Are Vapes ‘95% Safer’ Than Cigarettes?


The message that vaping is 95% safer than smoking has backfired, encouraging some children to vape. A public message that was announced years ago should have been clearer that vaping is only a tool for adults addicted to cigarettes. Vaping is not for children and young people - it is making lots of children very sick, however serious complications are rare. There are many children and young people who have taken up vaping who never intended to smoke and are now likely addicted to vaping. What are your thoughts LiveTribers? Are vapes ‘95% safter’ than cigarettes?

Posted by on 14 Dec 2023

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    maria

    It doesn't matter if vapes are '95% safer' than cigarettes. They're both bad for our health anyway. So, don't smoke or vape.

    Posted by maria on 01 May 2024
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    jerzy

    No way are they safe! do we really know what is in the blasted things. NO. so why risk your life using a thing you know nothing about and what is in it, just because your mates puff on the thing does not do it for me, if your mate jumps off a cliff would you ? think !

    Posted by jerzy on 27 Feb 2024
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    LeafyGreen

    Vaping is more dangerous, you are inhaling chemicals that are far more dangerous and addictive, but also you tend to inhale harder and it goes into the lungs more and stays there causing disease to slowly build up. Please everyone do your research and tell everyone, it is a poison! Very sad that young people are causing permanent damage to their lungs.

    Posted by LeafyGreen on 05 Jan 2024
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    Woodness

    I think vapes are very dangerous for young people who then can't overcome their addiction to vapes, plus we don't really know the long term effects of vaping. As for quitting smoking, this is one addiction replacing another, from one who is addicted to nicotine chewing gum!

    Posted by Woodness on 28 Dec 2023
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    Zi

    Vapes are healthier anyway.

    Posted by Zi on 28 Dec 2023
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    Chin

    I spoke to someone who is trying to quit vaping and he says vaping is way more addictive than smoking.

    Posted by Chin on 28 Dec 2023
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    vlee

    It seems that every time they create alternatives to addictive products, those products then become the next addictive product. And have you noticed how expensive all the addictive products are? I'm glad I stopped smoking and drinking and I will never even try anything addictive again. People need to make the choice to lead a healthy life.

    Posted by vlee on 28 Dec 2023
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    Kira

    no. Vaping has its own issues and the scary thing is, we still don't know the long term effects it has on the body. Also the fact that people are using it who have never smoked shows it is not something to use to get off cigarettes. too many young people are addicted.

    Posted by Kira on 19 Dec 2023
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    JodieL18

    I doubt it. They're problematic.

    Posted by JodieL18 on 19 Dec 2023
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    Noah

    Both are bad. Vaping has not been properly researched to come to the decision that it is better than cigarettes.

    Posted by Noah on 19 Dec 2023
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    Rola

    They both dangerous! Vaping is breathing a chemical into your body. Recently it has been acknowledged that these vaping devices have blood and contaminated with faeces and sometimes drugs.

    Posted by Rola on 19 Dec 2023
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    Footywife

    Definitely not. I'm an ex smoker now reaping the benefits of my stupidity - short of breath with exertion as well as the likely hood of respiratory illness in the future. I'd discourage any form of smoking including vaping.

    Posted by Footywife on 19 Dec 2023
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    Mosaicl

    Air is the only matter that should enter lungs.

    Posted by Mosaicl on 19 Dec 2023
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    Neesie

    Children are becoming quite ill and going through personality changes as a result of vaping. Vaping is not safe and to suggest that it is, is irresponsible.

    Posted by Neesie on 19 Dec 2023
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    Lyndal

    Introducing any foreign smoke or vapour to the lungs is harmful

    Posted by Lyndal on 19 Dec 2023
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    Jibberman

    Definitely not. Inhaling all those chemicals cannot be safe and time will tell the long term effects of vaping.

    Posted by Jibberman on 19 Dec 2023
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    Best Man

    I agree with your idea. Nowadays there are more and more youth seen vaping without caring their health. I believe they are attracted by the advertising from vape manufacturers

    Posted by Best Man on 19 Dec 2023
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    Paula

    I remember the debate about introducing vapes. The Government wanted time to study them but were drowned out by people pushing to get them. They were introduced without due investigation and now we have another problem. I see people with them everywhere, even in stores. Has one single person ever given up smoking because they took up vaping? I don't think so.

    Posted by Paula on 18 Dec 2023
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    mact

    Very likely NOT.....even non nicotine vapes cause a warm moist chemical cocktail to enter the lungs and blood stream..... surely not the most healthy thing to do. But young and stupid NEVER changes!!!!

    Posted by mact on 18 Dec 2023
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    Carol

    who told you that load of garbage

    Posted by Carol on 18 Dec 2023
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    Farrukh

    No I don’t think so.

    Posted by Farrukh on 16 Dec 2023
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    YvetteP

    I think a bit more safe

    Posted by YvetteP on 16 Dec 2023
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    Ally42

    No, I don't think they are safer.

    Posted by Ally42 on 16 Dec 2023
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    Adriana

    Vapes are just as bad as cigarettes, they have bad side effects

    Posted by Adriana on 16 Dec 2023
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    wrestling collector

    From what my high school grandson tells me vaping is a big problem at his school.Even if they are safer than cigarettes,they are not safe.

    Posted by wrestling collector on 16 Dec 2023
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    Jay

    While some evidence suggests that vaping is likely to be less harmful than smoking, it is not risk-free. Individuals seeking to quit smoking should consult with healthcare professionals for personalized advice on smoking cessation methods, including the potential use of e-cigarettes

    Posted by Jay on 16 Dec 2023
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    Joy

    Vapes are as bad as cigarettes. And I don't think vapes are 95% better than cigarettes.

