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Vishal Kattoju

9H/Period 7

11/18/2019

Vaping

One puff a day, two puffs a day, three puffs a day, and now suddenly you can’t stop.

Most people believe that vaping is harmless. It’s believed to be a safe alternative when compared

to cigarettes.

But, no one seems to really knows what vaping really does to you.

The Suffering

The public has a cogniton on how vaping is safe and kid friendly. Well tell that to the 42

people death and the 2,200 people suffering from lung cancer. According to the Disease Control

and Prevention Program, as of November 13, 2019, 2,172 cases of lung illness relate with the use

of vaping products have been reported. There have been some vaping prevention activities by the

Washington State Department of Health’s Youth Tobacco and Vapor Product Prevention and

Control, but the action that has been taken is very minimal. The misconception of how vaping is

safe is still unknown to some people.

What is happening

Many people who have vaped don't exactly know what they are doing to their body. A

small study published in 2016, reports that nicotine-containing vaping products trigger lung

inflammation and lung tissue damage. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary (COP) disease

development is associated with these effects. Both cultured human lung cells and mice used in

the study showed dependence on nicotine, because once you start you can't stop.
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How far has it gone

On November 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prompted

people to avoid e-cigarettes while government and state authorities examine a continuous

nationwide episode of serious lung injuries related with the utilization of e-cigarette, or vaping,

products.

Despite the fact that the agency declared that vitamin E acetic acid derivation - an

ingredient added to some THC items shows up related with this vaping-related disease,

authorities focused on that their discoveries stay uncertain, and beyond what one compound

could be adding to lung cancer. With no single reason yet distinguished, the agency keeps on

multiplying down on its cautionary advise.

But this is not even the worst part from the repercussions of vaping.

How does it affect you

In many cases, health specialists are announcing serious lung harm in people who vape,

including a few deaths. Vaping puts nicotine into the body. Nicotine is profoundly addictive and

can: slow brain development in teenagers and affect memory, concentration, learning, self-

control, attention, and mood.

Mark Twain, an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired

international fame from his travel narratives once said, “Giving up smoking and vaping are the

easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.” It’s a person’s choice

to quit vaping, but depending on the choice they make their life will change forever.
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Vaping vs smoking

“The public has this misconception that vaping is a safe alternative when compared to

cigarettes,” said Mikhail Varshavski a primary care physician at Chatham Family Medicine. He

believes in preventive care and in educating individuals on how small lifestyle changes can make

a big impact on quality of life as well as health outcomes.

What does vaping do.

Vaping is said to recreate the experience of smoking without presenting the user to the

standard risks that are with smoking. Since the "smoke" from vaping is just water vapor, vaping

presents little threat to the lungs, not at all like tobacco smoke. Nonetheless, some vaporizer
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arrangements use nicotine, an addictive energizer found in customary cigarettes, and more

examination is needed to decide the safety of disclosure to the chemicals and addictive

substances found in the flavored, nicotine-free e cigarettes. The contrast between vaping and

smoking lies in the qualities of the aerosol that is inhaled.

What does it do to your body

When smoking a cigarette, the consumer breathes in the smoke that is created through the

process of burning tobacco. The term vaping, however, portrays the use of smoke free items that

create a vapor that is breathed in by a consumer. Instances of such items are e-cigarettes.

Rather than consuming tobacco, producers have discovered a few different ways to

deliver a flavored nicotine-containing vapor that a purchaser can breathe in, yet that has

altogether lower levels of harmful substances than cigarettes. However, these items contain

nicotine, which is addictive, and are not hazard free.

How does it affect you health

While smoking can cause lung cancer, breast cancer, emphysema, heart disease, and

other severe ailments, those diseases largely develop over time when smoking. Interestingly, in

2019 it turned out to be evident that vaping could cause seizures and serious lung cancer after

only a year, conceivably less, in light of CDC reports of just about 200 patients hospitalized for

lung disease clearly brought by vaping. While there have been alerts about the probable danger

of e-cigarettes for 10 years, it was not expected that they could cause such serious harm in such a

brief time period.

Since 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mentioned that e-cigarettes

contain "detectable levels of known cancer-causing agents and toxic chemicals to which
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consumers could be exposed to." For instance, in e-cigarette cartridges advertise as "tobacco-

free," the FDA distinguished a poisonous compound found in antifreeze chambers, tobacco

compounds that have been set out to cause cancer. Another study looked at 42 fluid cartridges

and verified that they contained formaldehyde, a substance known to cause cancer in humans.

Formaldehyde was found in a few of the cartridges at levels a lot higher than the most extreme

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prescribes for people.

What it is doing to your body

The body's response to a large number of synthetic compounds in normal cigarette smoke

causes long lasting inflammation, which thusly prompts chronic diseases, like bronchitis,

emphysema, and coronary illness. Since e-cigarettes likewise contain a large number of

equivalent poisonous synthetic concoctions, there is no motivation to accept that they will

fundamentally lessen the dangers for these ailments.

“I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed so drastically, I couldn't

believe it myself,” said Bob Dylan an American folk singer who moved from folk to rock music

in the 1960s, infusing the lyrics of rock and roll. As Bob Dylan unlocked his full capacity by

quitting smoking you could too.