Why is smoking weed “better” than smoking cigarettes or vaping? Aren’t you inhaling harmful foreign substances in all cases?
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A small note on vaping vs smoking (anything).
For people who live in the EU (or are still affected by EU laws *cough* UK) vaping is safer than both. That’s not to say that vaping is *safe*, just *safer*. The reason I specify the EU is because the components of e-liquid are tightly regulated so that they contain exactly one toxic chemical – nicotine. Anything else should be deemed safe for inhalation. I’m aware that in the US you don’t necessary know what else is being thrown into the juice.
The long term effects of vaping are not known but we know there are dangers associated with nicotine, such as reduced fertility and – if used during pregnancy- a higher risk to the child. In any case, vaping is pretty objectively a *good* thing for *ex-smokers* who have had difficulty quitting in other ways – it’s just another version of NRT. But it’s only good in the sense that it is much, much less harmful than breathing in smoke of any kind. It can only be a bad thing for non smokers who take up vaping though.
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