When vaping was first introduced it was marketed mainly as a safer alternative to smoking and as a potential smoking cessation method. But increasingly people who have never smoked are vaping, and no
Written by Steven Novella on July 15, 2026.
Published on Science-Based Medicine.
mint flavoring and certain pg/vg ratios are better.
my personal opinion: get a high quality vape ( like maybe xros 5 or variable power control if you can discipline yourself to extreme moderation )
but not perfectly healthy, when compared to no vapeing.
definitely under-researched. ( would yield ambiguous outcomes due to so many variable factors )
mint flavoring and certain pg/vg ratios are better.
my personal opinion: get a high quality vape ( like maybe xros 5 or variable power control if you can discipline yourself to extreme moderation )
but not perfectly healthy, when compared to no vapeing.
definitely under-researched. ( would yield ambiguous outcomes due to so many variable factors )