Is Vaping Worse Than Smoking?

Vaping is the most common way for young people to ingest nicotine. It is less regulated than smoking and has even caused random deaths amongst teenagers, so is it actually worse than cigarettes?
Written by: Gregory Brown
Edited by: Luka Šarlija
Drawings by: Max Simmons
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[@elliottwoods5636]

i think the amount of lithium batteries ending up in landfills is also worth mentioning. I have a huge "bag of shame" that was my biggest reason for quitting. you can't even pay the recycling center to take them unless they're fully dismantled, so no one does it. we need more regulation for all the electronic waste this creates.

[@OrWhatWeHave]

Yesss the environmental factor is HUGE

[@Garnizzle]

Governments should stright up BAN disposable vapes...but capitalism exists so it will never happen.

[@GlitterGuru]

I don’t understand the disposable vapes. I’ve had the same pen/battery for years and cycle through the little pod cartridges. Hopefully they find a way to make those recyclable, or better yet sell the oil only and refill it yourself.

[@crazedmonk8u]

Doesn't help that the 18650 batteries don't last that long. And they are expensive too! $20 for a pair and the worse part is if you get some old batteries you might as well throw em away. They will lose half their charge when not in use 🥲

[@VVazi0]

yeah, hungary banned disposables thankfully

[@werdwerdus]

I think one of the biggest things that is usually overlooked is how often people are vaping. if you compare to smokers who can only smoke occasionally throughout the day and they have to take an actual break and go outside normally compare against people that use Vapes that can do it indoors basically Non-Stop the entire day

[@michaelboyle7281]

I agree, I used to smoke cigarettes and there was always a time where I was smoking and times where I wasn't. I feel alot better after switching to a vape it is lke I hit it non-stop. When I was at work, in the store, while I'm eating. With a cigarette it always has an end, so you get used to smoking certain lengths of time. With vapes tho it's ongoing with no end for awhile so you just keep hitting it. I do try to step outside of places when I wanna repeatedly hit my vapes a few good times, kinda like how going out for a cig is

[@rohanb2711]

Precisely. Also since you can vape almost anywhere it's more accessible and you're more likely to puff on your vape than a cigarette...unless you're a severely addicted cigarette smoker

[@snmcfadden]

I have friends that say they've literally woken up in the morning with the vape in hand.

[@demontferrat]

@@michaelboyle7281wow, that’s sad, hope you manage to quit it.

[@mwitchb]

Smoking in rain outside a building, a restaurant or pub, it’s a bonding experience, a vape could never.

[@mattdorfman7518]

I quit vaping 2 years ago and respect everyone who has quit. It's quite possibly the hardest thing I've mentally overcome. Anyone who has quit is mentally strong af.

[@tianaelvey3332]

Any tips to quilting vaping

[@mattdorfman7518]

@tianaelvey3332 when you have a craving, keep telling yourself that you don't vape. You don't physically need it. Start playing a game or watch a TV show, or do a home workout to occupy your mind.

[@michaelrogers6404]

I'm one month in, it's not easy.

[@michaelrogers6404]

@@tianaelvey3332 For me, there had to be stakes. Something to lose if I gave up, and it had to be something important.

[@dareeldmt9310]

I think the real mentally strong people are those who never gave into vaping in the first place.

[@TheXipherZero]

I do appreciate that at the end of the video the difference between tobacco and vape was actually discussed. I'm far from a young person using vape to be cool. I smoked 1-2 packs of smokes a day for 25 years until I was finally able to get OFF tobacco and move to vaping. Those nearly 30 years were filled with attempt after attempt to quit with repeated failures. For the last 8 years I have been tobacco free and while I'm still heavily addicted to nicotine, the delivery mechanism is far less problematic at this point. I do think anyone who is not addicted to nicotine should avoid it like the plague, but realistically there are many people like myself who need a less harmful alternative to tobacco and at this point vaping provides that.

[@AliKhan04]

Yeah man nicotine isn't even that bad 😂 this dudes a clown

[@Gormezzz]

I chew 20 pieces of nicotine gum a day. The door is open, walk through it 😂 much harder transition then smoking to vaping.

[@Kodiak42]

@@Gormezzzit isn’t a competition

[@rorymoran4418]

I doubt that's much better. I had a coworker who'd shame me for vaping while eating the nic tablets all day. Several times he'd show up smelling ligs cigs but never admit he still had smokes...we all struggle. @@Gormezzz

[@frankalmanzar3492]

@@Kodiak42But if chewing nicotine gums is the better option health wise, why not try it?

[@jewelscoop3570]

To anyone having trouble quitting vaping, its definitely worth it. Two months later im feeling more awake during the day, ive managed to gain a few pounds when ive struggled to the past few years of vaping. Do your best not to trade habits though, try not to eat a bunch of junk food and smoke more weed. I found myself doing that in the first few weeks after but started working on that too. I still get cravings, but the first few days were the biggest hurtle. Make sure to spend time with family and friends if you can soon after quitting

[@Nintendoggy]

That's amazing of you! Well done!

[@iam_maixxv6800]

What’s your opinion on vaping weed cartridges? Do you think it’s worse than nicotine vapes ?

[@ChunkyJo]

Don't let the "is vaping as bad as smoking" keep you from quitting smoking. Also, to anybody having trouble quitting smoking and don't want to "jsut switch addictions", and I mean this seriously as an ex smoker, PLEASE take the time to switch to vaping. Even if it's "just as bad" as smoking, your lungs will thank you. I've been vaping as long as I'd been smoking and the health effects I've experienced from vaping are a fraction of anything resembling the COPD-ridden hell that smoking ever was. Just my anecdotal evidence from myself and those in my personal life who also used to smoke, so take it with a grain of salt, but I will advocate for vaping over smoking all day.

[@YodaWasSith]

I made the decision almost 2 years ago now on a new year's resolution to go 100% sober and just rawdog life, and I gotta tell ya, things are pretty neat sometimes.

[@zero1188]

What about weed oil pens?

[@KemalBeyaztas97]

I’ve quit vaping 6 months ago after smoking for 7 years everyday. It was incredibly hard I’m not gonna lie, and I still get cravings and reminders weekly. The worst was quitting the first 3 weeks. To anyone trying you got this!! And if you fail, try again. I failed numerous times, but this is the longest I’ve ever gone

[@annabellepreedom8853]

I wish you luck! You got this!

[@YodaWasSith]

The hardest part for me was redirecting my hands to do something else other than reach for a vape. For me that ended up being a constant struggle for the first month or so. Like if I was playing a game, after every round or in any downtime, I'd pick up my vape. My simple, healthy solution to this was to always have a bottle of water in front of me. That way I'd remind myself, oh yeah, not supposed to be vaping, and I could reach out and still grab something to fulfill that mouth action I was really after. Which ended up working very well, I recommend it.

[@DragonHeart000]

I tried quitting once but only made it two weeks. I keep saying I want to quit but then don't

[@tylergrant180]

dude!! 7 years here too and November will be 1 year!! awesome

[@KemalBeyaztas97]

Walking helped a lot for me. Whenever I had cravings I would go outside to walk. But say I’m at work, I would play with something in my hand and chew gum. I used nicotine patches and gum before but not this time. I wanted the nicotine out of my system and quit cold turkey. For me it worked but it may be helpful to others to slowly decrease your nicotine consumption with patches!

[@dafaeriequeene]

10 mins vape free and feeling great. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

[@BrazilianThroughTheWorld]

ive been 5 minutes and 45 sseconds away from vaping it was difficult but i pulled it off but now i just started vaping again

[@Ath3nx_2]

@@BrazilianThroughTheWorld dont give up you got this!!!

