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This can make it harder to learn and concentrate. Some of the brain changes are permanent and can affect mood and impulse control later in life. Use of other tobacco products: Studies show that vaping makes it more likely that someone will try other tobacco products, like regular cigarettes, cigars, hookahs, and smokeless tobacco.
Toxins poisons : The vapor made from e-cigarettes is not made of water. The vapor contains harmful chemicals and very fine particles that are inhaled into the lungs and exhaled into the environment. Sports: To do their best in sports. Vaping may lead to lung inflammation irritation. Money: Vaping is expensive! The cost of the cartridges over time starts to add up.
Instead, someone could spend that money on other things that they need or enjoy. To go against tobacco company advertising: Many e-cigarettes are made by the same companies that produce regular cigarettes. Their marketing targets young people by making fun flavors for e-cigarettes and showing young, healthy people vaping. They are trying to make kids and teens of today into their new, lifetime customers. The signs of withdrawal are strongest in the first few days after stopping.
They get better over the following days and weeks. Talk to your kids about the reports of serious lung damage, and even deaths, in people who vape. Vaping refers to the use of an electronic device that heats a liquid turning it into an aerosol vapour which the user inhales. Vaping is different to smoking, which burns tobacco leaf creating smoke. Both vaping and smoking deliver nicotine, but it is the burning of tobacco that causes most of the harm. Vaping, however, is not completely harmless.
The vaping liquid also called e-liquid typically contains propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, plus flavours and the option of nicotine. Vaping can help smokers quit by delivering nicotine. Vaping is a lot less harmful than smoking for smokers. Little research has been conducted into the safety of e-cigarettes in pregnancy, but they're likely to be much less harmful to a pregnant woman and her baby than cigarettes. If you're pregnant, licensed NRT products such as patches and gum are the recommended option to help you stop smoking.
But if you find using an e-cigarette helpful for quitting and staying smokefree, it's much safer for you and your baby than continuing to smoke. As with all rechargeable electrical devices, the correct charger should be used and the device should not be left charging unattended or overnight.
If you suspect you have experienced a side effect to your health from using your e-cigarette or would like to report a product defect, report these via the Yellow Card Scheme. This is in contrast to secondhand smoke from smoking, which is known to be very harmful to health.
E-cigarettes are not currently available from the NHS on prescription, so you cannot get one from your GP.
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