    Posted by Joy on 16 Dec 2023
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    bmlglp

    Vaping is as dangerous as smoking, I think. To promote vaping is safer than smoking has something to lobby from groups interested in making profit from the sale of vaping.

    Posted by bmlglp on 16 Dec 2023
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    LOVE

    I think vaping has fewer harmful chemicals than traditional cigarettes, but it's not considered entirely safe, and long-term health effects are still being studied.

    Posted by LOVE on 16 Dec 2023
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    Libracat

    My friend switched to vaping from cigarette smoking as a means of weaning off it altogether and in the mistaken belief that it was better for her. Now she is just as addicted to the vaping and coughing wors than ever!

    Posted by Libracat on 16 Dec 2023
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    CILLY0

    It was another underhanded way to get our young to smoke, which is a very hard addiction to stop. Vaping is just as bad if not more so and many will start buying cigarettes if the vapes are banned and made extremely hard to get hold of. I feel sorry for our young ones and wish more had been done to outlaw the firms that are selling these things.

    Posted by CILLY0 on 16 Dec 2023
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    John

    Claims that vaping is safer then smoking reeks of an industry desperately trying to reinvent itself before it becomes extinct. I can only hope that governments globally place an onus of proof on the manufacturers of vapes to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that their products are safe for human consumption.

    Posted by John on 16 Dec 2023
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    Annette

    This is just another money-grabbing product that has stooped low enough to suck in young people instead of the addicted adults they were first supposedly manufactured for, however, as with all products the owners of said product end up getting greedy and money becomes the objective instead of the temporary assistance they were meant for. don't know what's in them then no. they aren't any safer than the cigarettes they are meant to replace. Both are harmful.

    Posted by Annette on 16 Dec 2023
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    karine

    I know of one middle aged gentleman who has succumbed to lung disease from Vaping!!! It's terrible , especially since children can buy them!!!

    Posted by karine on 16 Dec 2023
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    Kira

    and they are marketed to children with the designs and colours too... terrible.

    Posted by Kira on 19 Dec 2023
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    wombatwagon

    It is just a substitute for cigarettes. I know people who started vaping to try to quit cigarettes but now vape more than they used to smoke. They have more chemicals in them than cigarettes and are more attractive to young people.

    Posted by wombatwagon on 16 Dec 2023
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    Guntis

    Vapes are something much more terrible than cigarettes. No one knows what vapes contain. Concerning cigarettes we do not know what they contain too. Only natural tobacco is a clean product.

    Posted by Guntis on 16 Dec 2023
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    Joshy79

    Absolutely not

    Posted by Joshy79 on 16 Dec 2023
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    Nathan

    Personally I don't believe so

    Posted by Nathan on 16 Dec 2023
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    Jigsaw

    Why anyone would chose to Vape or smoke is beyond me ! Your ingesting chemicals straight into your lungs which will cause lung cancer !

    Posted by Jigsaw on 16 Dec 2023
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    Kittykato

    It's really no better in the long run. They should be banned as should cigarettes.

    Posted by Kittykato on 16 Dec 2023
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    vlee

    It should be banned completely. The problem in society is that there is always someone out there trying to make money out of people's addictions. Vapes were introduced to help with addiction to cigarettes and it's just caused another addiction and people out there are making a lot of money from that.

    Posted by vlee on 16 Dec 2023
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    tutti_cutie

    No way, so many strange chemicals in vapes, it’s just as bad as cigarettes!

    Posted by tutti_cutie on 16 Dec 2023
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    Miro

    Inhaling smoke into your lungs cannot be safe, especially when it has artificial flavours in it.

    Posted by Miro on 16 Dec 2023
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    jeeves01

    The governments are slow to react and this menace should be stopped. You know it's bad when the cigarette companies are involved. Vapes are bad news.

    Posted by jeeves01 on 16 Dec 2023
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    merryl

    Vapes are not safe. Cigarettes are not safe. They can both cause irreversible lung damage.

    Posted by merryl on 16 Dec 2023
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    Manmohan

    Vapes are worse than cigarettes

    Posted by Manmohan on 16 Dec 2023
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    Scott

    Well apparently vapes are worse than ciggys, as a smoker trying to give up, I vape purely because I feel it will be easier for me to give up vaping once I've managed to kick the cigs. And kids should not be able to vape

    Posted by Scott on 16 Dec 2023
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    MS

    From what I heard recently Australia will be cracking down on under age vaper's.

    Posted by MS on 14 Dec 2023
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    MS

    Who invented vaping in the first place? Someone in America probably and they allow a lot of stuff to be sold to the masses. So much for their regulations about safety. Australia should properly check the safety of products before allowing them in to our country. And if teens are vaping then parents need to know what the teens are doing with their money. It shows how gullible and stupid some teens are that they thought vapes were safer.

    Posted by MS on 14 Dec 2023
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    kez1

    They have the sane amount of nicotine in them as cigarettes they draw kids in with the flavours and the packaging of the vapes...they are not healthy

    Posted by kez1 on 14 Dec 2023
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    Spiderwoman

    The information I have read does not support that vaping is 95% safer than cigarettes. What data are you basing this assertion on?

    Posted by Spiderwoman on 14 Dec 2023
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    sulter

    I think they are unsafe for anyone.

    Posted by sulter on 14 Dec 2023
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