[@user-uf3tb9nz2l]

Wtf😂

[@christineguttilla6465]

Bravo 👏 😂👍

[@dafaeriequeene]

@@BrazilianThroughTheWorld well done that’s amazing! I’m back to vaping. Cut down to Ten a day

[@ginge9989]

They always tell you what shrinks the little man but never tells what increases it

[@redorchidee1372]

viagra will do it dude, i think that's pretty common knowledge

[@pearcustard]

Testosterone

[@markansas101]

Exercise, meditation, and sleep

[@giantlactismid5704]

You kinda have what you have

[@patfanrj]

I vaped for nearly 4 years and found a great way to quit. My friend had been raving about this key lime vape juice from a local shop near him, so I had him send me a bottle. Turns out that where he's from, all juice needs to be 0mg nicotine. Anyways, I vaped that whole bottle and still got the physical stimulation of hitting a vape without the chemical dependence from the nicotine. By the time the juice was gona about a month later, I was genuinely too lazy to find more of that juice and I just stopped vaping. Been clean for alomst two years now!

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

Why not back to smoking cig ?

[@ais-oohmy]

​@@bluedragontoybash2463go back? But he never smoked a cigarette (based on his comment)

[@VMC_Boy]

@@bluedragontoybash2463 Lol, you work for Philip Morris or something?

[@lavp365]

laziness does have benefits!

[@ty.Tibor123]

Buddy Did you watch the video

[@dmoustakas]

I've been vaping since 2016. I initially started vaping to quit smoking but ended up even more addicted. After watching your video, I believe it's worth giving quitting another try. Thank you!

[@SpaceCadet829]

You got this!

[@AliceBowie]

Yeah, vaping is a better alternative to smoking, but it doesn't make sense to start vaping if you aren't doing it to quit smoking.

[@dmoustakas]

@@AliceBowie That was its main selling point back then, at least in my country. I never imagined it would be twice as addictive

[@TheRawrnstuff]

I'm a long time smoker of "blue" cigarettes at around 13 a day, working to cut back if not quit. Vaping a mix of 12mg/ml and 6mg/ml has dropped my daily cigarette smoking to 8-10 cigs a day, and I don't even vape every day. Other nicotine supplements haven't worked at all on me. I could be suckling a nicotine pill for 15 minutes and still crave a smoke, but now with the burn of the nicotine in my throat. I think I'm addicted to something in cigarettes that _isn't_ the nicotine.

[@erf2324]

Did you ever try nicotine pouches/snus? It seems to me that it would be the best commercial way to consume nicotine.. Won't affect lungs and the immune system that much even when compared to vaping, I assume. Of course, not being addicted to nicotine in any form will get you further in life.

[@esk8world]

88 days nicotine free after 9 years of addiction and happier than I’ve ever been. Trust me, it’s so worth quitting and YOU CAN DO IT!!!

[@slothyg765]

good for you. Hope u last 100000 days more

[@fynkozari9271]

I never started vaping or smoking. I don't understand what's so good about tar, nicotine, Nickel, tin and lead.

[@trippynikki476]

Hey would u mind telling me how the cravings were? Like how long did it take to finally not crave it anymore? Congratulations btw 😊 I hope to quit too I just feel like I’ll always crave it. Longest I’ve went was a week. But ugh why does life feel so pointless without it.

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

because its legal. if weed was legal u would be seeing more weed instead of vape , cig.@@fynkozari9271

[@ixlalater]

​@@trippynikki476the cravings are really bad and the withdrawal even worse! So it's best to have a lot of distractions when you're quitting. The main part is to stay committed and yeah I can understand the stuff you're feeling cuz it was the same for me. Everything felt so pointless until I realized I'm the same person with, or without nicotine.

[@crazyjay5822]

I like the way how you lay out all the information in this video. Instead of fear-mongering you're giving all of the facts with the pros and cons and the research done thus far. Thank you for that

[@itsiz9738]

I remember watching an ASAP Science video on vapes in 6th grade Wellness class (that was our "don't do drugs or drink, especially before you're an adult" year) and they said there just wasn't enough research about the effects of vaping to know if it was better or worse than cigarettes yet. Glad to scientists have done thorough investigating and we can make specific, evidence-based claims about the effects of vaping now! It's cool to see science in action over the years!

[@hondaxl250k0]

Ya the science.. just like Covid.. se see how the science works…. Just like Fauci sauce.

[@Francisco-bu9ew]

This is true, when the vaping trend started there wasn't really much information about it to support/oppose it, but since some time passed we are already seeing the effects it has on health

[@hondaxl250k0]

@@Francisco-bu9ew yup sure affects the health. I can run faster than my kids. Longer than my kids. I don’t smell like smoke. My teeth are not yellow. Good affects. Not bad.

[@SeViC18]

@@hondaxl250k0 good effects compared to cigs, bad effects overall

[@hondaxl250k0]

@@SeViC18 no worse effects than sugar.. soo negligible

[@aliciarutherford4699]

i’m 1.5 months free from vaping. wasn’t easy.

[@gregorybrownsgenetic]

Omg IMPRESSED!!!

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Well it because they made them in a way so that you don't quit they make money off this dangerous stuff smoking and vaping is bad for your health people have no idea how bad it effect the minute you start doing it

[@Luciferin66]

Huge achievement. CONGRATS!

[@bothi00]

​@@TheFrostDawgyou underestimate the power and resilience of the human body. It will recover

[@nathanhaywood273]

Well, good luck! Keep it going, chief.

[@skierdude95]

I quit vaping about a month ago. I had smoked cigarettes on and off for a few years before vaping, but stuck with vaping after I quit cigarettes for good. A month later my lungs feel so much cleaner and healthier. To anyone who’s struggling to quit vaping, you can do it. The nicotine withdrawals during the first week absolutely SUCK, but you have to remind yourself that it’s only temporary and how good you’ll feel in the long term makes it 100% worth it.

[@AlastorAlice]

I've grown up in the vaping epidemic in highschool. I just remember hitting 10th grade and suddenly EVERYONE around me was vaping. Thankfully I never ever started, and I think part of that is because both of my parents have smoked their entire lives, and they would literally destroy me if I started vaping, as they taught me first hand how bad it was. I remember being offered a vape once, and when I declined, the girl said "Good. Don't start." I remember walking into bathrooms in the mornings before school started and just smelling vapes everywhere, seeing the vapor, it was insane. I remember being in the locker rooms and seeing everyone vape. (There was never anyone supervising the locker room since there were were no gym coaches for one of the genders) I remember kids literally vaping when the teacher briefly left the classroom. It's so bad and widespread its ridiculous. I'm in university now and I will say it's not much better. My campus strictly enfrocing no smoking, vaping, or drinking policies on campus (including weed because I live in a state where it's still illegal) and no joke everyday while I'm walking around I see students vaping everyday. The epidemic is BAD and it's only getting worse. To any grade school kids or college students, please don't start. I'm forever thankful I never did, and you will be too.

[@kylehuot1953]

Why tf would the girl offer you something then immediately tell you not to😂😂swear people like her don’t make any sense whatsoever. And there’s alot of people like that. It’s one thing if someone does it and tell you not to do it but someone who offers then says don’t make 0 sense

[@dresdyn100]

Propylene Glycol is also the carrier in many asthma inhaler medications, I'm always confused when it's mentioned in a negative light with regards to vaping. Compared to when I smoked, when I started vaping my libido actually increased - probably has something to do with the lack of carbon monoxide in my body compared to smoking thus increasing blood flow. Glad you actually clarified the Evali issue, most don't and just put it down to all vaping rather than the actual culprit of THC vapes. I quit smoking using vaping, then subsequently quit vaping. It was always the plan. Of course you're better off not inhaling anything into your lungs, ever, but vaping is less harmful and works for many to quit smoking, myself included.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

This video and the studies are probably sponsored by the Big Tobacco company.

