Serious vaping side effects may include: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), formerly known as idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) E-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) Heart attacks Nicotine addiction Popcorn lung Seizures Severe lung injury Strokes According to a 2020 review published in The Journal of Physiology, e-cigarette exposure can reduce lung function, increase airway inflammation and weaken the immune system, increasing the risk of respiratory infections
The inactive metabolite, cotinine, mostly undergoes hepatic metabolism (8090 percent), with most of the metabolism going to take place in the lungs and kidneys
doi: 10.19613/j.cnki.1671-3141.2019.66.049 Summary Keywords acupuncture, nicotine patch, combined treatment, smoking cessation, withdraw syndrome, randomized clinical trial Citation Dai R, Ren D, Li B, Zhang Y, Ma X, Zhang X, Zhang H, Zhang L, Zeng C, Jiang X, Bao S and Fan J (2024) Effects of acupuncture and nicotine patch on smoking: a multicenter, randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial
They are therefore considered lower risk than traditional cigarettes
I dont just mean they thought about it differently, but also felt differently about it before they stopped
