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All the parts of your body that are affected when you vape

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Published 19:47 3 Aug 2023 GMT+1

All the parts of your body that are affected when you vape

Research has revealed the affects of vaping on multiple areas of the body.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Research has revealed the affects of vaping on multiple different areas of the body.

Look, we all knew vapes weren't ever going to be proven to be good for us.

They're flavoured, have nicotine in them and are often used by people as substitutes for cigarettes.

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Although, what you may not have realised was they can have a negative affect on not only your lungs and brain but other parts of your body too.

Texas Department of State and Health Services of Texas Health and Human Services has looked into the extent of the damage vapes could be causing to people's bodies.

The US service states: "Research suggests that vaping may affect the way cells in the respiratory tract (nose, throat, lungs) react to germs and may increase the chance of disease and infection from bacteria and viruses, like the virus that causes COVID-19.

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"Vaping may also make it harder to recover from infections and increase the possibility of complications."

According to the research, vapes emit 'an aerosol that includes at least 31 chemicals and compounds that affect different parts of the body'.

But what parts of the body are impacted?

Vaping affects a lot more than just your lungs.
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Well, we all know every time we lock our lips round one of the multicoloured bars and puff some pineapple-flavoured air that we're definitely not doing any favours for our lungs.

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Indeed, Texas Department of State and Health Services explains the flavouring chemicals - such as diacetyl - used to give the vapes their fruity puff can 'permanently injure the lungs'.

"Breathing in ultra fine vapor particles can cause asthma attacks, coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath," it adds.

Vaping can cause shortness of breath.
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Vaping also has an affect on not only your throat, but your eyes and nose too.

The research notes: "Chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, cause eye, nose, and throat irritation, severe headaches, nausea, and organ damage.

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"Formaldehyde irritates the eyes, nose, throat, and skin and may cause lung and throat cancer over time."

Are you going to finally ditch the habit?
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And your organs get a battering when you inhale the fruit-flavoured vapour and nicotine as well.

Affecting your brain, heart, kidneys, lungs and liver, the 'heavy metals' in vapes can 'build up in the blood and organs and cause damage'.

The most important organ in the body - the brain - is also impacted when you keep hitting a vape, particularly if you're in your teens.

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Texas Department of State Health Services states: "The brain is still developing until about age 25. Using nicotine in adolescence can permanently harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood, and impulse control."

You may not have considered how your face may have been affected, but the batteries in vapes could end up causing 'serious burns' to your skin if they explode and the department even warns there's even been one death recorded as a result of this too.

So, maybe it's time to call it quits for good this time.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images/ Toshe_O/ Roxana Wegner

Topics: Vaping, Health, World News, Science

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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