[@dresdyn100]

@@bluedragontoybash2463 not as bad as some I've seen with the cherry picking facts or not telling the entire story with regards to the facts stated. But still not great. Bandwagon jumping is my guess.

[@Mulmgott]

@@bluedragontoybash2463Carbon Monoxide effectively decreases oxygen transport and is not present when vaping. That alone makes a huge difference in health outcomes and especially mental sharpness. People like to appeal to the naturalistic fallacy because tobacco is natural. But so is any other poisonous plant.

[@crystals5036]

Except that it does not work for many people, just a negligible amount of people. I’m pretty sure it’s just the tobacco’s company next step, after vapes, there will be a new form of something, and it’ll keep repeat until god knows when. I myself will be coughing whenever I inhale smoke (from other sources), but not against vaping (physically), but who knows what it’ll do to my body even if I don’t vape, just inhaling it from other sources.

[@Rangsk]

I would like to point out that the presence of Propylene Glycol in asthma inhalers doesn't inherently mean it's safe for frequent recreational inhalation. Medical applications, such as inhalers, are designed to deliver a benefit that outweighs the risks, with usage and dosage carefully controlled. Asthma sufferers use inhalers sparingly, typically during symptomatic episodes, which minimizes potential side effects. In contrast, the habitual use in vaping introduces Propylene Glycol to the lungs at a much higher frequency and dosage.

[@oliviaj4430]

I quit vaping about 10 days ago, if anyone is considering quitting, give it a go! I know you can do it. I thought it was going to be impossible for me to quit but after doing so ive been getting better sleep and I noticed a difference in my stamina. My cravings are less and less everyday too so if you can make it over the first 3 days, the rest feels like a cakewalk.

[@e.k.1836]

Good for you!🎉

[@Nintendo_panda]

Thanks for the motivation! Trying to quit right now and it’s so hard.

[@elainekellogg6345]

Did you start back up

[@SilverGeFer]

On my trip to Ireland, I once saw a 5 year old kid vaping one of those small blue ones. Absolutely shocked me because he was with his mom, getting ice cream, and only her could’ve been the one to give it to him. And considering how used to vaping it he seemed, I can only assume it was his own vape, not his mom’s

[@brookepettenati3323]

this is so disturbing:(

[@HYPERBOREA_TMG]

I was surprised by this, because usually 5 year olds in Ireland drink pints of Guinness instead of vape.

[@m20047]

i’m irish myself and that’s so disturbing….a lot of young people like 12 ish years and up vape but a 5 year old? disgusting

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Maybe nicotine free used for oral fixation? U never know man.

[@WillLMC96]

I've seen 11/12/13 year olds vaping all over England........smoking cigarettes has almost gone extinct in the UK but they've simply replaced it with normalizing vaping.

[@kadeseguin4993]

I love the awareness these videos create and education people on the dangers of drugs. But, I would LOVE to see some videos of how to actually QUIT vaping/ smoking etc. I think that’s a resource a lot of young people need to see in a fun informative video.

[@Yemeyeeify]

I quit vaping over a year ago now. When I quit, I switched to nicotine gum. I quit nicotine gum in July this year. To be honest, it was easy to quit the gum (although the side effects sucked). The only thing that made me quit vaping was the feeling I had in my lungs when I would do it. I miss inhaling watermelon smoke because it was a nice stim for me, but i would abuse the hell out of it and if I like mouth flavor things so much for stimming then gum or candy is a nicer alternative on my body.

[@boredtodeath491]

Switched from cigs to vaping and I'm slowly lowering the nicotine level through the year. If I had to describe the change, I definitely vape a lot more than I used to smoke, but bad feelings I used to get have calmed down significantly. If I smoked too much, I'd feel sick, if I vape too much the worst I'll get is a dry mouth in the morning or annoyed if the flavour is too strong. Still, they're both awful, I would never recommend either to anyone and actively discourage it - I'm longing for the day I can have no nicotine and not feel anxious.

[@user-rl5lr8ti7g]

you should try to quit. itll be hard at first but just try to do something instead of vaping, like chewing gum. I suggest u get nicotine gum to start

[@DevPatel-hg3yw]

​@@user-rl5lr8ti7gNo, Vaping is 95% healthier than cigs and nicotine gum has had more confirmed deaths because it has a direct causation to oral cancer cigs to vape is a pretty good transition

[@frenchy540]

I am a vaper and went slowly but surely from 12 mg to 3 mg now. Thinking really hard ot go down to 0 or quit altogether. Just like you , I vape a lot more than I used to smoke, but I feel a lot better though

[@JB-ml6ir]

This was a really informative video. Well done, man! Thank you!

[@NixonAngelo]

2022 UK NHS study suggested that short to medium term vaping poses a small fraction of the risk of smoking.

[@Mr_S8an]

the thing about vaping, is that you can adjust the amount of nicotine in your liquid. I used to smoke cigarettes and turned to vaping, and by gradually reducing the amount of nicotine in my e-liquid, I was able to get out of smoking without too severe withdrawal symptoms.

[@TunaIRL]

That is if you're able to mix your own liquids. My biggest problem with the emerging pen vapes is that a lot of them come with prefilled cartridges that you can't refill. Meaning you can't control what or how much of something you're putting in there. These kind of changes makes vaping a lot less cost efficient than it was before while creating a lot more waste compared to a typical box mod setup which you can use for years, for example.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

@@TunaIRLYou can buy ejuice that is lower in nicotine content, all the way to 0. Of course, the doesn’t work for the prefilled cartridges/pod systems but those are an extra gamble. Many don’t even have the nicotine content on them (none that I’ve seen in Korea do). My sister won’t even use the pods because she doesn’t know what she’s getting, she buys ejuice and fills her own tanks

[@TunaIRL]

@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Wasn't I talking about pods that you can't refill?

[@n1nj4l1nk]

​@@TunaIRLlook at you getting pissy when someone doesn't follow your conversation plan. You act like you weren't the one to change the subject in the first place.

[@TunaIRL]

@@n1nj4l1nk Seems like a reasonable enough question since it doesn't matter what kind of juice you can buy, if you can't refill the pod with it. Even unicorn here said the same thing which is why I questioned why they even replied with the same point I was making. My first comment was simply an addition to the same topic OC commented about, which I agreed with, so I don't see how I was changing the subject at all. You can expand on that if you like. I'd have to assume you didn't read either of our comments if you think I was challenging OC on something. You can answer the question too, wasn't I talking about pods that you can't refill? I don't see how my comment was being pissy either, it was just a way of implying that I thought he missed what I was talking about. Again, considering he said the same thing as I did when replying.

[@DonnyP87]

That exact vape he's holding, is what I bought for last weekend (my birthday) here in Bali (Indonesia) and I was back to vaping like when I was addicted in no time. I finally threw it away today 😌 vaping is huge here in Indonesia. In Bali there are vape shops everywhere and they sell in the supermarkets as well..

