Here’s some motivation to finally kick the habit
Here is everything you can expect to happen to your body after deciding to put down the e-cigarettes once and for all.
By now, it should be no secret that vaping can have a concerning impact on our bodies.
While it is considered to be ‘substantially less harmful than smoking’, according to the NHS, it doesn’t mean that vaping is entirely risk-free.
And e-cigarettes’ explosion in popularity amongst younger people has since seen governments around the world introduce new restrictions on the habit, with the UK government currently looking at various methods to restrict vapes finding their way into the hands of younger generations.
However, if you are one of those looking to quit, then here’s what to expect when you give up vaping once and for all.
What happens to your body when you inhale smoke from a vape?
Research into what happens to the body when it’s exposed to vaping is also expanding, as experts scramble to catch-up on the years of studies on cigarette smoking.
A sobering simulation recently revealed exactly what happens to your body when you inhale vape smoke.
Should you be a regular user of a vape which contains ingredients such as diacetyl, then the vapours you’re inhaling can lead to a build up of the mucus in the lungs, which damage the alveoli.
While diacetyl can sometimes appear in food and drink products, like stouts for example, it is currently banned from UK vapes and e-cigarettes as a result of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) in 2016.
However, it can still make its way onto the ingredients list in other countries and illegal produced e-cigarettes.
What happens to the body when you quit vaping?
Now that you’ve seen what vaping can do to your body, you may be looking to scale back on your e-cigarette usage or even cut it out all-together.
But how quickly does it take for the body to see positive changes after putting down the vape for good?
Research into the long-term effects of vaping is still ongoing (Getty Stock Images)
Well, according to Med Alert Help’s Nikola Djordjevic MD, you can see improvements after just 20 minutes.
“[After 20 minutes] your heart rate returns to normal, your blood pressure drops, and your circulation starts to normalise,” she told The Healthy.
After just 24 hours, your risk of heart disease also falls, with Djordjevic further explaining this is due to the ‘lowering of blood pressure, rising blood oxygen levels, and reducing the negative influence on cholesterol levels and the formation of blood clots’.
If you’re able to go one month without touching a vape, the nicotine will be flushed from your system and your lung capacity will improve, with Djordjevic adding: “There’s noticeably less shortness of breath and coughing.”
However your body can see improvements within just days of kicking the habit (Getty Stock Images)
She goes on to add that the nine month mark is a significant milestone for the body’s recovery, explaining that ‘lung health improves significantly thanks to the renewal of microscopic hair-like structures inside the lungs that help push out mucus and fight infections’.
If you’re able to kick the habit long-term, one year without a vape with see your risk of heart disease halved. After 10 to 15 years she adds that your risk of lung, pancreatic, mouth, and throat cancer ‘is reduced by 50 percent’.
“After 15 years, your risk of developing coronary heart disease becomes the same as a nonsmoker’s,” Djordjevic states.
“The same goes for the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.”
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