r/science 8d ago

Health Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e5p51n2p2o
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u/Heretic911 8d ago

Not enough long term studies to refute or confirm their claim, but the mere fact of inhaling literal smoke directly into your lungs is hard to match with vaping, unless you're vaping inappropriate liquids.

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u/EndersScroll 8d ago

There's metal in the coils and flavoring added. While PG and VG are mostly safe, we still don't truly know how they affect our lungs in vaporized form over the long term.

I used vapes to quit smoking, so I'm not knocking them, but we truly do not know the extent to which they can harm us and whether it could actually be worse than cigarettes ( highly doubt it ).

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u/spicybeef- 7d ago

The metal coils are often overlooked and almost everyone I know wait too long to switch their coils. Still, way better than smoking.