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

Paradise Island

[@Vorance]

Good thing to note with the THC vapes coming from the perspective of someone who's been a manager of a smoke shop for 4 years and has connections to people in the industry. The issue with the vitamin E acetate popping up in a lot of THC vapes was due to cost cutting. One of the popular street methods for testing the quality of a cart was to flip it upside down and see how long it took the air bubble to move, it it practically didn't move at all then it was high quality. Unfortunately, you could get away with passing off a lower quality (i.e. lower THC value) by mixing it with vegetable oil. It would make it thicker but an, at the time, unintended side effect of it was that vegetable oil when vaporized creates vitamin E acetate. Once it was learned that that was the cause of the health issues most, if not all, people who had been using vegetable oil stopped. I don't know if this was ever reported on widely or not which is probably why it wasn't mentioned in the video and also only tangentially related.

[@mintyperfectionable]

You always make such amazing videos. I’ve never been a smoker but just a few weeks ago I started vaping cbd as a chronic pain and anxiety treatment, and it seriously works for me. But I also have asthma so it’s a great balancing act between minimizing all the risks. I’ve been trying to learn all I can about everything

[@bobbarkin2880]

i stopped vaping earlier this year due to lack of money and just wanting to stop. i started with lowering the nicotine levels to zero to just stopping. i remember the withdraw being the painful part. felt like cold knifes poking my back. in that moment i had that realization of "if this is what its doing to me. i dont want it" do i still get cravings? yeah. do i smoke weed to change it? i did but its not a whole not and its not the frickin carts. junk food is my new vice and even then its still a bit rough. but to those who still vape and want to quit. its worth it. i honestly fell better both mentally and physically.

[@jloves4ever21]

Omg I just quit yesterday and I’ve tried so many times to stop. This video was super helpful thank you so much!

[@baltimore465]

I’ve been subbed to you guys for years. I can’t even remember the time but when I was still in middle school this was probably the only “informative and scientific” channel I watch but I just want to say I truly appreciate you guys always being there. It was like growing up through these things y’all always had a video on it soon. I wish I could think of examples but it’s just cool to grow with you guys almost Just quit vaping a bit ago and idk it’s just cool I did when this vid came out It’s like we have some synergy without even connecting haha Appreciate y’all for being there for all my l questions throughout the years ❤

[@marcoarenaza54]

This video has inspired me to stop vaping and to not go back to smoking! Thank you so much!

[@mamelukok]

Also 'booze' 😊

[@ferrarirobin]

Quick notes: - A coil will never ever reach 1000 degrees, more like 100 - 300. If the temperature gets above that, something is horribly wrong and you will get a very burnt hit that actually hurts like hell. - Only those 50mg vapes contain more nicotine than a real cigarette. The (regulated) vapes sold in Europe are at max 20mg, which is comparable to a cigarette. 50mg is just ridiculous.

[@holnrew]

Thanks It does seem a bit imbalanced

[@max3eey]

50mg says absolutely nothing if the volume its distributed over isnt specified lmao. Also all of the nicotine in cigarettes isnt bioavailable as it thermally decomposes due to heat rather than it dissolving into small droplets like in a aerosol.

[@djbluu]

@@max3eey the industry recognizes the nic content as mg/ml, or it can expressed as a percentage.

[@emilbotev3656]

Also the EVALI situation was found to be a thing because of contraband cartridges.

[@maisyrae4967]

And where I live in AZ it's really hard to find vapes that are less than 50 mg (5%)!!!! I can find 4% and 1% ones (usually for quitters, if you're a regular vaper you're just gonna resort to a 5%) but 4% is still a lot and has made me sick in the past. I only could find one shop that's 40 mins away from me that sells 2 and 3% which I think if you're gonna vape is the best way to go. There's a reason places like Utah (for religous reasons tho) and Europe make anything above 2 or 3% illegal. Kids are really only going to end up with 5% because they are the easiest to get and it's insane.

[@m00gleboi]

Started getting parathesia in my feet after years of vaping which may be linked. Quitting it is a lot easier if you tell yourself you're taking a break for a week. I told myself I could make it through 7 days then would make up my mind after. Months later nothing in my life has changed and I don't miss vaping which is bizarre because I thought I would. Kinda wish my vaping phase had been shorter! For anyone who wants/needs to quit; there's no trying, you either quit or you don't.

[@marhec69]

Thanks for educating us! 😀

[@enigmaoftheechidna6279]

You forgot the word FAKE, as in Fake THC vapes. Those street carts that people try to finesse on others to turn a profit, those had Vitamin E oil as a filler to stretch the product (similar to baking soda cutting cocaine). But dispensaries have worked hard to combat those crude methods so that the onus is on the consumer to purchase wisely.

[@cashusgr8]

Hey AsapScience, one thing that frustrates me with big tobacco and vaping is that everybody only discusses the combustion reaction of burning tobacco, but that is only part of it. Big tobacco adds a ton of chemicals to their cigarettes that have been found to be carcinogenic. Some studies have found that there are upwards of 600 ingredients in cigarettes, and when burned, that turns into 7,000 chemicals. It isnt as simple as just "burning tobacco". Tobacco is just 1 of the ingredients of the 600, but Big tobacco should be held accountable and responsible for the other 599 on top of the tobacco. We have even allowed Big Tobacco to just blame nicotine, and we see "nicotine causes cancer" Surgeon Gerneral warnings everywhere, but in all studies, nobody has been able to show that Nictotine is carcinogenic. For some added irony on Vitamin E and EVALI cases... It wasnt just any THC vapes, it was "Black Market" THC Vapes. People were illegally selling THC cartiridges, that were filled up in someones home with literally 0 oversight. This was done to trick/short the consumer and to increase profits on their illegal sales. They were using vitamin E since it has the same color and consistency as THC vapes that you could get at a cannabis club/marijuana dispensary. Most dispenserarys if reputable do have some oversight and restrictions. Now, the ironic part is that these EVALI cases have been the supporting pillars to cause more laws around e-cigarettes and vaping devices, but as we all know, when more laws restrict sales then black market sales go up. We literally helped create a stronger platform for black market sales with all of the vape laws, marijuana tax laws, etc which is why we continue to see a spike in EVALI cases. I'm not advoacting free reign of e-cigarettes and vaping, but I do think we should promote safer sales and controls in place to ensure safety rather than bans and prevention all together. People didnt stop drinking during the prohibition.

[@blackbird1234100]

Yeah, on your note about big tobacco, people also dont talk about the problems with the fertilizer they use too. They use waste from gypsum mines as fertilizer, and its contaminated with radioactive metals such as uranium, radium, thorium, etc. These metals end up in, which is why cigarettes expose you to radiation. Also, i was happy to see ASAP acknowledge that the EVALI issue was unrelated to nicotine vapes. Ive heard so many people use it as an argument against nicotine vapes, and it bothers me because its incorrect. Back when it EVALI was still unfolding, i actually wrote a research paper on the issue for my humanities class. I had come to the conclusion that vitamin e acetate was to blame, a few months before the official conclusion was announced.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

Those thc vapes are still very prevalent. Tons of people in illegal states still buy those vapes filled with god knows what

[@rorymoran4418]

Not the point. People are blaming the wrong thing and running with false information. @@MnemonicHeadTrip

[@shadowshatto]

So much is actually labeled carcinogenic, it's not a magic kill word, the dosage makes the poison. The only thing it means is that it does have a direct causal link to cancer if you reach the required dosage. Sometimes we don't know what that dosage is. Drinking alcohol is also a carcinogen, so is processed meat.

[@HamaBapierre]

As a physician, I am often disappointed with the public health/ scientific messaging around Vaping vs. Smoking that often doesn’t come from a harm reduction approach. Tobacco smoke contains at least 70 carcinogens including nicotine, disregarding all the other additives in cigarettes. Saying that they both cause cancer is only half the story.

