Has vaping helped people stop smoking or do we have another addiction to deal with ?

This is a research study.

 

     

                                                                Problem            
 Has vaping helped more people stop smoking or do we now have another addiction to deal with?  

 

                                                                Background Research

To compare smoking and vaping, we need to take a closer look at how they are similar and how they are different.  

 

                                                         What is a Cigarette made of? 

• A cigarette has basic components like tobacco, chemical additives, a filter and a paper wrapping
• Cigarettes are made of about 600 ingredients and when burned, they release more than 7000 chemicals
• Some of the chemicals that are found in cigarettes are carbon monoxide (fumes released from cars), arsenic (poison used to kill rats), lead (used to make batteries), tar (used to pave roads), etc.
• When you smoke you inhale and exhale these chemicals
• You can light the cigarette using matches or a lighter   

 

                                                      What is Vaping made of? 

• The basic components of a vaping device are the battery, atomizer, and e-liquid or e-juice.
• A vape device contains e-juice. This is the liquid in the device.
• It may contain nicotine, differents flavourings and other chemicals.
• Most devices use a battery to heat the liquid
• The liquid turns into vapour (aerosol) and the user inhales and exhales the chemical

  

                                                       History of Cigarettes 

• Smoking tobacco has been around for a very long time
• The first recorded smoking of tobacco was by the Spanish explorers back in the 16th century
• Cigarettes became popular in the 19th century, that is when machines to make cigarettes were invented
• Before machines, people used roll tobacco in paper or use pipes
• Cigarette smoking became very fashionable and popular among youth.

 

                                                       History of vaping 

• Vaping is a lot “younger” than smoking
• A chinese pharmacist created an e-cigarette because he wanted to stop smoking
• He wanted to create something like a cigarette so smokers could still experience smoking
• He wanted to create something cleaner and safer than smoking
• The problem is this created a whole new group of smokers that weren’t smoking before

                            

                                                   Brand of cigarettes 

• Canadian Classic
• Du Maurier
• Export A
• John Player
• Pall Mall
• Many many more!

 

 

                                                Brand of e-cigarettes 

• Juul
• Allo
• Samsung
• Sony
• Juice Head
• Many many more!

                 

                                                            Why Is Smoking Dangerous ? 

• Cigarette smoke contains lots of harmful chemicals.
• These chemicals react negatively in our bodies.
• As days pass the poison from cigarettes can cause illness to the body.
• Smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and stroke
• Smoking can increase your chances of having other disorders like, type 2 diabetes.
• Smoking is very addictiv

 

 

                                                                 Why Is Vaping Dangerous?

• Vaping is not that old so we do not know all of the risks.
• There hasn’t been enough testing done yet.
• E-cigarettes carry nicotine to the lungs just like cigarettes.
• Some of the chemicals may be okay to digest but not okay to inhale.
• There are thousands of chemicals used in flavouring.
• Vaping is very addictive.  

 

                                                           How Does Vaping Affect The Body and Mind ?

• We need more studies for vaping.
• Inhaling chemicals will expose you to disorders.
• When the liquid heats up, some of the metal may be mixed with the liquid. Metals are toxic and can cause disease.
• Vaping is expensive.
• It is very hard to stop vaping because it is so addictive. 
• It controls your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.  

 

                                                       How Does The smoking affect the Body and Tne Mind ? 

• Smoking leads to many disorders and injures literally every organ in the body. 
• Smoking will cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,also known as COPD. Smoking also increases a risk for tuberculosis. Second hand smoke can cause kids to suffer from asthma and lung disease.    
• Smoking makes you age quicker.
• Smoking stains your teeth.
• Smoking makes your hair thin.
• Smoking affects your sense of smell.
• Smoking is very expensive.
• It is very hard to stop smoking because it is so addictive. 
• It controls your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

 

                                                                     How Does Smoking affect the Brain?

When someone smokes, the nicotine in the smoke, goes to the brain. The cells in our brains start to send messages to the body. These messages can make a person feel at ease. However, When that feeling starts to wear off. Then that person feels like he needs to smoke again. This is called a craving and makes smoking addictive

 

                                                       How Does Smoking affect the Heart and Lungs?

Nicotine from the smoke reaches the brain and triggers something called adrenaline. Adrenaline makes your heart beat more and more. 

Smoking also releases a poisonous gas called carbon monoxide into your blood. This causes there to be less oxygen than normal flowing through the blood towards your heart.

 

 

                                                          How Does smoking affect the heart and Lungs? 

