 revealed that the combination of nicotine, thickeners, solvents, and flavours in vape e-cigarettes poses greater risks to heart health than smoking cigarettes. Last year, research by the AHA showed young people who vaped had a 15 per cent greater risk of stroke than smokers. You may think that inhaling second-hand vape smoke wouldn't be particularly harmful, but research has shown this not to be the case. Teams at universities in Virginia and North Carolina found that when e-cigarette users vaped in their cars for less than ten minutes, the air around them became thick with potentially poisonous particulate matter k){kind=link}
Expert says how lung damage can happen with any kind of vape, with e-cigarettes more dangerous than smoking tobacco due to the higher temperatures involved
Most of us are aware just how bad smoking is for us, but what about vaping?
Well the answer is it could be very bad, according to one doctor – who claims puffing on e-cigarettes is actually more dangerous than smoking tobacco.
Californian eye surgeon, Dr Brian Boxer Wachler, warned that vaping essentially ‘barbecues the lungs’ in a shocking new TikTok video which has so far attracted more than six million views. He said: “Vape temperatures can be significantly hotter than cigarette smoke, so vape literally could be barbecuing your lungs.
“[This could] explain why more younger people who vape need lung transplants versus younger people who smoke cigarettes,” he explained. Despite the claim, it is still a widely held belief in the medical community that vaping is safer than smoking – which is still the single biggest risk factor for lung cancer.