In the last year, the use of disposable vapes in 18-year-old vapers rose from 0.89% to a staggering 56.7%...
“Dr Onkar Mudhar thinks that smoking just one Elf Bar – which some uni students are getting through in a single night out – is the equivalent of “about 48 to 50 cigarettes”. Are we replacing smoking with something possibly even more dangerous?”
It's no wonder that Elf Bars have been plastered all over social media platforms in a variety of flavours and colours. The hashtag #elfbar currently has 697 million views on TikTok, while #vaping has 1.6 billion views.In the UK, from January 2021 to January 2022, there was a 14-fold increase in the percentage of vapers that used disposables, which was most pronounced in younger adults: the use of disposable vapes in 18-year-old vapers rose from 0.89% to a staggering 56.
While smoking tobacco was popular for Gen-Z's parents' generation – it wasn't until 1964 that a definitive report was published linking smoking to lung cancer –have shown that the recent increases in vaping have been directly associated with declining rates of youth smoking. It looks as though we're replacing smoking with vaping.
“It goes without saying that smoking is bad for your health, but something that is less commonly spoken about – or understood – is the impact that vaping has on oral health,” says Amanda Sheehan, a dental hygienist, and clinical support specialist at TePe. “The hot vapour and nicotine from a vape can be harmful to your oral health because nicotine – whether smoked or vaped – reduces blood flow to the gums, increasing the risks of gum disease and tooth loss.
“Studies are currently ongoing as to whether vaping is as damaging to your gums as smoking, but anything that exposes your gums directly to heat and nicotine will make you more likely to develop gum disease and lose your teeth.”
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