It’s not just teens. Unfortunately, adults have also taken up vaping—sometimes with the incorrect assumption that it’s better for you than tobacco. Nicotine is highly addictive and unhealthy at any age. Scripps Drs. Jacqueline Chang and Brian Scull say that while vaping lacks the tar and some other components of cigarette smoke, it’s not necessarily safer. Read what else they have to say about vaping here.
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