It might be the end of the road for this once-ultra-popular vaping product.
, aka smoking e-cigarettes, has skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years, especially among teenagers, for whom e-cigarettes are illegal. And while overall tobacco-use numbers are down for teenagers in the US, e-cigarette smoking continues to be the most popular tobacco product among the age group, according to the.
The market around Juul and other e-cigarettes is changing rapidly as new FDA bans fall into place. But before we get into that, let's talk about why vaping, especially among minors, has become such a concern in the first place.Vaping is the same thing as smoking an e-cigarette. The name gives you a clue as to how it works. Regular cigarettes burn tobacco, creating a smoke that the user inhales. E-cigarettes, on the other hand, don't burn anything.
The hope for e-cigarettes was that, by breathing in vapor instead of tobacco smoke, you wouldn't be exposed to the same toxic, cancer-causing substances that are generated by burning tobacco. And to some degree, Dr. Glantz tells POPSUGAR, that's true. In a range of studies measuring toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke,"the levels are much lower in an e-cigarette than a cigarette," he explains."So that's the good news.
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