Is Vaping Really Safe?

Tobacco has been killing people for years now according to the World Health Organization. This is the reason why more and more people are switching to vaping. But are they safe? This article by Ryan Hatoum will help us understand if vaping is safe:

On the heels of another damning statistic against tobacco — it kills more than 7 million people each year, the World Health Organization said recently — come questions about whether vaping is a healthier substitute. 

The idea that they could be stems from the fact that e-cigarettes and other vaping devices can supply nicotine without tobacco or other additives and byproducts, like smoke, that are in a traditional cigarette. A 2014 survey of 19,000 e-cigarette users found that 88 percent believed e-cigarettes were at least safer than regular cigarettes and 11 percent believed e-cigarettes were harmless. More recently, a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 22 percent of adults believed secondhand vape aerosol caused “a lot of harm” to children. Read full post here..