[@DrStupid87]

Worth noting that nicotine levels are variable. Common ranges in the UK, depending on the type of nicotine, are either between 3mg, 6mg, 12mg and 18mg. Those strengths roughly equate to smoking up to 5, 10, 15 and 20 cigarettes a day respectivley. Salt nicotine used in disposable models, like the Lost Mary you were showing, are PH7 or neutral, so they're the ones that absorb in to the blood faster. I've served people who were smoking 60 a day for decades, only to start using an ecig and never touch cigarettes again. It's the lesser of two evils, by a wide margin

[@redi6]

salt nic isn't just used in disposables either. I use 8mg salt nic in a refillable pod (vaporesso xros 3). disposables however, have a much higher concentration of nicotine... i think anywhere from 25-50mg/ML.

[@rorymoran4418]

This is a very over-looked point. I've known a lot of people who use vape to ween off the nic. Using weaker and weaker juices until they've vaping 0% nic just for the oral fixation until they can quit that completely. It has really saved a lot of people who never considered quitting before. That said, no one should start vaping for fun, period.

[@DrStupid87]

@@rorymoran4418 absolutely. The systems have helped so many people and I still can't believe just how effective they are

[@double_joseph327]

Those lost Mary’s are way too powerful. I started having health issues I never had before when I was vaping other vapes or even cigs.

[@pajamacrafter203]

I switched from dispos to pod system to vape “cleaner”. Going from breezes to juice was worth it. I did tones of research on the chemicals going into disposables and it’s honestly really scary what goes in them

[@kjc83]

I’ve been in the medical world for 17 years and have treated many, many respiratory patients. The keys thing I’ve noticed with cigarette smoking patients is they know how bad of a habit smoking is, but that same awareness amongst vapers isn’t. When vaping hit the UK in the mid 00’s, I shuddered when it began to be popular as it just never felt right that we were inhaling these things, and now with the flavourings it’s became an epidemic around schools. Of course it’s got less toxins than cigarettes, but the NHS will still not actively promote vaping, and in the UK companies are banned from advertising it on TV or radio. I’ve always feared the cancers we’ll see in 10+ years, directly linked to vaping, will terrify us, and I just cannot see how the eventual reality will be anything different

[@NicotineRosberg]

It's ok to say you're a male nurse

[@Drew_goo]

Then stop repeating vapes more dangerous than cigarettes and stop trying to ban them. Kids do what is cool and what is cool is usually anti authoritarian behavior. All these ads saying how harmful it is is counterproductive, because like you just said. They still don’t believe vaping is dangerous. It only makes people believe disinformation. Like my coworker who just came up to me saying “you know studies came out saying vaping is worse” kids and DOCTORS in the 60s were saying smoking was GOOD for you. While putting anything in your lungs other than air isn’t good. smoking is far worse than vaping just because of the combustion element. Thousands of chemicals are released as a result of that combustion, and is not in any way comparable to the KNOWN chemicals in vapes. There needs to be more studies. But I know my anecdotal experience give me confirmation bias, but I smoked for 10 years, switched to a vape for the last 5. After I quit smoking I coughed up black goo for over a year until it was gone. Now I can hold my breath for over 2 minutes. I would not have been able to quit without a vape

[@Drew_goo]

I will add that ads against vaping are not educational. Ads by nature are usually misleading and untrustworthy. Education is needed not ads

[@JohnFKennedy420]

Cool story, it’s still not WORSE than cigs. It’s less harmful even though it’s still harmful. I matched with a “respiratory nurse” on tinder years ago and she tried to convince me vaping was just as bad as cigs. It’s kind of funny how cocky being in the medical industry makes people. Like you know everything about vaping when it’s barely been studied. Not to mention the preliminary results of research show it is 95% LESS HARMFUL THAN CIGARETTES. Did you read that? 95%.

[@donniedarko4954]

Vaping didnt hit the market till 2010. Between 08 and 10 you were lucky to find a ciggalike product in head shops.

[@PHUNGOwar]

Who else hit their vape while watching this? 😢

[@evergreen88307]

no

[@deemah3602]

**krghhhhhhhh**

[@gerpixelflo]

got me

[@fitt_inglysammie1654]

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this but only the first week of vaping for me felt euphoric, calm , and relaxing. Following the third week I started to feel anxious after I vaped. The initial puff relaxed me but the post affects had my heart racing , and had me very light headed . I still craved it though even though I got horrible side effects. I quit vaping 2 months ago. I have had several attempts before that. not to say that I don't hit a vape at some ones party but for the most part that is very few and far between. My trigger to quit was that I was very active and I would go to the gym after a long weekend of vaping. I was doing a plank and I could hear air exiting my lungs after I had stopped breathing . almost like a wet breathing sound. I was horribly out of breath and it was difficult to keep up with my cardio . I could feel it affecting my training . I'm a college kid , everyone on my campus vapes because we are all stressed out. So i get cravings constantly , even this video got me thinking about a vape and then I started craving one . I've been staying strong though.. I have a partner who admittedly vapes at work . I encourage him to not but he leaves his vape at work because I am severely addicted to it. if he brings it home , I will smoke it . I cant balance it . its hit after hit . where he takes a hit after an hour or two . he can control how much he's hitting it. I'm firm on not wanting to ingest it at all so I've been doing okay . It is hard when one is in front of me.

[@maisyrae4967]

That's exactly how it goes. After the first couple weeks you get a nic tolerance and the good feelings are few and far between. I still vape but it does make me anxious sometimes and I don't like the heart racing feeling. There was a point when I quit for about a week because suddenly it would make me nauseous, even if I hadn't hit it for a few hours and would only take one hit. Nicotine isn't fun after the first week unless you're drinking lol. Before I got into it I'd joke about nicotine addicts because it is "the most pointless addiction," it doesn't even feel good unlike weed or other drugs lol. I started vaping as a joke because I thought it would be funny to buy one out of a vending machine at a club, and here I am now. And it's hard to quit when you're peers constantly are. I'm confident I could completely quit, at the times I've taken breaks it honestly felt good to overcome the cravings and I felt powerful lol. But my friend that I frequently spend weekends at vapes and it's hard not to just grab it while you're laying in bed when it's there. Then it hooks you again because since you havent had it in a while you get those good feelings again. It's rough out here.

[@fitt_inglysammie1654]

@@maisyrae4967 yes I can resonate with this. I got that neouseous feeling too. I would take a couple hour break and I would still feel sick. Going out to the bar.... Is the worst. I will hit someone's vape if they allow it. I do. T go out and buy one though. That is my boundary because I do not go out that much. I went cold turkey. But there are replacemts to replace the hand to mouth motion. I know it's not the same cause we are addicted to the nicotine..... Not the hand motion. But it helps getting through the hard weeks. I feel way better. I have my energy back and it's encouraged me to also quit things like energy drinks and ect. It's hard as hell. But setting reasonable goals and having a plan to replace the bad habit with something healthier helps alot. Also letting your friends know you are trying to quit. So not pulling out the vape in front of you might be a healthy boundarie.

[@dandyriver_]

yes totally, i was a very intermittent vaper my first year of college. id get one maybe once a month since i was underage and couldn’t buy them myself and didn’t want to ask people regularly to buy them for me, but i remember trying to make my vapes last as long as i possibly could. id burn those suckers so much that it would taste like meat when i inhaled. it was foul lmfao. but they never lasted a whole month for me so i would go like 2-3 weeks vaping and 2-3 weeks not and it was excruciating, i’m not sure how i did i it honestly. the constant back and forth of being an addict and then quitting cold turkey definitely messed me up physically and mentally on top of all the stressors of college. i tried to quit vaping this january but slipped up and got another one this june but since that one died i’ve been clean. let’s hope it’s for real this time. we can do this !!

