Vaping is just as dangerous as cigarettes [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – More than 2.1 million American middle and high school students said that they used vapes last year. Next year, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case about these products, which have been linked to negative health outcomes.

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Vapes, or e-cigarettes, are similar to traditional cigarettes but they do not require lighting tobacco on fire. Instead, users inhale aerosols created by the battery-powered devices that heat liquids often containing nicotine.

“We’re really concerned about youth vaping for a few reasons,” said Dr. Pamela Ling director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, in an interview with “As Prescribed” from KCBS Radio. “One is that after vapes were introduced by 2018, we had a huge rise in the numbers of young people vaping. And even though those numbers have now come down somewhat, vapes are by far the most common tobacco product used by young people, far more than cigarettes.”

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