I myself had been smoking tobacco from the age of 15 to 20. I've quit for a year now and I have been vaping (sub-ohm) pretty heavily ever since. I do get a bit scared though and might actually consider to quit vaping aswell. I think quiting vaping would be actually harder for me than transitioning from cigarettes to vaping, as I really enjoy vaping itself. I will probally take steps to lower my nicotine % to 0 first.
I am getting a bit scared and worried. Should I? What's your opinion on this, vapers and non-vapers?
*"How much DNA damage e-cigarettes cause depends on the amount of vapor the user inhales, the other additives present, whether nicotine or non-nicotine liquid is used, and other factors, says Karteek Kadimisetty, a postdoctoral researcher in UConn's chemistry department and the study's lead author.
But one finding was clear.
"From the results of our study, we can conclude that e-cigarettes have as much potential to cause DNA damage as unfiltered regular cigarettes," Kadimisetty says."*
Main source (12th June, 2016): https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/uoc-epa060917.php
Alternative source (12th June, 2016: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/e-cigarettes-potentially-as-harmful-as-tobacco-cigarettes-says-study_uk_593e56c2e4b02402687acb0c