[@darmig2340]

Honestly, it was a pretty similar experience for me. It felt good to hit it every time the first week or two and then after that, it was like I was just doing it because I needed to when I was feeling cravings. For me, a big part of the appeal was the oral fixation and the feeling of inhaling the vapor into my lungs. The nicotine was alright, but like I said it wore off after awhile. My realization that I needed to stop was when I started coughing all the time. Like I couldn't even laugh without going into a coughing fit, it sucked. I'm off of it now after trying and failing to quit several times, and it's much better now. Still cough sometimes when I laugh too much though.

[@redi6]

were you using a disposable vape? those have very high nic concentrations. anywhere from 25mg/ml up to 50. I vape 8mg/ml in a small refillable pod vape.

[@Francisco-bu9ew]

As a doctor, with cigaretes you see old people with COPD or cancer after 15-20 years of smoking, with vape you now have young people with bronchitis after ~5 years of vaping. You are just speedrunning a pulmomar disease.

[@-______________________]

You're not a doctor kid

[@mosuke5123]

Larping as a doctor doesnt make you one.

[@Destroyer_odides]

@@mosuke5123you do realize that he made this account 7 years ago and considering he looks about 15 maybe older it’s not crazy to think that he used a younger picture or he’s in med school

[@Destroyer_odides]

@@mosuke5123you do realize that he made this account 7 years ago and considering he looks about 15 maybe older it’s not crazy to think that he used a younger picture or he’s in med school

[@jourdan9504]

I smoke cigarettes and I just started vaping because nobody in my house likes the smell of them. So I haven't had any noticable health problems from the cigarettes. But since I started vaping I been getting these real sharp pains in my chest. Would you say that's from the vape????? Would you say stick with cigarettes??? Obviously I should quit both but... the vape seems to give me chest pains I never got from cigarettes. They still say vaping is better for you????

[@nsl-gaming460]

Ay your videos so informatice + the drawings fire bro

[@TOOMUCHSAUCE91]

This channel needs to bring this guy back I love his energy and his flow

[@erburu]

Yeah he makes learning about this stuff interesting without making it extremely serious and alarming

[@acgeewhiz]

You mean… “bring back” one of the only two on camera people for the channel? Who has been in most of their content for years? Or maybe I’m missing something, lol.

[@forcefedsoup]

30 days no vaping after 3 years addicted. not sure how long itll last, but the anxiety i felt watching this making me worried i was gonna get sick and possibly die from those 3 years is enough motivation for now.

[@mettydex]

thank you asapscience. i swear you guys are the first to acknowledge the vitamin e epidemic was from unregulated black market thc vapes. every other media outlet just clumps vaping into one big category

[@distvan91]

I would be really interested in a comparison between vaping, cigarettes and waterpipe (Shisha and their electric version). Thanks for the interesting content. Keep it up!

[@pumkin41297]

I’ve finally quit vaping after trying for a year. I used to get sick every other month and I haven’t been sick for 6 months now! I guess my lungs are healthier and less prone to infection now!

[@The_PlagueDoctor]

Really interesting- I’d like to see a comparison to salt nic and regular as well as flavorless juice. Disposable vapes are bad cause you don’t know if there’s miss fire or hot spots, compared to RDA, where you can choose the metal of the coils

[@spidermonkeynr1]

RDA is best. Build your own stuff. Make you're own juice prefer 100%VG

[@Noneblue39]

intriguing video and i always wanted a cigarette vs vapes comparison.

[@PaulOrtiz]

I found (and continue to find) quitting vaping far harder than quitting cigarettes. At one point I was doing it so much that I associated pretty much every place in the house and every activity with it. I’d never smoke a roll up in bed. Or while working. Or after the gym. But puffing fruity mist? Sure why not - what’s the harm! I was also of the impression that the worst thing about nicotine is that it makes you want more of it. Not realising the actual physiological effects. I started waking up in the middle of the night feeling anxious, shaking hands, feelings of like…dread. It’s evil stuff tbh. I still get tempted but I think my fear of irreversibly damaging my lungs is winning out.

[@BugsAndAquatics]

@@Klaramrcela-cq4rz stop the scamming comments. Nobody wants you to steal their money.

[@stephenboud1711]

Vaping is more addictive and messes with your brain more but smoking is more dangers but less addictive

[@blazelucky6830]

i would love to see a vid comparing smoking weed vs dry herb vaping weed i have not been able to find alot on the topic i have used a dry herb vape for awhile now and find its way better than smoking but wonder what the facts are? good vid i dont like chemical vapes at all tried one years ago made me feel terrible keep up the great work!

[@HeitorAmaral]

Same!!

[@kingzach74]

Smoking weed with fire is the same as smoking a cigarette. Either way you're inhaling carbon monoxide, the same thing that comes out of a car exhaust.

[@at2at]

It's been ten months since my last hit of a nictotine vape and I'm so glad i stopped. My lungs definitely taking a while to recover. Still finding myself short of breath sometimes and i can only hope that they will fully recover after a few more years.

[@IGloBlue]

I will say that it is a good method as long as you adhere to mindful consumption when trying to quit smoking cigarettes. There is some good info in here, I appreciate the approach. Thank you for clarifying the lung issues involving THC vapes. They also found butane as a thinner in some of the cartridges, contributing to the disease severity and likelyhood. As a long-term vape user, I can confirm that the disposable units have way more nicotine than a cigarette or even other vaping outer parts. For example, disposables typically come in 5%, which is 50mg/ml. Back when I started, the stores recommended 6-12mg/ml (that's up to 1.2%) for heavy smokers (1+ packs per day). This is an insane jump from the old standard. Also, from the 3rd party tests my local store had procured, they found that the more harmful VOCs came from the disposables since they are mass produced and use additives to extend shelf life on flavors. My store refused to sell products they could not get 3rd party testing on. I will say the heavy metal exposure is a little overdone since it was tested at the worst-case scenario with massive bias in the testing method, but it is still a risk to be aware of.

[@ArturTymchyshyn]

Great video guys! Very helpful! Would you be able to cover nicotine pouches compared to vapes OR cigarettes? As this is becoming more and more common as well, and there is almost no information online about that.. I think a lot of people would be interested! Thanks!

[@brandino007]

Very interesting findings here, i'm sure more studies will continue to evaluate vapes as time goes on. Very well explained video. However, small nit-pick here. At 4:23 that is not the actual structure of Benzene, but actually p-Xylene. Benzene is just a 6 membered aromatic organic ring with no functional groups like CH3.

[@dawert2667]

It seemed like in that section he was trying to simplify it for the audience by only naming the more digestible constituents of the molecules he showed- like saying they contain manganese but drawing the protein structure the manganese is a part of

[@deemah3602]

🤓

[@ChiselledK1990]

The ED issue makes sense. Nicotine is a stimulant, and stimulants are vasoconstrictors, as opposed to something like Viagra, which is the opposite, a vasodilator.

[@breemorrison901]

Very fun & informative. Thanx! 😊

[@roccosperanza]

Not enough people talk about how such instant easy dopamine access is destroying lives.

[@kevindiamond2715]

Evidence?

[@timothyolkowski958]

@kevindiamond2715 if you can’t figure out an example of this then you aren’t a very smart human. Keep trying and maybe you’ll get it

[@Pet_Hedgehog]

@@timothyolkowski958 evidence?

