Doctors reveal what vaping can do to your heart
IndependentMAR 2024
While scientists have unfortunately failed to give as much attention to vaping as it does smoking, the research still indicates that the negatives outweigh the positives, particularly regarding impaired vascular function, oxidative stress, and increased addiction risk among youth. Governments must ban or heavily regulate vaping products to prevent an epidemic of addiction and long-term health consequences.
While vapes must be kept out of the hands of children and non-smokers to prevent nicotine addiction and long-term health risks, they still remain a helpful tool for adults attempting to quit smoking. E-cigarettes offer a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes as part of a harm-reduction strategy, and smokers deserve the right to make the switch as they work toward healthier habits.
While the health industry’s push for safer alternatives — like marijuana and vapes over cigarettes or mocktails over alcohol — is well-intentioned, it often promotes antisocial, synthetic substitutes that lack the communal and experiential aspects of the original activities. Life is full of risk and reward trade-offs, and while perfect health is of course importantdesirable, it shouldn't be the sole factor in life decisions.
There is a 50% chance that a country will completely ban civilian tobacco consumption/smoking by December 2033, according to the Metaculus prediction community.