As there is no more oxygen in the blood, the heart starts to beat faster to create more oxygen to pump around the body.

The more a person smokes, the more fatty deposits build up in their blood vessels. This can cause to a heart attack

This will cause the heart to work more than it normally does ( sometimes up to 30% harder) 

 

 

                                                              Let's Compare Cigarettes and Vaping 

                                                                           Similarities

• Both are addictive and can cause future health problems.
• Both contain nicotine.
• Both are cigarettes and e-cigarettes are used for smoking.
• When they were first introduced, both targeted younger people as their consumers.
• When they were first introduced, they spent a lot of money on packaging so that people would buy them.
• When they were first launched, no one mentioned possible  health concerns.

 

                                                               Let's Compare Cigarettes and Vaping

                                                                            Differences

• Cigarette packaging now has pictures of ill people and they list diseases like cancer.
• E-cigarettes warn about addiction from nicotine use but they do not have anything about the chemicals may be causing lung damage.
• Cigarettes contain tar. E-cigarettes do not contain tar.
• Cigarettes contain more harmful chemicals but we do not know about the heated chemicals from the liquid.
• Many studies have been done on cigarette smokers compared to smokers that vape.
• E-cigarettes can be used multiple times. The pod can last about three to five days. It depends on the user.
• A cigarette can give you about 10 puffs. It depends on the user.

  

                                                                                     Scientific Principles 

Theory of Addiction

Addiction is a learned behaviour because the positive feeling from a behaviour such as smoking or vaping makes it more likely that a person will repeat the behaviour in the future.

 

3 Principles of Marketing

• Product - Cigarettes/E-Cigarettes
• Promoting the product - Advertising
• People who you want to use the product

 

                                                                            Concepts

Vaping - Stop Smoking Method

• Studies have shown that in older smokers vaping may help reduce the amount they smoke. Vaping also contains nicotine so it may reduce the amount of smoking but not completely.

Vaping Leads to Smoking

• Youth are vaping at a young age. Studies have shown a decrease in smoking in youth but an increasing in vaping. It is too early to tell if vaping will lead to smoking in youth.

 

Canadian Community health survey 2017 

• 16.2% of Canadian aged 12 and older smoke daily or occasionally.

Canadian Community Health Survey 2018

•     15.8% of Canadian aged 12 and older smoke daily or occasionally..

 Canadian Community Health Survey 2019 

•    14.8% of Canadian aged 12 and older smoke daily or occasionally.

Studies in Ontairo and Quebec in 2019, 

youth aged 15 to 19 years were significantly more likely to vape 

smoking may have decreased however, vaping has increased among youth .

 

 

2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth

Vaping rates in 15 to 17 years old were four times higher than 12 to 14 years old. 

66% of youth between 12 to 17 years who smoke cigarettes and vape reported trying vaping products before smoking.

89% of young adults between 15 to 19 used e-liquid containing nicotine in the past 30 days.

Older cigarette smokers may be using vaping products to slow down smoking but young adults have started a new habit of smoking using vaping products.

 

In conclusion,after conducting my research ,I believe my thesis is correct.Vaping was intruduced as a stop smoking solution.It may help smokers reduce not stop their smoking but vaping has created s whole new group of smokers.Vaping is very popular among youth.There is a lot that we do not know about vaping.Both cigerattes and e-cigerattes contain nicotine, so the additive behaviors of smoking is present in both users. Cigerattes have  been around for a very long time and many studies have been done about smoking.Vaping is new and there are may studies that need to be done to understand vaping like we do in cigeratte smoking.

 

There are many dangers with vaping similar to smoking. Chemicals in the e-liquid can break down when they are heated and vapourized. There may be less toxins in e-cigerattes but they still exist. Vaping causes irratation to the lungs similar to smoking. E-cigeratte may explode causing burning. These are usually caused by the batteries. We still don't know what second hand vaping causes.Stricter laws need to be made for e- cigerattes.It took many years to have them made for cigerattes.If they are not not made,we are going to see an increase in youth vapours.This will be one more unhealthy addition to deal with for society.

 

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https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/cigarettes#:~:text=The%20basic%20components%20of%20most,when%20they%20inhale%20cigarette%20smoke.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123983367/principles-of-addiction 

Quitting smoking and vaping - Charles Elliot

How to stop smoking - Matthew Aldrich

Quit before you know it - Sandra Rutter

 

I would like to thank my teacher for always encouraging me to do my best.I would like to thank my parents for always supporting me in everthing that I do.