Is Vaping Less Harmful Than Smoking?

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Is Vaping Less Harmful than Smoking In 2022, Juul was ordered to stop selling its e-cigarette products in the United States. This came after the 2020 report in which 68 deaths and a further 2,800 vaping-related hospitalization resulting from lung injuries were reported. According to Gottschalk, Fraga, and Hirschfield (pr 1), the Juul ban by the FDA resulted from insufficient and conflicting data on the toxicity of e-cigarettes. Indeed, because of the noble nature of e-cigarettes, compared to traditional cigarettes, Marques, Piqueras, and Sanz (pr. 22) concluded that more is yet to be established on the toxicity of e-cigarettes. Nevertheless, researchers increasingly argue that vaping is less harmful than smoking and an ideal replacement. However, the current paper argues that vaping and smoking are equally harmful, mainly because they both operate based on addiction, which means that vaping is not less harmful than smoking. E-cigarettes are more addictive than traditional cigarettes, making them more potent to consumers and profitable to manufacturers and marketers. According to Jankowski et al., marketers and manufacturers of E-cigarettes continue to sell these products under the façade that they are an ideal alternative or aid to quitting smoking. However, they do not tell consumers that while one may think they are quitting smoking (traditional cigarette), they are simply getting addicted to the same nicotine, only that it is administered into the boy differently. In their research, Jankowski et al. (pr 14)  concluded that people are more likely to be addicted to e-cigarettes faster than traditional smoking. This means that e-cigarettes are just as toxic as traditional cigarettes in the long run. Furthermore, even researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are not optimistic about the safety of e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking. According to the US Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend e-cigarettes for smoking cessation (CDC). The insufficiency of evidence has also been highlighted by researchers like Darabseh et al., who established that vaping causes similar effects as smoking on cardiovascular and lung function. At the same time, there is little evidence or research on the impact of vaping on other organs of the boy (674). While it is known that traditional cigarettes have over 7,000 chemicals, of which a majority are toxic, it can carry toxic substances like lead and other cancer-causing agents, making vaping just as toxic as traditional smoking. Thirdly, for non-smokers who take on vaping, their chances of developing respiratory c...