YOGYAKARTA Some conventional smokers who switch to vape or e-cigarettes think that vape-generated steam is not so dangerous than tobacco cigarette smoke. Indeed, what is the difference between cigarette smoke and vape? Which one is more dangerous? The answer to this question can be seen in the following review.
Summarized from various sources, this is a difference in tobacco cigarette smoke and vape that you need to know.
1. Process of forming smoke
Judging from the process of forming smoke, smoke from tobacco cigarettes comes from burning at a temperature of about 600 degrees Celsius. Because cigarette smoke comes from the combustion process, the risk to health is greater than vape.
In vape, the smoke formed comes from a controlled temperature liquid heating system. The output of vape is in the form of vapor from fruit flavoring liquid, and heated nicotine.
2. Smell
Conventional or tobacco cigarette smoke leaves the smell and is not dissolved in liquid. Meanwhile, e-cigarettes or vapes leave vapor that dissolves in the liquid and the smell of fruit taste.
3. Content that can be potentially dangerous
Inside cigarette smoke is a substance called TAR. Tar is produced by the burning process of tobacco and is carcinogenic (triggering the growth of cancer cells in the body). TAR accounts for 2 thousand of the 7 thousand hazardous chemicals present in tobacco cigarette smoke.
In vape, the resulting vapor does not contain TAR. However, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the e-cigarette vapor contains Tobacco Specific Nitrosamin (TSNA) which is toxic and diethylene glycol (DEG) known as carcinogen.
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4. Health risk
Tobacco cigarette smoke can present a greater health risk than vape.
In tobacco cigarettes, there are about 250 types of toxic substances and 70 of them are carcinogenic. In fact, only from smoke alone, tobacco cigarettes contain hundreds of different compounds and some are toxic to the body, such as carbon monoxide, tar, hydrogen cyanide, and benzene.
Even so with e-cigarettes. It contains several toxic substances such as:
Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde are carbonyl-class chemical compounds and are carcinogenic. The levels of these two compounds can increase along with rising temperatures in the vaping device used. The higher temperatures can also increase nicotine levels in vapor produced by vape.
In addition, the susceptibility in e-cigarettes can cause disturbances in the mouth, throat, respiratory tract, and nerves. In more severe cases, these substances can cause serious lung disease, such as emphysemas and broncholitis obliterans.
5. nicotine content
Smoke from tobacco cigarettes and steam produced by vape both contain nicotine. The difference is that nicotine levels in tobacco cigarettes are higher than vape. This difference makes e-cigarettes at lower risk of causing cardiovascular disease than tobacco cigarettes.
That's information about the difference in cigarette smoke and vape. Hopefully this article can add insight to the loyal readers of VOI.ID.
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