Vaping Pros And Cons

With smoking causing almost half a million deaths a year in the United States the stakes are high to find a solution to combat these alarming statistics. People who smoke are signing away ten years of life expectancy, as their quality of life is impacted from the first inhale of addictive nicotine. The numbers speak for themselves as everyday 1,300 people die from smoking alone. As a new market rises for vaping being a substitute, as does the controversy. Vaping is a positive alternative to smoking because it is less expensive, safer, and has fewer health risks for both the individual vaping and second hand inhalers. Vaping is when a consumer inhales water vapor through an electric cigarette or vaporizing device. A vaping device is basically a fancy atomizer. An atomizer is anything that transforms liquid into a spray or in respects to vaping, into vapor. In an article by MyVape.com it explains, “An atomizer is basically the heating element in your e-cigarette. The battery sends a charge through this heating element and it ‘cooks’ your e-juice, basically vaporizing or ‘atomizing’ your juice into an inhalable form”(1). The …show more content…
E-liquid can be made by mixing liquids, sugar, flavorings, and anything else for effects. One recipe contains lemonade, cane sugar, Malibu vodka, and pineapple flavoring; making for a tropical tasting e-juice. Another added rum, brown sugar, blackberry flavoring, and blueberry extract; for a jam after-taste. An individual also can let their home made e-juices steep to blend flavors and allow others to develop. Pure nicotine is also sold in small quantities and can be added into the recipies to have different effects. The benefit to making e-liquids at home is that the individual can customize it depending on personal preference and it allows stability in knowing exactly what the e-juice