A single e-cigarette pod can contain as much nicotine as a pack of 20 traditional cigarettes. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, and consuming large amounts of nicotine can lead to many serious health problems.
Nicotine is not only addictive, but it also affects the central nervous system, increasing heart rate and blood pressure, and can lead to cardiovascular problems.
In addition to nicotine, e-cigarettes contain many other chemicals that can be harmful to your health. Some of these chemicals can irritate your lungs and respiratory tract, leading to problems like pneumonia and asthma.
Although e-cigarettes do not produce smoke like traditional cigarettes, the vapor from vaping still contains small particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause harm. These particles can contain heavy metals such as lead and nickel, as well as volatile organic compounds that can be harmful to health.
E-cigarette products often come in appealing flavors such as fruit or candy, making them appealing to children. Exposure to nicotine in children can cause serious symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and in some cases, death.
E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products are new products that have only appeared in the last 10 years, and scientific evidence on the toxicity and long-term health effects of these products is still being studied. However, many initial studies have shown the health consequences of using and passive exposure to the "aerosol"/smoke of these products.
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are products that use an electronic device to heat a tobacco stick to a temperature high enough to create an inhalable aerosol containing nicotine, a highly addictive substance, other chemicals, non-tobacco additives, and often a variety of flavors.
The World Health Organization WHO recommends: Heated tobacco produces toxic gases, containing many of the same toxic substances as in regular cigarette smoke.
Although heated at lower temperatures, it still produces chemicals similar to those in cigarette smoke such as: Acrolein (a strong respiratory irritant), glycidol, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde (carcinogens), carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals (aluminum, titanium, strontium, molybdenum, tin and antimony).
