Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes
www.ucdavis.edu
They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For example, one of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.

They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For example, one of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.

      • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        Well I’m teasing. With a feather. Dismissing harm reduction because you believe a big tobacco hit piece is a little silly IMHO.

        • womjunru@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          14·
          8 hours ago

          People who don’t vape see these articles and think that vaping is OK. Then they go from non-smoker who doesn’t vape to a person who does vape, which is not at all harm reduction. If I’m not correct then why are there so many people vaping who never smoked? People have been tricked into thinking that this is something that’s OK for them to do. I don’t mean socially, but that it has zero risk or low risk.

          So, you can call me silly all you want, but please don’t tell me that I’m dismissing harm reduction, when I’m very clearly not.

          • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            8 hours ago

            It pretty difficult to quantify the amount of people who never smoked who would have smoked if they hadn’t vaped. This is clearly a big tobacco hit piece. I’m completely fine with becoming an anti vape crusader. Once leaf tobacco is dead.

            Edit: enjoy some tunes https://youtu.be/K3Kupv4Lxgo

            • womjunru@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              14·
              8 hours ago

              I’m not clicking that. And, I never said people shouldn’t do it. I just said don’t tell people it’s not harmful too. Far too many people like to defend their drug of choice. We should all be aware, even if we choose to ignore reality privately.