8 Useful Facts About E-Cigarettes That You Don’t Know – Number 6 Will Blow Your Mind

5. Second hand vaping is a thing

You’re certainly aware of the negative effects of second-hand smoking. According to the US Center for Disease Control, from 1964 through 2014, more than 2.5 million people died as a result of second-hand smoke. You should also know that second-hand vaping is also a problem. While the number of people that you kill through vaping might not total in the millions, the only way to make certain of this is by doing the courteous thing and not vape around non-vapors. Or better yet, not taking up the habit in the first place.

6. Poisonous? You bet!

As you certainly know, traditional cigarettes contain around 7,000 chemicals, around 70 of which can cause cancer. So if you smoke e-cigarettes, problem solved, right? Hell no. That liquid nicotine that we’ve been talking about is highly toxic. If you were to slurp a tablespoon of that stuff – which we don’t recommend since we prefer our readers alive – it would be enough to kill you.

And a child who consumes a mere teaspoon of liquid nicotine? Done-zo. More than half of all emergency calls related to e-cigarette poisoning involved children under the age of 5. Furthermore, while in 2010 the percentage of emergency calls to poison control as a result of traditional and e-cigarettes was 99.7% and 0.3% respectively, by 2014, a full 41.7% of those calls were related to e-cigarettes.

7. Vaping is often banned in non-smoking areas

While e-cigarettes are technically smokeless, that hasn’t stopped a lot of countries – including Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Israel – from banning their use in public places. Likewise, awesome cities such as Chicago, LA, and New York also forbid vaping in public places aside from the shops where they are purchased or vaping lounges.

8. Vaping damages your lung

According to our friends at the Center of Disease Control, 90% of all lung cancer deaths are connected to smoking. While vaping might not involve inhaling the same amount of toxic chemicals, studies have started to show that your lungs might not be out of the clear. E-cigarette users experience diminished lung function and even cellular changes that could lead to cancer. Yet another good reason to give up the habit or not start at all.

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