Napila, Jomar Paul L.

HUMSS 12 – H

Usage of Vape as an alternative for cigarettes:

As the world upgrades to a generation full of technology, alternatives also increase its
demand. People nowadays often find alternatives for their satisfaction that is much safer and
cheaper. As time passes by, most of the children and teens encountered cigarette smoke, and its
either they smoke or people around them smoke. It affects people first hand and second hand

Is vaping more healthier than smoking cigarettes or is it as bad as smoking? The research
aims to educate not only the teen but also the adult about what really are the effects of vaping
when it is used as an alternative to cigarettes.

RATIONALE

To educate and inform the reader and the researcher about the effect of vape / e-
cigarettes; both Advantageous and Disadvantageous

OBJECTIVE

To decrease vape related health risks and injuries, and to educate the parents and teen
about the said device.
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An electronic cigarette, also known as e-cigarette or vape among other names is an

Here are 4 pros and cons of vaping:

PROS

1. It’s safer than smoking: Just ask the Royal College of Physicians. They’re a prestigious
organization representing over 35,000 doctors worldwide. They have stated that vaping is at least
95% safer than smoking based on their extensive research. Since there’s no combustion, tar or
ash associated with vaping, switching to it from smoking enables the user to experience health
benefits from being smoke-free. That means better oral hygiene, skin health, circulation, lung
capacity and an improved sense of smell and taste.
2. No noxious odors: One of the biggest advantages of vaping is that you and your environment
won’t smell of smoke. Vaping may have an aroma from the flavors used, but it’s not the smoke
from dead tobacco leaves! To some people, the smell of vapor is barely noticeable. Sometimes
you might even get a few complements on the aroma. Even if you vape tobacco flavors, it won’t
smell like the rank fumes that come from burning tobacco leaves.
3. Control over nicotine intake: Vaping gives you full control over your nicotine dosage. E-
juice is available in a variety of strengths, ranging from nicotine-free to high-strength nicotine.
You can choose exactly how much nicotine is in your vape, if you decide to use any at all. Most
vapers tend to start off with high nicotine levels, and gradually work their way down to lower
levels, or eliminate it completely.
4. Control over vapor output: A major advantage of vaping is having control over the amount
of vapor you exhale. Smaller devices like pod vapes are designed for convenience and low
vapor, whereas the high-powered mods are better suited for cloud chasing. Adjusting the power
output, airflow, and coil type also lets you fine tune your vapor volume. You can be as minimal
or showy as you like, depending on how you choose to vape.

CONS

1. Technology learning curve: Not only is the market saturated, a lot of the devices are for
hobbyists. Although advanced hardware is not for beginners, much of the information on the
internet focuses on it. This can lead you to think vaping requires complex knowledge to
experience it. That’s not true! Vaping can be very simple despite how it may seem.
2. Youthful perception: Depending on your area, the legal age to buy vapes is either 18 or 21
years old since the enactment of Tobacco 21 laws. But that’s just the minimum age requirement.
The popular perception about vaping is that it’s a young adult activity. Adults that vape can be
found in any age bracket from 18 on up. The sad part though is that many older adults don’t feel
a connection to the culture of vaping, which very well could help them with their deadly
addiction to smoking.
3. Cumulative costs: Like other consumable based products, vaping requires repeat purchases.
No matter how your device is designed, e-liquid will always need to be replenished. The price of
e-liquid and quantity it’s sold in varies. Some brands are expensive, but there’s also plenty
of cheap e-juice available. Still, one bottle will not last forever. And while the price of one bottle
is rarely going to make or break someone, the costs will add up when buying too many flavors.
This is why many begin choose to DIY e-juice. It’s relatively easy to do and it cuts costs
significantly.
4. Stigma of nicotine: Nicotine is a lightweight as drugs go. It’s a mild stimulant that also
paradoxically relaxes the user. But because its history is inevitably tied to smoking — which is a
highly dangerous delivery mechanism—nicotine has a bad name. Many people don’t distinguish
between nicotine and smoking. If you’re going to use it, you might have to grow a thick skin and
learn to ignore some dirty looks and uninformed opinions from judgmental types. Most people
don’t know the facts about nicotine, so it’s advisable to arm yourself with the truth.
ASSESSMENT

Existing evidence indicates that EC use is by far a less harmful alternative to smoking.
There is no tobacco and no combustion involved in EC use; therefore, regular vapers may avoid
several harmful toxic chemicals that are typically present in the smoke of tobacco cigarettes.
Indeed, some toxic chemicals are released in the EC vapor as well, but their levels are
substantially lower compared with tobacco smoke, and in some cases (such as nitrosamines) are
comparable with the amounts found in pharmaceutical nicotine products. Surveys, clinical,
chemistry and toxicology data have often been mispresented or misinterpreted by health
authorities and tobacco regulators, in such a way that the potential for harmful consequences of
EC use has been largely exaggerated [Polosa and Caponnetto, 2013]. It is obvious that some
residual risk associated with EC use may be present, but this is probably trivial compared with
the devastating consequences of smoking.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Throughout the research, the researcher also gained extra knowledge about the topic.
Using e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking is not as bad as smoking cigarettes and is also not
as good for everyone’s consumption.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110871/

https://vaping360.com/learn/pros-cons-benefits-vaping/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_cigarette