Smoking can lead to many health concerns such as cancer and heart disease, are associated with the inhalation of tar and other chemicals produced by tobacco combustion. Vaping has less impact on a person. Michele Munz states a statistic in the article Young Adults Say Vaping Helped Them Quit Smoking: the author states “And while federal figures show vaping among teens has increased since 2011, smoking tobacco has decreased: by 4.3 percent among middle school students and by 15.8 percent among high school students.” Many studies have been made that vaping is healthier than cigarettes. Mallory Immethun, 20, of Fenton, stated:
She started smoking cigarettes when she was 17. She smoked a pack a day, and her asthma worsened. When she started vaping nearly two years ago, she quit smoking immediately (Von).
The normal age group that is triggered to smoking or vaping vary from teenagers to adulthood. The vaping devices have many different kinds of fun flavors such cotton candy or strawberry and more. These flavors can be bought just about anywhere such as gas stations or vape shops that were established about four to five years ago. Cigarettes have an awful bitter taste and leaves a bad smell on materialistic things that’s why vaping is more popular thing now due to cigarettes having an awful smell. Vaping devices can be very expensive and range anywhere from twenty to eighty dollars just depends on the type of …show more content…
Can lead to lung cancer or emphysema, which is fatal. Also, causes pollution in the air, which is bad for the environment. A lot of people smoke in their own vehicle and if other people are in the vehicle is considered second-hand smoke. Most of the time when individuals are done smoking in their vehicle, they will dispose of the cigarette butt out of the window and is considered pollution. Some studies have been made that vapor devices are also toxic and dangerous. Ryan Scholand a 17-year-old experienced a vaping device exploding and caused damage to his fingers. Ryan Scholand stated:
He said he had just replaced the battery in the vaping device, a device that simulates tobacco smoking by producing a heated vapor resembling smoke. When he pressed the ignition button to fire it up and release the Ghost Berry-flavored vapor, it exploded in his hand "like a bomb went off (Hand).
Many other studies of these devices exploding, but never very severe. Vapor device has chemicals in that may lead to issues in the future. Generally, consists of propylene glycol, glycerin, water, nicotine, and flavorings