In 1963 bedacht een Amerikaan Herbert A. Gilbert een 1e E-sigaret. Hij patenteerde een rookloze sigaret die geen tabak verbrandde. Bestaan e-sigaret zou wensen wegens damp betreffende ons smaakje, zonder tabak. Deze uitvinding kreeg verder weinig aandacht en werden nimmer in vervaardiging genomen. Roken was toentertijd alsnog buitengewoon geliefd en hip.

The dangers of vaping include lung and other organ damage, breathing problems, addiction and more. People tend to think of vaping as “safer” than smoking, but it’s not safe.

Sommige onderzoeken wijzen op ons mogelijkheid op chronische longziektes en astma door het (lang) gebruik betreffende een e-sigaret. Doch veel hierover is nog onduidelijk en daar kan zijn verdere onderzoek nodig.

In 2022, UK experts reviewed the international evidence and found that "in the short and medium-term, vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking".

Vaping products are already subject to twintig% VAT but, unlike tobacco, they do not attract a separate additional tax.

Get exercise. Not only does geekbar exercise distract you from the desire to vape, it also helps you feel good.

The government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill proposes to outlaw vape advertising and sponsorship, and to restrict the flavours, packaging and display ofwel vapes and other nicotine products.

Cigarettes release thousands of different chemicals when they burn – many are poisonous and up to 70 cause cancer. Most of the harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke, including tar and carbon monoxide, are not contained in vape aerosol.

New Zealand brought in new rules in 2023, banning most disposable vapes and targeting flavours which appeal to children.

Cigarettes contain tobacco, tar and a range ofwel other toxic cancer-causing chemicals, and are one of the largest preventable causes ofwel illness and death in the UK.

Vaping does not cause "popcorn lung", the common name for a rare disease called bronchiolitis obliterans.

The move is designed to protect children and young people's health, and to reduce environmental damage.

Explosions. There have been incidents ofwel batteries in vaping devices exploding and causing serious injuries and burns.

At the same time, tobacco duty will be increased to preserve the financial incentive to switch to vaping.