Smoking is bad for you. In this day and age, this fact is common knowledge. Cigarettes contain carcinogens that with continued use will ruin nearly every part of your body. With this in mind, many Americans today are choosing to smoke vapor products. These products come in many different styles, a lot of which mirror the aesthetic of actual tobacco products. Battery powered vapor products have been growing exponentially in popularity over the last six years. Electronic smoking products are estimated to grow more lucrative over the years and earn more revenue than traditional tobacco cigarettes. Vapor products work by filling them with oil, which is then heated to a hot temperature and turned in to vapor to be inhaled by the consumer. The oils come in many different flavors such as candy, fruit and even tobacco flavored.

E-cigarettes can contain a number of different chemicals that are directly inhaled in to the lungs of the user, many of which the FDA are still studying. Many people seem to believe that because vapor products have not been proven to be fatal that they are a healthy replacement for traditional cigarettes. However, E-Cigarettes and other vapor products are not a healthy replacement for traditional tobacco products such as cigarettes because they have not been fully studied, are not regulated by the FDA, contain nicotine and contain other chemicals and carcinogens that are proven to be health risks.

Along with the lack of full understanding of potential health risks, there is another aspect of vaping that must be acknowledged: vape culture. Be prepared for anyone and everyone who vapes to stop and ask about the specs of your vape, ask you to blow a fat cloud or how many coils you have powering your electric juice box. As a smoker, I also seem to come across vapers who like to criticize those who choose to smoke cigarettes. I don’t care if your vape smokes at the optimal temperature of 300˚F or how much better you think your juice is for you; the vape life ain’t for everyone and it most certainly isn’t for me, so stop telling me to get one.

In my view smoking is bad for you, but vaping is worse. Not only are you killing yourself, but you look like a fool while you’re doing it.