[@ElizabethJones-pv3sj]

I was talking to a school counsellor the other day who pointed out to students that (in the western world) we were extremely close to eliminating cigarettes. There's a whole generation of kids who just aren't interested in taking up smoking and the older smokers are going to die off do we honestly think it's a coincidence that vapes come along now appealing to younger users to get them hooked on nicotine?

[@danika5649]

Really appreciate that you shared the facts without shaming people for having an addiction! So much media around vaping is misinformed fear mongering (and it's having real effects on legislation, Canada's new vape tax has ended up taxing ppl trying to quit more than teenagers)

[@danika5649]

For clarification the tax is based on ml of e-liquid. Lower nic bottles are bigger and are usually bought by adults trying to ween off of nicotine, while disposables and closed pod systems with fewer ml are what is being bought by teenagers. So adults trying to quit are paying more while ppl selling vapes to teenagers are not

[@user-op1co]

i'm 18. ive been vaping since i was 13, ive been thinking about quitting for awhile now. Ive tried in the past and failed but i really want to stop. i do notice the toll it takes on my body and mental, im not as healthy as the people my age around me, im constantly clearing my throat and when i get sick its really bad. theres more but this video just scared me a bit into thinking of what im really putting into my lungs and blood and brain and how it stays and alters how i think andhow my body works. thanks for making this video, i love this channel

[@HarukaLPs]

I'm a vaper. Not a single one of us who take it seriously enjoy the negative aspects of it. It's supposed to be a smoking replacement, not a way to start. We hate that children are getting their hands on them, but the exact same thing was for me and cigarettes back when I was 14. Yes, it's much better to just never touch it at all, but that's not the point. It's a less harmful alternative and meant to AID you in quitting, not just be a whole different thing. Plus, patches and gum sucks.

[@Nebutzermane69]

I switched 3 years ago from smoking to vaping. Felt much better after two months. Reduced the amount of Nicotine in my Liquid steadily down to 4mg so far. Best way to quit smoking in the long term. 👍

[@clancygilroy3001]

less harmful? did you watch the video?

[@Neellohit]

@@clancygilroy3001did you?

[@JMarchel]

​@@Neellohitdid you?

[@HarukaLPs]

@@clancygilroy3001 I made it to the last 10 seconds, yes

[@Heisenberg-35]

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress..saved my life.

[@Babarakrimbel4884]

Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them but it's just so hard to source out here.

[@phillipXx]

I was having this constant and unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I came across Ted Winston, a very intelligent mycologist, He saved my life honestly.

[@ronalddavis9762]

Yes, he ships discreet and anonymous

[@garypeters7261]

sure!! he is the best mycologist i would recommend for you😊

[@TheRealName7]

They literally didn't do shit to me and made me worse and I've tripped on acid and several psychedelics about 70 times, psychedelics ain't miracle drugs and can cause delusional ways of thinking so gotta be very careful with em

[@amanali3192]

I’ve been wanting to quit for so long but I ending up buying a disposable every time I try. I hate that this has so much power over me. I feel like it’s a testament to my lack of self control and discipline. It’s not good for our health and environment. I threw it out today. Wish me luck guys and whoever is also trying to stol I’m grateful you’re on the same train. Let’s do this!!

[@Thatone_Dude21]

Great message and information. BUt a voice for writing.

[@LMacNeill]

I smoked for 24 years and I used vaping as a tool to help me quit smoking (in addition to nicotine gum). Because you can control the amount of nicotine in the "juice," it can be very helpful to slowly wean yourself off of the nicotine. Of course, you have to make sure you're buying the right stuff -- getting liquid with too much nicotine will only make your addiction worse. I fully quit smoking (and vaping) 9-and-a-half years ago after about 6 months of slowly weaning myself off of nicotine using a mixture of nicotine gum and vaping. Haven't looked back since. 100% worth it!!

[@canyontheman]

i'm too scared to vape or smoke or anything but they make those things look so fun to have. like theyre so colorful and perfectly sized, the appeal is crazy but i wont do it

[@swordandbored6137]

please don't I know its appealing but im 30 and started smoking at 29 then switched to vaping and I cough like im an old man now its really bad for you. Wish I never started either tbh and its quite expensive as well.

[@canyontheman]

@@swordandbored6137 I don’t ever plan on starting I’m mostly just saying they look fun to have. I’m too scared to actually try it, the actual action of vaping isn’t al all appealing to me

[@TheRawrnstuff]

Even ignoring the health issues, it's also expensive. I don't know how much cigarettes cost near you, but if a pack of 20 costs, say, $15, and you smoke just 5 a day, that's $1370 a year that you could use on other things. I guarantee you get more fun from other things.

[@djbluu]

It's not about fear, mate, it's about being responsible to yourself. I gave into the peer pressure in highschool, started smoking, and it was one of the worst decisions I have ever made. Vapes helped me quit, but if you don't smoke, don't pick it up.

[@yebbi7291]

im 21 im sick idc but them colors and the way u unpackage em is so s satisfying bruh

[@darlaellis7552]

Thank u for that ,,very helpful!!!

[@robertpetrov1343]

Im a simple man. I see an ASAP science video, I click.

[@TomFox1]

ok simple man

[@robertpetrov1343]

@@TomFox1 thanks tom

[@secondhandrose6510]

I started vaping back in 2010, when the concept was relatively new, and most of the commercial vapes you could buy looked like cigarettes (before the giant box mods and stuff took over). It was an amazingly effective way to quit the bad smoking habit I had previously, and it only took about two weeks before I noticed a HUGE improvement in my health. I lost my smoker's cough in less than a month. Eventually I started mixing my own juice, and started dropping the amount of nicotine until I was vaping no nicotine at all: the hand/mouth habit got me thru the nicotine withdrawal while barely noticing it, and after some time on zero nic, I eventually stopped picking it up so much. Eventually I noticed I went almost the whole day without touching it, so I threw it in a drawer and never looked back. I feel like vaping is probably one of the most painless ways to quit smoking, and even if you don't drop the vape, it's still harm reduction making the switch from traditional cigs. It sort of irritates me that as far as our medical establishment goes, good is the enemy of perfect, and complete abstinence is the only option they will ever endorse. I feel like there are great missed opportunities to step people down from tobacco's more harmful forms into products that keep them comfortable while also reducing the damage they do to their lungs. But medicine's insistence on cold turkey quitting, or scary drugs like Chantix, just prolongs misery for people who can't quit easily. Most of the problems with vapes is centered on the flavoring components and could be minimized or eliminated by formulating safer flavors. From there, create a better step-down program to help people get there.

[@NascaMerrilees]

I love this information and your style in this video, can you make one very similar but more appropriate for middle schoolers?????? PLEASE :). This one is better for high schoolers. THANK YOU

[@ChamomileT]

I’m so glad, even though I’ve tried friends vapes many times, that I never developed nic cravings. Seeing my grandmother pass from smoking at a very young age and seeing my mom continue to smoke even now, almost 14 years since grandmas passing, I think has done a good job keeping me from wanting to smoke nic much if at all

[@LukaszSebastian]

That was not a formula of benzene, it was p-xylene

[@mrmegadanz]

came here to say this 😅

[@zima1999]

A real smoker sticks to cigarettes

[@SirWalterWhite]

Hell yeah.

[@ThePammy060]

Thank for the great VDO, i concern this in young children

[@brandoncarter3042]

I have always loved this channel. Give me the facts!

[@therein6448]

If able to it would be great to see a video on second hand vape If there is enough research on it. Also impacts of strictly weed vaping. You guys make great videos and thank you for them.

