的re is no such thing as a risk-free e-cigarette. To claim otherwise is just blowing smoke. From ingredients such as THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), nicotine and chemically-laden flavors—all vapes are laced with poison. When it comes down to it, there is no safe way to vape.
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vap问&A
什么是电子烟?
E-cigarettes—also called “vapes,“电子烟笔。, “Juuls” and “e-cigs”—are handheld, battery-powered vaporizers that simulate smoking. When they first came on the market in 2007, e-cigarettes looked like regular cigarettes or cigars, now the devices look like pens, 口红, flash drives and even medical inhalers, making it easy for teens to hide.
的re are hundreds of device types, and thousands of flavor profiles—such as “strawberry shortcake,“独角兽奶”,” “bird brain” and classic “menthol.” 的 industry claims e-cigarettes are safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes, but the long-term effects are still unknown.
我的孩子吸电子烟吗?
Vaping is definitely on the rise among adolescents. In the past decade, vaping has gone from almost nonexistent to increasingly more common. 根据 National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than a third of 12th graders report having vaped in the last 12 months—up 10 percent from the previous year. At a time when anti-smoking measures have successfully pushed traditional cigarette smoking down to its lowest recorded rate of only 5 percent of teens, vaping is increasing in popularity at an alarming rate reports the U.S. 卫生署 & 人类服务. 的 hike not only accounts for teens who may have switched from regular cigarettes to e-cigs, but exceeds it by a significant margin. 换句话说, kids who never smoked cigarettes—and likely never would have—are now getting hooked on nicotine by vaping.
电子烟会上瘾吗??
While not all vape products include nicotine, most do. 的 e-cigarette industry is a highly unregulated industry and many vape products sold on the street that claim to be nicotine-free, actually do contain nicotine. Liquid cartridges and vape pods contain varying amounts of nicotine. Because the devices are easy to conceal, kids can vape more frequently, which leads to greater addiction.
的 C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth, dedicated to advancing health and well-being through research, education and policy efforts, found that kids who vape are three times more likely to go on to smoke regular cigarettes.
尼古丁为何有害??
Nicotine is toxic and affects your health in a number of ways, like raising your blood pressure and adrenaline, which can increase your risk of having a heart attack. 医学网 explains that nicotine also affects teens’ brain development, 他们的学习, 情绪, and impulse control and increases the risk of developing depression and anxiety. 因为尼古丁会上瘾, it rewires children’s brains and can possibly lead them to use other addictive drugs like alcohol or cocaine.
What about vapes without nicotine?
E-cigarette liquids usually contain propylene glycol, which is known to release formaldehyde gas when heated. Diecetyl—linked to “popcorn lung” disease—has been found in over 75 percent of flavored e-cigarettes. Various new chemicals are formed when the liquid juices are heated and converted into a fine mist—many of those chemicals are toxic.
吸电子烟会让你生病吗?
根据 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of November 5, 2019, 1,888 cases of vape-related lung injury have been reported across the U.S. At least 39 people have died. No one ingredient has emerged as the cause of all these illnesses. While THC seems to have played a factor in most of the cases, it has not in all of them. A majority of the patients who have fallen sick are male and young—almost 80 percent are under 35 years old.
Early symptoms of the illness include fatigue, nausea, coughing and fever. Shortness of breath may prompt a visit to the ER and require hospitalization.