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Effects of Vaping on Human Health
Janae Voss
Vaping has become extremely popular among teenagers and young adults. In the article “9 alarming facts about the vaping illness epidemic,” by Steven John, the effect vapes have, on people and their health, is discussed. The article describes the crowd who has been impacted by vaping, vaping related illnesses, and vaping related deaths. Thousands of cases of lung injuries and illnesses have been reported to be caused by e-cigarettes and vapes. (John, par.3) Along with, numerous cases of deaths that were due to vaping related lung injuries. Many people were led to believe that vaping was a better alternative to smoking cigarettes.(John, par.2) However, this has been disproven. Similar to cigarettes, vapes have also been found to contain cancer causing chemicals. Steven John uses information from various health experts to describe the effects of vapes. He also explains how they have been linked to numerous health complications. The public needs to be aware of the effects of vaping on their health.
Many companies who manufacture vape products have tried to advertise vapes as being a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes. However, health experts do not agree. The amount of young adults and teenagers who report using vapes, far surpasses those who smoke cigarettes. In fact, the amount of individuals who vape has increased, while the amount of young adults smoking cigarettes has decreased. John Steven wrote, in the article, “9 alarming facts about vaping,” that the US surgeon general reported “40% of young people who began using electronic cigarettes had never used traditional tobacco products before.” The increased use of vapes has been a huge problem. NPR has reported that a common issue associated with vapes is known as “thermal decomposition.” Thermal decomposition is a problem because it releases dangerous chemicals into the lungs, such as acrolein, nicotyrine, and formaldehyde, while vaping. Formaldehyde is a toxin that has been known to cause cancer.(John, par.20) Individuals are often unaware that harmful toxins are entering their body due to vaping. The government is cracking down on companies for advertising these harmful products without knowing the full risk. For example, the government is putting rules and regulations on the way companies, such as Juul, are marketing their products.(John, par. 23) People need to have knowledge of the products they are using before they are able to access them. The full effects of vapes on human health are not yet known, but vapes have now been linked to cancerous chemicals, and other health issues.
Cancer can be a critical condition. Due to the rapid and uncontrollable cell division that is caused by cancer, the condition is often life threatening. Cancer can easily spread through the body and it is often difficult to prevent cancer from spreading. If vapes are being linked to cancer then the public needs to be informed of these life threatening side effects. Understanding that vaping can cause health complications, such as cancer is important to biology. Cancer can significantly shorten an individual’s life by causing cell mutations that are uncontrollable.
Being aware of the health effects of vapes is very significant because many people do not know what they are putting in their body. Vaping is still relatively new, compared to cigarettes so not even scientists are entirely sure of the full effects. Although there are still many unknown factors of vaping, it has been proven by a large number of health experts to have negative side effects. (John, par. 3) In an article by Sarah Gants, it is reinforced that very little is known about the effects of vaping, but vapes have in fact, been the cause of lung related illnesses recently. The US centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 42 deaths that were caused by vaping.(Gant. 6) Out of these deaths and illnesses, Steven John reports that according to the CDC, 79% of individuals affected were under the age of 35. (John, par. 12) The American Heart Association has recently donated $20 million dollars towards research on youth vaping in order to further understand the effects of vaping on health.(Gant, par.1) Numerous sources have confirmed that although there is still more to be learned, vapes are causing illnesses and death.
Works Cited
“American Heart Association to invest $20M for youth vaping research.” Philadelphia Inquirer [Philadelphia, PA], 16 Nov. 2019, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A605886252/STND?u=lom_lansingcc&sid=STND&xid=96a9c5b0. Accessed 17 Nov. 2019.
John, Steven. “9 Alarming Facts about the Vaping Illness Epidemic.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 30 Oct. 2019, https://www.businessinsider.com/9-alarming-facts-about-the-vaping-illness-epidemic-2019-10?amp;utm_medium=referral.
Hey Janae!
Nice job on your post. I think that you did a great job at getting your information across to the reader. While reading your post I was able to learn about the impacts that vaping can have on an individual. Vaping is very popular but is also something can cause a lot of harm. A few reasons why vaping can cause harm to people is because how little is actually know about it. Although there is not a lot of information about vaping there has been information that shows that it can cause cancer and has caused deaths in the past.
I noticed how you mentioned how there is very little know about the impacts of vaping. This really stood out to me. I did not know that there so little know about how vaping can impact people. I also found it interesting that it can lead to cancer. So many people thought that it was a good alternative to smoking but they can cause cancer so that is crazy and something that I knew very little about. I think you did a great job of explaining this and it is something that really stood out to me.
Finally, I wonder why vaping has become so popular among teens? I also found it interesting that most teens that vape have never used a tobacco product and I wonder why this is and if they do vape are they more likely to use tobacco later in life? Overall I found your post very interesting and informative! Nice job!
I agree that vaping is harmful. It’s hard to know what the contents are.
Companies don’t care about what is in the products. They just care about how much profit they are making. Young kids think vaping is cool just like past generations thought smoking was cool. And the thing about vaping is, it is easier to do without being caught by parents or teachers. And I also think it’s easier for young people to get ahold of. The