[@kingzach74]

There is no such thing as second hand vape. The "smoke" you see in the air is water vapor the same thing that makes real clouds in the sky and what comes out of a humidifier. There is nothing dangerous in the slightest about the vapor after it is exhaled into the air.

[@xavier6130]

@kingzach74 It's not water but propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin vapor, which means that secondhand vaping is about as harmful as being in the same room as a very underpowered smoke machine. Namely, not much.

[@someguyfromtheinternet5158]

purely anecdotal but in my early> mid 20's i smoked.. a lot for my age range, like 20 a day, in my late 20's - early 30s ive been vaping with the odd cigarette. my lungs havnt felt as healthy in a long time. ive kept fairly active throughoit my life, moreso in my younger years but never being "unfit". so i feel like, personally, vaping has been better for me... still bad though for sure, i still experience negative chest problems im sure i wouldnt if i didnt vape.

[@m20047]

those statistics of young people make me so sad :( i feel like our generation started off very good with the whole anti smoking stuff and made good progress in the 2010's but i’m surprised as to what happened in the past 2 years? i remember everyone used to think vapes were taboo and icky back in like 2017/2018 and now everyone's addicted. i’m also seeing more people and friends moving on from vapes and actually smoking cigarettes which just upsets me because a lot of them are addicted and really want to quit both but can’t :(

[@chickenbreast7016]

I started out from smoking tobacco and moved to vapes because the smell and taste is more pleasant. Turns out that makes it harder to quit. Hooray.

[@mon6745]

I think there is a big difference when cigarette smokers use a vape vs people who vaoe straight away - and it unfortunately creates an even more hazardous situatin for the latter. Smoking is supposed to be uncomfortable, your throat is supposed to get sore. It literally needs to be difficult to take in too many cigarettes for safety - thats gone with a vape, and people no longer have ways to undertsand how much nicotine they are taking in

[@argenteria8168]

It’s utterly terrifying how drugs have became way more readily accessible to the common public, and even children. I can’t imagine how the next decade is going to be like.

[@webofbullets]

As someone who has worked in vape shops before even the juul disposable pod was a thing. I think it's important also to note the nicotine your referring to is salt nicotine or salt nic, that shits 10x more potent than "free base" nicotine. The coils and materials used are different from disposable salt nic vapes to traditional pre built coil and tank/pod devices. Other than that great video

[@CMak3r]

Personal story, sorry. My dad died from cancer with a Marlboro cigarette in his mouth. After switching to vaping I have no coughing. I made at least 30+ attempts to quit smoking, and nicotine patches won’t helped much. But now the process of consuming nicotine is just a coil wire that evaporates PG+VG+nic liquid from a cotton wick

[@jkbrown5496]

Well, didn't completely gloss over it, but cigarettes cause lung cancer through the tar and CO emitted from the burning of natural leaf. Nicotine can have bad effects, but it was never the lung cancer problem of cigarettes. On the other hand, vaping nicotine does not contribute to the Tobacco Settlement money that US state government depend on to keep the politicians able to give out goods unrelated to smoking. Therefore, the government has a vested interest in keeping people from switching away from tobacco.

[@th3namesadam968]

quit vaping 6 months ago, best decision of my life. Barely ever think about nicotine anymore; its nice not having it control my life anymore.

[@loganwolv3393]

I think it's also worth mentioning that those flavourings are ethier naturally present in foods or present when you cook the food, and chocolate is basically cooked and fermented cocoa beans mixed with sugar for the most part.

[@Estertje93]

Yeah but food is supposed to go in you stomach not your lungs

[@Codsworth_]

So it's safe if I start vaporizing and inhaling my food instead of eating it?

[@loganwolv3393]

@@Codsworth_ Lmao.

[@juiceman_3]

The smoking industry had the craziest come back

[@rickute1458]

Well I smoked 60 cigarettes a day for 28 years, I started vaping 12 years ago and I have never felt better, I stopped coughing, shortness of breath, I started riding a bicycle ( something I would have never been able to do while smoking ), I ride 20km per day and I feel great, the doctors checked my lungs and said that they are super clear, food tastes great, vaping saved my life!

[@Scubajunky]

Really ? I feel much healthier since doing it too.

[@hhyukhyhhg]

"Vapes have more nicotine in them" That depends entirely on how much nicotine you decide to put in your juice!

[@silent_stalker3687]

And you can have some that have none. Also wasn’t THC illegal? I’ve heard people literally talking about how some people… put bleach into the vapes and so on.

[@deemah3602]

I've never seen juicies that contain more than 20 mg, they are forbidden my law in my country. Same story in Europe. Vapes don't have more nicotine lol

[@silent_stalker3687]

@@deemah3602 it’s the whole ‘oh see people say it isn’t addicting but it is!’ Ignoring that… people buying these are putting other things in them. ‘Oh people put bleach in it, thats why it should be banned!’ Meanwhile… Koolaid still is legal, we all know what that one cult did

[@whutch1]

I just quit vaping! 3 and a half weeks vape free now. It was so much harder than I ever could have imagined, but I did it!

[@witchynerd8984]

People who have been vaping before you could buy vapes at gas stations (will use escos as an example) know that there is a difference. Vapes like Esco Bars and Elf Bars are filled with nicotine salts, a sponge that holds the ejuice, heating element, and sometimes a rechargeable battery; but no coil. My brother's gf has told me all about how teens today are resourceful with their vapes. They will take the vape apart and refill the sponge until the heating element dies, even if the sponge becomes orange or brown. There are also places that don't ID, making it easy for the kids to get them. Nicotine salts have more PG (propylene glycol) because it's the thinnest e-juice. Most e-juice smoked in mods will have a mix of more VG (Vegetable Glycol) to PG to obtain bigger clouds. Also, people need to realize the heating element in the tiny battery for THC vapes needs time to warm up before they vape. Hold the button for 2-3 seconds before you hit it otherwise you are straining your lungs. If you want to vape, do it right and get a mod. Kids are vaping/smoking because their parents do it and entertainment tells them it's ok. They need to find a way to make 0mg vape to help kids quit. And we need to help them get gum instead. They just want something in their mouth. If it's not a pen, it's food. If it's not food, it's gum. If it's not gum, it's 🍆. If it's not 🍆, it's vape. If it's not vape, it's weed. If it's not weed, it's pills. If it's not pills, it's tabs. So stop making your kids parent themselves, and get them some spearmint gum.

[@witchynerd8984]

Also, and e-juice with the words "ice" or "mint" is menthol. So the watermelon ice he holds in the video is menthol nicotine salts

[@yen4407]

i did psychedelics and for some reason it helped me quit vaping really easily

[@JaruzoETHAN]

it did for me too but when i was on them i had the vape nearby.

[@Calikid331]

Psychedelics are a wonder drug. I wish they weren't so stigmatized.

[@RetroBerner]

I have switched back and forth between heavy smoking and vaping and I can guarantee you smoking is way worse. I start wheezing and feel short of breath within a few weeks of smoking, and that always goes away after a month or so of vaping. Make your own ejuice, you can't trust what others may use in their product. Big tobacco has made sure that it is difficult to buy the ingredients you need to make your own, but it's worth it.

[@odrikronnin-gamer6579]

All i needed to know, thank you.

[@erica8645]

The amount of personal anecdotes from myself and others of not being smokes, starting to vape, and now we all smoke i think highlights how insidious nicotine producing companies are. I roll my own and have a cigarette every couple days- I still know it's bad but it feels more controlled than when I was vaping and had that thing in my hand at all times. There's also a little bit of the devil you know- i am consenting to all the harm cigarettes cause because I know the risks. With vaping we truly have no idea the long term effects and that is much scarier.