Vaping: Is It Really That Bad?

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

More and more people are puffing on vapes — but some governments are making moves to ban them. So how dangerous is vaping, really? And as we inhale that sweet cherry flavor into our lungs, could we also be changing our brains? To find out, we talk to tobacco researcher Dr. Michael Chaiton, inhalation toxicologist Professor Ilona Jaspers, and pharmacology researcher Melissa Herman. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsVaping In this episode, we cover: (00:00) The fears around vaping (03:41) Could vaping make you sick? (09:45) Are vape flavors dangerous? (20:17) Nicotine and depression (32:03) Is vaping worse than smoking? This episode was produced by Nick DelRose with help from Wendy Zukerman, Joel Werner, Rose Rimler and Michelle Dang. Our original vaping episode was produced by Kaitlyn Sawrey with help from Lexi Krupp and Meryl Horn. Editing by Caitlin Kenney and Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka and Peter Leonard. Music written by Peter Leonard, Bobby Lord, So Wylie, Bumi Hidaka, and Emma Munger. A huge thanks to all the people we spoke to for this episode including: Dr Jamie Harmann-Boyce, Prof Charlotta Pisinger, Prof Neal Benowitz, Dr Emily Stockings, Dr Mohammed Al-Hamdani, Prof Nancy Rigotti, Dr Elizabeth Stevens, Dr Matt Springer, Prof Paul Kenny, Dr Yasmeen Butt, Dr Sean Callahan, Dr Travis Henry, Professor Irfan Rahman, Christopher Harvel, Alex Sandorf, Dr James Pankow, Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, Professor Lorraine Martin, Professor Moon-Shong Tang, Dr. Kevin Davidson and Myron Ronay. Extra thanks to Conor Duffy, the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Follow the show and tap the bell to receive new episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Verses.
0:03.6	This is the show that pits facts against fumes.
0:06.8	On today's show, vaping.
0:11.6	Before we get any further, I need to introduce you to our first guest.
0:19.9	Hello, my name's Nina Oyama, I'm a comedian, writer, actress, an inspirational vaporist.
0:29.2	First started vaping several years ago when she was in the US.
0:35.2	I was in Los Angeles, and somebody gave me a vape there, and it was just so much yummier
0:41.2	than the Sydney ones at the time.
0:43.6	You know how there's different flavors?
0:46.4	In Sydney, there was mostly just pineapple or berry or whatever, but in Los Angeles,
0:52.8	they had like lush ice and like aloe vera mango sorbet ice that were like quite enjoyable.
1:00.4	So what did it feel like in your mouth?
1:02.1	It just like felt like a flavoured puff of smoke.
1:09.6	So Nina got into vaping.
1:12.1	She used to smoke sigis, but the hangovers after a night of drinking and smoking just got too nasty.
1:18.0	With vapes, she says it's nice to have something in your hand.
1:20.9	It's fun to pass them around at parties, and some people get a head rush.
1:25.3	My partner is like, oh, I do it for the head rush.
1:27.5	And I'm like, I don't even get a head rush.
1:29.0	Like I do it.
1:30.0	I think it's really funny.
1:31.0	Like if you are in a conversation and you say something really dumb,
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