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Vaping is different from tobacco smoking, but there are some similarities with their behavioral habits, including the hand-to-mouth action and a vapor that looks like cigarette smoke. [1] E-cigarettes provide a flavor and feel similar to smoking. [1] A noticeable difference between the traditional cigarette and the e-cigarette is sense of touch ...
An exploded view of a typical e-cigarette design with transparent atomizer (labeled clearomizer in diagram) and changeable dual-coil head. An electronic cigarette consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, [25] and a container for e-liquid such as a cartridge or tank.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. Device to vaporize substances for inhalation A vaporization heat wand and vaporization chamber bowl used to deliver vapor through a water pipe A vaporizer or vaporiser, colloquially known as a vape, is a device used to vaporize substances for inhalation. Plant substances can be used ...
An electronic cigarette (commonly known as a vape) is a handheld battery-powered vaporizer that simulates smoking by providing some of the behavioral aspects of smoking, including the hand-to-mouth action of smoking, but without combusting tobacco. [48] Using an e-cigarette is known as "vaping" and the user is referred to as a "vaper". [49]
Vaping [notes 7] generates particulate matter 2.5 μm or less in diameter (PM 2.5), but at notably less concentrations compared to cigarette smoke. [55] Particle concentrations from vaping ranged from 6.6 to 85.0 μg/m 3. [53] Particle-size distributions of particulate matter from vaping differ across studies. [1]
In February, a Texas man identified as 24-year-old William Eric Brown died after a vaping device he was smoking exploded in the parking lot of a vape supply store, severing his carotid artery.
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s. [4]
However, in 2021 researchers at Johns Hopkins University analyzed the vape aerosols of popular brands such as Juul and Vuse, and found "nearly 2,000 chemicals, the vast majority of which are unidentified." [30] On October 12, 2023, the FDA issued Marketing Denial Orders for six flavored Vuse Alto pods, including the Menthol pod.