Do you vape?

I mean it's better than smoking but it's still not good is it?

It's sad as vaping used to be a good substitute for people that wanted to give up smoking and that's all it was, but now it's a thing in its own right and really we are in the same spot with it that we were with cigarettes all those years ago - they're too new to really know the impact yet!

I'm not worried about my teenager taking up smoking now but I am worried about vaping!

It does confuse me though why anyone would take up the habit unless they were an ex smoker using it to give up?

If I were you I would give it up - it's a vice at the end of the day and we don't know enough about the long term effects for anyone to say to you - it's fine you should just carry on

I would love to know how they knew one of these vapes was unused…

Some pseudo journalist on BBC3 making sad faces interviewing people who may or may not have got sick from vaping isn’t exactly the height of scientific integrity. The truth is anything containing nicotine is going to be harmful to you, but as an adult everyone will make their individual choices about how they treat their own body or the world around them.

This was in my daughter’s copy of The Week Junior this week…

This might help make your mind up. Jordan North: The Truth About Vaping: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001xj1p via @bbciplayer

It’s not what? Better than smoking?

When people say it’s ’better than smoking’ they usually mean ‘it’s less harmful’.

Do you have evidence that vaping is equally as harmful as smoking? If so, please share (I don’t think any such evidence exists- at least not yet).

it was a year ago , i'm not on this weight loss plan any longer but now i vape as obviously got addicted.

I will quit , actually reading this thread made me want to throw all my vapes away and go cold turkey .

I have only myself to blame for my stupidity and being easily influenced .

Hope i can quit , i used to be so judgmental towards people who smoke but now i am one of them :(

@MumHereAgain2023 yes, it is better than smoking
If we keep telling people it isn't then people will keep smoking and not switch to vaping which will massively improve their health
There has been thread after thread on this and all you have to do is google public health England vaping or cancer research and vaping and not read the stories about popcorn lung (debunked, chemical banned in U.K.) or the people vaping vitamin e or random shit

@lallaland123 thats just insane that it would be touted as a way to feel less hungry. Ive heard unhinged things at weight loss clubs (ive done them myself) but if id have been there when i heard that drivel i think id have walked out and complained!

A non-smoker starting to vape is just bonkers imo. There is emerging evidence that vaping is more dangerous than we thought.

My colleague vapes. He goes outside to do it, but he brings the stink back in with him. If we are in the office for a day, by the afternoon it reeks of that disgusting, cloying sweet smell. Yuck.

Yes I do, I tried numerous NRTs to give up smoking after twenty years commited. Nothing worked until vapes came along, I've now not had tobacco for six years.

All research points towards well regulated vapes being far healthier than smoking. The knock-off market is a whole other ball game though.

The type of vape is also relevant I think, I sometimes use the cloud buster variant which is fun! But needs to be done away from grumpy people, lower wattage ones are fine for day-to-day use though.

There's been no downside from my perspective.

Yes I do.

It's bloody awful. Admittedly, I used to smoke and it is so much better than that but I have found it much harder to quit vaping than I ever did with quitting cigarettes. Because I don't have the horrible cough and don't stink of fags. But realistically it's just another bad habit.

Taking vaping up as a non-smoker is madness. I do have sympathy as I know how addictive they are once you start.

It's not though :(

I used to smoke for about 25 years, miss it occasionally but I would never vape! God knows what's in the horrible smelly chemicals! As stupid as that sounds, at least we know the long term health effects of cigarettes, we don't know that about vapes.

But I'm glad I finally gave up smoking, the cost of cigarettes is ridiculous these days!!

You’d have to be chronically stupid to vape/smoke.

I agree. Particularly those who have taken it up for funsies when they’ve never smoked a cigarette. And the lengths vapers will go to to argue it’s not a nasty anti social habit…

Hmm inhaling chemicals into our lungs which then get circulated around our body, ending up goodness knows where, brain cells perhaps?

You’d have to be chronically stupid to vape/smoke.

You’ve got one body look after it.

To be fair to you there are probably also less healthy (or equally as bad) ways to unwind, such as replacing the vapes with alcohol. It depends on what level of risk to your health you’re comfortable with I guess.

I do, I used to worry about it but then 2 of the most healthy people I know, who eat healthily, don't even drink never mind smoke, vape etc got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer so that gave me some perspective. For me right now, the positives are outweighing the negatives. And I know I'll stop when I next get pregnant so there's that!
If you're going to do it you may as well enjoy it, otherwise you might as well stop

@SpeedyDrama there is no duty on vapes -yet

I used h a to quit cigarettes and then quit the vape when I fell pregnant. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done - they are SO addictive & you barely realise it until it's gone.

I wouldn't vape again. I would rather have a social cigarette with a glass of wine than a vape. It's only now after giving up that I realised it kind of made my lungs feel heavy and thick. It can't be good for you, even if it's better than cigarettes in the long run.

There is so much hysterical misinformation about vaping on this thread.

Hilarious.

as an absolute idiot i listened to my consultant from 121 ( cambridge diet ) when she advised to vape in order to feel less hungry and lose weight .

I never smoked , but liked the vapes , need to stop ASAP

You do understand living in a capitalist society, right? They will be used in the best way to make money and gain tax.