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Is the modern e-cigarette or vape bad for you?

The short answer: It’s not totally harmless and so far, there’s no long-term research available.

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“The most accurate thing we can say is if people frequently vape, it’s almost certainly harmful, but much less harmful than smoking cigarettes,” said David Hammond, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s school of public health.

“Most of the carcinogens from cigarettes are from lighting something on fire. So, the way to think about vaping is it’s got far fewer chemicals. And of the chemicals it has, most of them are at a lower level. You might have a dozen or two dozen chemicals in vapes but you have like 7,000 in tobacco. Unfortunately, it takes 10 or 20 years before chronic disease becomes apparent. ”

We spoke further to Hammond:

When did vaping become legal in Canada?

In March 2018, we had a brand new act that make it legal to sell nicotine-containing e-cigarettes without prior approval (from the Federal Government’s Health Canada) and it also allows things like advertising and marketing.