Contents:
- Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
- Teenage vape users are vulnerable to being tobacco smokers
- Is vape really safer?
- Another factor that causes vape users to switch to tobacco cigarettes
Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
A study published in the journal Tobacco Control explains that teenagers who have never smoked tobacco in high school have a tendency to smoke tobacco the following year, if they are vape users. These findings contribute to the evidence that supports that vape or e-cigarette is a bridge to start smoking tobacco among teenagers.
Teenage vape users are vulnerable to being tobacco smokers
Starting from being curious, finally it continued. Such is the behavior of teenagers who initially just followed the trend of trying to vape and finally smoked tobacco cigarettes. A study found that high school teenagers use vape, four times more likely to switch to tobacco cigarettes the following year, compared to other high school teens who are not users of e-cigarettes.
This study involved a sample of 350 adolescents who were randomly selected. The respondents were surveyed about smoking and habits vaping during high school. Then a year later the recipes were surveyed again about their development.
The result, among teenagers who claimed to use vape, but never tried tobacco cigarettes, 31 percent later switched to tobacco cigarettes the following year. Conversely, among adolescents who do not smoke tobacco or even vapingonly 7 percent tried tobacco cigarettes the following year.
The use of electric cigarettes can increase a teenager's risk of the risk of smoking tobacco. Although 80 percent of these high school children say that tobacco cigarettes are more dangerous, those who vaping in high school it actually has a tendency to change their views if tobacco cigarettes are actually less risky than electric cigarettes.
Is vape really safer?
Vape is often advertised as an alternative that is safer than tobacco cigarettes, because the vapors contained in e-cigarettes contain fewer chemicals that are harmful to humans than tobacco cigarettes. But researchers are still investigating the health effects of this type of cigarette, and several studies have revealed that vape still poses a health hazard such as a trigger for a heart attack.
Another factor that causes vape users to switch to tobacco cigarettes
"Teenagers start vaping claimed to use this type of cigarette because it offers a variety of appetizing flavors. In addition, they assume no direct health consequences and conclude that the dangers of smoking are exaggerated, "the researchers said.
Indeed the researchers noted that the study could not prove that vape causing teenagers to become tobacco smokers. However, this study takes into account several factors that can be associated with an increased risk of smoking, such as gender, ethnicity, parental habits, even education.
Different ages are also different reasons for trying electric cigarettes. In older groups, they chose to use vape to stop smoking.
