Contents:
- Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
- Does vape cause addiction?
- What about the flavor ingredients in vape fluid?
- Is it true that vape can help you stop smoking?
Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
Electric cigarettes aka vape are designed with the aim that over time people will stop smoking. Vape is different from ordinary cigarettes that use tobacco. People began to switch to vape which he said was better, the reason vape was made so that the smoke that was released did not cause pollution so it was safe for the body. But really like that?
Vape doesn't use tobacco, but do you know that nicotine stays in vape fluid? Electricity is needed to drain nicotine in the form of aerosols. Hmm, then, vape causes addiction or not huh?
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Does vape cause addiction?
As explained above, e-cigarettes also contain nicotine. We often hear that nicotine is an addictive substance. This means that this substance can cause dependence. Nicotine can form how much the level of dependence on our body, so you will have difficulty reducing it. This is one of the reasons you have difficulty stopping smoking. Another reason is that your body will show physical symptoms when you stop taking them, for example, nausea, dizziness, and coughing.
Users of vape or electric cigarettes still have the potential for dependence because a tube with a high voltage on the vape can drain large amounts of nicotine into the body. Even some sources argue that you are more prone to absorb a lot of nicotine during vaping.
According to the American Lung Association, most adults start smoking at the age of 18 even younger. This also makes addiction stronger. Lah, why is that? There is a fact that if you start taking nicotine at a very young age, the chances of your addiction getting stronger.
In other words, the level of dependence that has been formed in the body is quite large, so that every day you will want it again and again. According to K. Vendrell Rankin, chairman of Texas A & M University's Baylor College of Dentistry's Tobacco Treatment Services, everyone has nicotine receptors in the brain, so when you start smoking or vaping, these receptors will respond to an increased need for nicotine. So, when you stop smoking or vaping, the receptor won't disappear too.
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Even though vaping is free from tobacco, nicotine is still fast increasing dependence. This is because any form of nicotine can trigger the release of neurotransmitters such as adrenaline and dopamine, which have an impact on the body's system. Dopamine which affects the brain can cause you to want more nicotine. The Harvard study quoted by the Medical Daily website revealed that there were other additives. Hmm what is that? Pyrazine can also strengthen the quality of nicotine. This substance is also found in e-cigarettes.
What about the flavor ingredients in vape fluid?
Pyrazine is also described as a combination of the taste and aroma of tobacco smoke. Although manufacturers of vape fluids may keep the flavor recipe a secret, electric cigarettes contain some additives in ordinary cigarettes. The extra flavor was used as a 'sweetener' from playing vape vapor.
Actually it is quite safe to use these flavoring ingredients, but this creates a mistake. Safe to eat does not mean safe to breathe. The Food and Drug Administration in the United States warns of public health risks due to vaping. Of course legal adults use vape, but not with small children. Indeed, no one has revealed that the flavor ingredients cause dependence, but one ingredient called diacetyl can cause serious lung disease.
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Is it true that vape can help you stop smoking?
Indeed, the claim is like that, electric cigarettes are made so that people will get used to not smoking. But with nicotine in the flavoring liquid, it feels quite difficult to believe it too. Even according to the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, e-cigarettes are not a safe method for smokers who want to quit smoking. Even vape users who are also smokers still smoke tobacco, even though he also uses vape.
Excessive nicotine enters the body can cause poisoning. In cases of severe poisoning, smokers or vape users can experience seizures and respiratory depression. The risk of death also remains when you have consumed nicotine above the reasonable limit. About 30 to 60 mg of nicotine can kill adults. Do you still want vaping or smoking?
