A doctor has issued a stark warning to vapers, suggesting they may not be fully aware of what they’re inhaling. This comes after a viral video showed a woman uncovering the true contents of her vape pod.
In the video, Dr Karan Rajan stated: “If you think vaping is the best way to quit smoking, you’ve been lied to. A single vape pod can contain around 60mg of nicotine, depending on the brand and strength. For comparison, one cigarette can deliver around 2mg of nicotine to the body.”
“So, one vape pod is easily a pack of cigarettes or more. Because vaping is smoother and comes in fun flavours, people can puff away and chain vape through multiple pods. They’re unknowingly super dosing nicotine, charging their addiction and frying their dopamine pathways faster than you can say blue raspberry cloud.”
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The medical professional claimed that the attractive packaging and sweet flavours are “hooking kids that have never touched nicotine” into a life of vaping. He further suggested that there is scant evidence to show that vaping actually helps individuals completely eliminate smoking from their lives.
He concluded by saying: “According to research, vaping is only moderately better than trying to quit smoking cold turkey. Vaping has a quit-smoking success rate of around 7-10%”, reports the Mirror.
Dr Rajan compared this to other methods, including behavioural therapy (10-15%), nicotine replacement therapy (15-20%) and a combination approach (25-30%). This year is set to be a significant one for vaping in the UK, with Government plans already underway to ban disposable vapes from the summer.
The ban, which covers single-use vapes, aims to protect the health of children and young people, reduce environmental damage, and lessen the appeal of vapes to youngsters. The NHS website states that while vaping is not entirely harmless, it is recommended for adult smokers as a means to quit smoking and stay smoke-free.
Vaping is not suitable for children and young people due to their developing lungs and brains being more sensitive to its effects. Although nicotine vaping is considerably less harmful than smoking, it is not without risk, hence the minimum age of sale for vaping products in the UK.
The NHS provides a variety of tips to quit on its website.