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Reasons Why Vaping is a Better Alternative to Smoking

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The contentious debate between vaping and smoking has divided public opinion, health experts, and policymakers alike. With the rise of vaping culture, engaging in informed discussions about the practice is essential to outline the potential advantages of this rapidly growing alternative. This shift is not arbitrary; it is supported by a growing body of evidence that vaping may be a safer alternative to smoking. In this article, we explore the reasons why vaping is a better alternative to smoking.

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Examining the Growing Popularity of Vaping: A Comprehensive Review

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As more and more people turn to vaping as an alternative way to consume nicotine, we must take a critical look at its growing popularity. Vaping has become one of the most talked-about topics in both the medical and general communities alike, with a polarizing opinion on its safety and efficacy. It’s no secret that the industry is booming, and there has been an influx of products hitting the market. Also, vaping has become a mainstay in the culture of many social circles, especially among adolescents and young adults. Here are some of the issues that we should consider when evaluating vaping and its potential impact.

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How Does Hearing Loss Affect Your Quality of Life?

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There are many reasons for hearing loss. For example, when we age, we may gradually experience declines in our hearing ability. Since it is slow and gradual when the loss is due to the typical effects of aging, we may not notice it for a while. 

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Ways to Protect Yourself When Living With a Smoker

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Quitting the bad habit of smoking will be of immense benefit to not only you, but people in your life. Smoking harms not just the smoker, it also harms the people who are exposed to secondhand smoke; it could be your spouse, your parents or your innocent kids. 

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Great American Smokeout Is November 21

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Health Department and the American Cancer Society remind you that it’s important to quit smoking. The Great American Smokeout can help.

The Great American Smokeout is an annual event held on the Thursday before Thanksgiving (this year observed on Thursday, November 21) that encourages smokers to make a plan to quit smoking or explore/utilize quit-smoking resources. About two out of three adult smokers want to quit smoking cigarettes, and approximately half of smokers made a quit attempt in the preceding year. Getting effective help through counseling and use of medications can increase the chances of quitting by as much as threefold. By quitting, even for one day, smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life—one that can lead to reducing the risk of chronic diseases linked to tobacco use.

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USA Today Columnist Goes Where GMA Would Not: With Air 62 Pct. Cleaner, Look at Obama Himself As Possible Cause For Malia’s Asthma

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By Tom Blumer | April 12, 2015 | 8:41 PM EDT

A Wednesday “Good Morning America” piece gave President Barack Obama an open mic to claim that, in ABC’s words, “climate change became a personal issue for him when his older daughter Malia, now 16, was rushed to the emergency room with an asthma attack when she was just a toddler.”

Somehow, ABC managed to avoid another possible contributor — besides the obvious possibility that Malia developed asthma independent of external influences — namely the President’s 30-year smoking habit. He is said to have quit once and for all in 2011. USA Today columnist James S. Robbins wasn’t impressed with the President’s “reasoning,” and with good cause, as he articulated in a Thursday evening column. He even managed to get a “there’s been no warming for a long time” observation past USA Today’s editors (links are in original; bolds are mine):

Global warming didn’t give Malia asthma

President’s smoking more likely to cause daughter’s health problem than climate change.

President Obama blames global warming for his daughter’s asthma. Today that’s politically useful spin, but the science says something different. If you’re looking for a culprit, it just might be Malia’s dad.

… The president connected his daughter’s malady to global climate change. In a discussion Tuesday, he said “all of our families are going to be vulnerable” to global warming-induced health risks because “you can’t cordon yourself off from air or from climate.”

A White House fact sheet connected the dots, saying that asthma rates have more than doubled in the past 30 years, and that “climate change is putting these individuals and many other vulnerable populations at greater risk of landing in the hospital” like Malia.

The good news is that there is less reason for alarm than the White House suggests. The Environmental Protection Agency cautions that “outdoor air pollution and pollen may also worsen chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma.” Yet the EPA also reports that our air quality has substantially improved; aggregate emissions of common pollutants have decreased 62% between 1980 and 2013. It is unlikely that cleaner air is causing the increase in asthma.

Whether there is a link between asthma and global warming, Malia herself hasn’t really experienced much. The high school junior was born in 1998, when temperatures spiked. By some measurements, the world hasn’t warmed significantly since then.

… Even when smoking is done outside, nicotine in infants’ hair is five times higher for babies with outside smoking parents than non-smoking parents. Smoking-related chemicals in infants’ urine is seven times higher. Other studies have found similar results.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “tobacco smoke is one of the most common asthma triggers,” and “if you have asthma, it’s important that you avoid exposure to secondhand smoke.”

No father wants to feel that his habits might hurt his children. But sometimes you have to look in the mirror to find the guilty party, not search the stratosphere for a hidden culprit.

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