Smoke and vapor are two different things. Because vapor can be turned back into a liquid, it can absorb into the lungs easier compared to smoke which cannot be turned into a liquid. The reason that vaping is worse than smoking is that the nicotine in the vapor absorbs easier into the lungs which lead into the bloodstream and can be more addictive than smoking.
Vaping is worse than previously thought because, on the juice, the ingredients that are labeled are Nicotine, Vegetable glycol, Propylene glycol, and flavoring. But there is more …show more content…
The “Juul” looks like a flash drive. They look like a flash drive so much that kids are using them in the classroom. One story was that a kid was pulling something out of his pocket and a Juul fell out and the teacher thought that it was a flash drive and handed it back to him. Kids are getting hold of them even though when you have to be 18 to buy them, and if you order them online, $50 for a starter pack that contains 5 pods, and one pod contains the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes, but you have to have an adult to sign the paperwork. Because the Juul is so sleek, kids use it during class and because it is a vapor, not a smoke it can absorb into a sweatshirt or shirt and kids will just blow the vapor into the sweatshirt or shirt, or they swallow the vapor and when they exhale nothing comes out, and the subtle to no smell can be easily mistaken as someone's perfume. People also go to the bathroom to Juul. In an attempt to stop it, the school open the doors and some have a teacher stand outside of the bathrooms so students do go in there to Juul or