Risks and benefits of vapes and e-cigarettes
Pavan Amara Nurse, midwife and health journalist
While vapes are often used to aid smoking cessation, some may contain harmful levels of toxins
Vapes and e-cigarettes are the same thing: electronic devices that enable nicotine to be inhaled as a vapour instead of as smoke. They are less harmful than traditional cigarettes because they do not contain carbon monoxide, tar and other toxic chemicals such as arsenic and benzene.
Nursing Children and Young People.
35, 5, 11-12.
doi: 10.7748/ncyp.35.5.11.s7
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