00:00Vape season in IPL, that's UZ purportly spotted puffing away on a flight in Arshdeep Singh's vlog.
00:06This came merely a week after Riyan Parag got fined 25% of his match fee for vaping in the
00:11RR dressing room.
00:16That's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman talking about vapes back in 2019.
00:21These cute, small, colourful devices called vapes are often perceived as harmless.
00:25No tobacco, no problem, right?
00:27But here's what you might be inhaling.
00:30Nicotine, which impacts your brain development.
00:32Dicetyl, which damages your lungs.
00:34Heavy metals like lead, nickel and chromium, which can harm your internal organs.
00:38First, a decision to ban e-cigarettes, which is also otherwise technically called the ENDS.
00:48E-NDS, that is Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, also include vapes.
00:53And despite the ban in 2019, vapes are readily available illegally and have many takers.
00:58It's less cost, no tar, getting more nicotine than cigarettes, in fact.
01:06And because the smoke does not persist, and it comes in a lot of flavours.
01:11Those are my reasons for switching to vaping.
01:14Vapes are often less stigmatised than traditional cigarettes and gain popularity because nobody knew what was in them.
01:20Vapes is very smooth smoke because it is free of all these irritants.
01:25But it is full of other adulterants like aldehydes, acetaldehydes, silicates, which is causing severe lung injury.
01:33A 5,000-pup vape contains the nicotine of 400 cigarettes.
01:37That's enough to get you hooked for life.
01:39Research by the National Library of Medicine suggests many who have never smoked a cigarette before are now addicted to
01:45vapes.
01:45The global e-cigarette market size reached $24.6 billion in 2024.
01:50The e-cigarette market was expected to reach $41.6 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 5.39
01:58% through 2025 to 2033.
02:00But I feel as a doctor, this ban should continue.
02:04What are your thoughts on vaping? Let us know in the comments below.
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