weaning from tobacco smoke. Using vape, a person gets used to the smell of tobacco, after which he becomes unpleasant and, perhaps, the user will not return to smoking regular cigarettes.
3. Cleansing the body of harmful components, contained in tobacco products.

Some disadvantages oppose such a non-standard method.

1. Nicotine consumption cannot be adequately estimated, after all, vape can be smoked until then, until the mixture runs out. A regular cigarette ends after 10 puffs, using vape, their, at least, will have to count.
2. Side effects from substances are not excluded, contained in the smoking mixture of the electronic cigarette.
3. Experienced smokers are not always able to fully switch to vape, as a result, people smoke and ordinary, and electronic cigarettes, increasing daily nicotine intake.
4. Vape is not banned from smoking at work, home, in other places. Actually, nothing will stop a person from smoking once again, although some bans hold back.

What to choose

Comparing the harmfulness of vape and cigarettes, conclusions are ambiguous. The facts indicate, that tobacco products are more harmful than the electronic version from a physical point of view. But vape does not solve the key problem - it does NOT eradicate nicotine addiction, little of, e-cigarette smoking can be addictive.

Psychologically, vape also carries some danger: its use blurs the line between bad habit and conditionally safe entertainment.

The conclusion is simple: vape cannot be considered completely safe, until this is proven by scientific research. That is all that can be said, that short-term use of licensed products, in most cases, does not pose a serious health risk. All this allows us to consider the e-cigarette as a non-medical method of combating bad habits. It is optimal to use vape instead of a regular cigarette, when the "smoker's experience" does not exceed 10 — 15 years, and in a day the person smokes no more 7-10 ordinary cigarettes.

In all other cases, smoking e-cigarettes is not recommended. Though, that vaping is a modern trend, this is a direct path to nicotine addiction and smoking tobacco products.