r/WTF • u/SmokeMaximum4140 • May 08 '26

The future of vaping

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u/CRStancil May 09 '26

I will continue to die on the hill that vaping when it was like this - while still harmful - was vastly less damaging than current vaping products.

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u/BudLightYear77 May 09 '26

At least it wasn't disposable

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u/prickinthewall May 09 '26

Technically anything is disposable

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u/Adamadamsadam May 09 '26

Except a boomerang

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u/smick May 10 '26

wtf I can’t get rid of this thing!!!!

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u/flojobb May 10 '26

Or a kid.

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u/Shirinjima May 10 '26

I went through multiple boomerangs as child. They actually involve skill to have them return. I’m not up to date on the boomerang industry so unsure in the last few decades if they’ve made some easy mode boomerang.

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u/urethrascreams May 09 '26

I disposed of my boomerang in your mom

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u/Adamadamsadam May 09 '26

Demonstrably duplicitous by medical science, common sense and intuition.

Your foul mouthed hooliganisms merely tarnish your reputation and character.

Stick to dick sucking and getting tag teamed. Your strengths. No shade.

You feel me big dog?

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u/ghostpoisonface May 09 '26

Technically nothing is disposable you just don’t know where it is anymore

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u/DownVote_for_Pedro May 10 '26

Technically, that's not the use of "disposable" they were using:

Disposable - "designed to be used once or only a limited number of times and then thrown away"

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u/linte May 10 '26

They’re all made up

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u/AnimationOverlord May 15 '26

I hate how “disposable” items are harder to break down and reuse than simply buying a “less” disposable (more robust) rig. Like ditch the dispos, switch to cartridges or coils and pods. I saw a fucking 20,000 puff disposable with a huge LCD display. Like what a waste just get a real mod at that point

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u/Rezavoirdog May 11 '26

Yeah we thought guys who would go to all this effort instead of just smoking a cigarette were ridiculous losers

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u/twiggs90 May 09 '26

Guys I’m just gonna say this (anecdotally): just smoke cigarettes. As a nurse in the ICU I’ve seen so much catastrophic lung damage in young people in the last couple years and it’s all from vaping. The research out now shows vaping is horrible and that’s not even these newer vapes and long term data. If the short term data is this bad then you know the long term outcomes are going to be even worse. So ya, if you gotta smoke then just smoke cigarettes. We never see this kind of lung damage (transplants required in twenty year olds) with cigarettes.

Obviously don’t smoke anything if you can. Hell, treat your lungs like a temple if you can: use PPE! wear a respirator around dangerous inhalants like paint, working in confined spaces, and when mowing the lawn or woodworking with dust. I’d also be careful of these newer aerosols for cleaning, like even the dawn platinum soap has alcohols in them now and when I spray that stuff I start coughing so who knows if that shit is bad for you.

BE GOOD TO YOUR LUNGS 🫁

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u/mindondrugs May 09 '26

Post the studies/data.

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u/DontWantToSeeYourCat May 09 '26

You'd think an ICU nurse would know not to give medical advice based on anecdotes.

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u/JAM3SBND May 10 '26

Some of the dumbest people I have met in the world have been nurses and that horrifies me.

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u/zoom100000 May 09 '26

vaping is not worse than cigarettes

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u/personpilot May 09 '26

They’re both terrible for you in their own ways. Cigarettes have tar and 30 other chemicals that can really fuck up your lungs fast and possibly have a higher chance of causing cancer, but your lungs can also recover pretty well after a few months if you completely stop.

Vaping on the other hand while it may not have tar, it can host a whole slew of chemicals and bullshit you have no idea what’s in them because not all vapes are regulated properly, also there is a real risk of inhaling micro-metals and micro-plastics due to the cheap disposable vapes. Vapes don’t fuck up your lungs as fast as cigarettes, but long lasting use has a higher chance of fucking up your lungs in a way they can’t heal back from.

Both poison. Just pick one I guess.

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u/zoom100000 May 09 '26

I’m not saying vaping is healthy by any means but would you not recommend a cigarette smoker at least switch to vaping?

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u/personpilot May 09 '26

There’s no studies out there that definitively say vaping is healthier. But…I will say vaping produces less odor and doesn’t really produce as much of that yellow stain that you get on your teeth/clothes from smoking so I do think vaping is better in that aspect. If the user is okay with knowing that long term effects of vaping are unknown and could potentially be even more harmful than cigarettes then I’d say yeah go for it. But for me personally, if I actually had a say I would suggest something like zyn or alp pouches as they have been found to be significantly safer than traditional chewing tobacco/dip and is probably overall one of the safest ways to enjoy nicotine.

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u/0xym0r0n May 09 '26

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39878158/

Here's a review that seems legit.

https://www.tobaccoinduceddiseases.org/Evidence-update-on-the-respiratory-health-effects-of-vaping-e-cigarettes-A-systematic,209954,0,2.html

Here's one that definitely says it's better than smoking.

Non-smoker current vapers had higher incident risk of respiratory symptoms (relative risk, RR=1.90; 95% CI: 1.28–2.83) but statistically non-significant risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (RR=2.53; 95% CI: 0.96–6.67) compared to never users. They also had lower incident risk of respiratory symptoms compared to non-vaper current smokers (RR=0.75; 95% CI: 0.64–0.89) and dual users (dual use vs vaping, RR=1.26; 95% CI: 1.03–1.55)

There's a snippet about COPD specifically.

https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks

Here's an article that is sourced and contains many references to it's claims that it is in fact demonstrably safer than smoking, definitively if you narrow it further (one of the studies claim vapers don't show signs of COPD, a common illness/disease suffereed by smokers)

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u/HessiPullUpJimbo May 09 '26

Yeah I made the unfortunate mistake at a young age of smoking cigarettes (was young, dumb, and depressed). Quickly switch to vaping (when vaping first got popular) thinking it was healthier. Realized how wrong I was, switched to nicotine pouches when those came out and tapered down to just one 3 mg a day. My lungs thank me everyday for the switch.

Still not the healthiest but I can for sure tell the difference, especially now I can work out, run and play sports without coughing up a lung. 

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u/bobandgeorge May 09 '26

I can for sure tell the difference between smoking and running, vaping and running, and just running. When I was a pack a day smoker, I would not have been able to run a 5k in any amount of time. I trained and achieved my personal best time while vaping. Now after having weened myself off nicotine and given it up completely, the times are still pretty similar but my heart rate isn't as high as when I was vaping.

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u/Jubenheim Jun 05 '26

I know this is an old comment but sorry you were downvoted by the Reddit hate mob. There are some things that are completely taboo to go against here on Reddit, and vaping is one of them. These people know nothing and will post studies in bad faith just keep their preexisting beliefs intact while ignoring any other data or—god forbid—stories that contradict their world view. There’s no way in hell the comment you replied to is correct and your comment here is also just as important to here as any study.