I think it's bullshit what they are talking!
I myself are a vaper for more than 3 years.
Vaping itself MUST be less harmful then smoking cigs, simply due to the fact, that you have the same ingredients in the liquid as they are present in the cigs.
Liquid contains mostly substances called: Glycerin, nicotine, water and flavours if you choose to have any.
All those substances are present in cigarettes. Further the cigarettes give of the wanted nicotine through combustion which BURNS the tobacco at higher temperatures, creating way more chemical reactions then the electric cigarette.
On the other hand: our vaping devices heat the liquid to a way lesser temperature where those chemical reactions don't even occur.
Keep in mind, that nicotine is a nervous poison and that long-term effects of it are only thoroughly researched in combination with the combustion of tobacco products. But the healthy understanding of basic chemistry tells me, that it is way less harmful then smoking cigs. Best would be to stop consuming nicotine at all, but who is willing and able to do so? It's one of the most addictive drugs known to man.
If you guys are interested in this kind of topic I advise you to search for the study made by the UK health ministry. They claim E-cigs to be 95% less harmful then their counterpart.
hey thanks for the input. I'm not sure myself what to believe. I however will do my best to lower the nicotine and gradually move it down to 0%.
I've added the source for nixklick's anekdote: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-around-95-less-harmful-than-tobacco-estimates-landmark-review
It's however an article from 2 years ago.
Ingredients in E-cigs haven't changed until now, so I'd say the credibility of that source hasn't changed. Also thanks for searching up the source I've mentioned. If you want some more input on this topic I could write a whole post about it because I learned so much about vaping since I've started.
Also many people argue, that the moisture from the e-cigs isn't good for your lungs, which is also BS, because your lungs are wet all the time and even if the liquids would add moisture to your lungs, they have several mechanisms to get rid of too much moisture. Thats something I heard many times, when arguing that vaping is a healthier alternative.
If you want a more recent study then you should check out the following by Cancer Research in the UK
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2017-02-06-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking-says-long-term-study