Article: Vaping Is Better Than Smoking?

vaping is better than smoking - and 'one of the best ways in 50 years of improving the world's health'

Tobacco still kills six million people around the world every year. Despite huge public health efforts to help people quit and prevent young people starting, smoking remains the single greatest cause of ill health and premature death. And even with restrictions on tobacco advertising and smoking in public places, many young people continue to take up smoking. The situation is even worse in poorer countries, where support to stop smoking is limited, and tobacco control policies weaker. So in light of this, how should we view the increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes? The gadgets deliver a nicotine hit by heating a nicotine-containing

The article “Vaping is better than smoking” by Marcus Munafo, a professor of psychology at University of Bristol. As the title of the article indicates, the author is claims that vaping is healthier than cigarettes. In fact, he states the tobacco smokers may be able to prevent artery cell damage by vaping. Although the author has some good points, his article is biased and contains some misinterpretation of data from the analysis of the effectiveness of the

In the vaping vs. smoking standoff, most people believe it’s the case where the lesser of the two evils wins. While many people claim there are several potential health risks that vaping can cause, the biggest proven harm e-cigarettes can cause is dependence, as most e-liquids contain nicotine. According to a report sponsored by UK’s Department of Health and published by Public Health England – a prestigious group of highly qualified scientists, researchers and public health professionals – electronic cigarettes are at least 95 percent safer than tobacco cigarettes. The report also recognizes their potential as a viable approach to quitting smoking. Vaping is still dangerous, and many vaporizers employ a liquid known as e-liquid or e-juice that contains nicotine, but usually not in the high concentrations that represent in cigarettes. The biggest change in safety comes from the way the product is produced and delivered. In smoking, the contents (usually tobacco and about 4,000 other ingredients) are combusted. They are lit and they burn and the smoke is inhaled by the user. This also creates secondhand smoke which causes numerous health problems on its own. All of these reasons lead some people to use vaping to quit