 Ah shit, vaping isn't good for you? A new study shows that vaping causes the same risk factors for heart disease as traditional cigarettes, while other studies have shown that it produces carcinogens. It turns out, inhaling things into your lungs that shouldn't be there might not be good for you. Vaping has been consistently marketed as a healthier alternative to smoking, but there's a pretty big line between vaping and not smoking at all. While researchers have found that vaping leaves less chemical traces in your urine, it's still carcinogenic chemicals in your body. Not to mention, aside from all the adverse health effects, vapes contain batteries, and poorly made batteries can, you know, explode. Here, let's watch some vapes explode. I just have to keep vaping. These things come in all shapes and sizes, from huge custom builds that blow superdank clouds to tiny little things that look like USB sticks. And the liquid you put in them ranges from not having any nicotine in it to having tons of it in various special formulations. My favorite is this little Juul vape from the same company that makes the Pax weed vape. Look at this thing. It's like the iPhone of vapes. And these little pods are full of specially formulated liquid that gets nicotine in your bloodstream the same way as a cigarette. It has an LED. When you tap on it, it turns green. When you charge it, it lights up. Well designed product. It's gonna kill me. Ready? I hate myself for this. Look, one of the biggest public health victories of the past 30 years was making smoking socially unacceptable. What's a pack of smokes cost? Your smooth skin. See you again. When I was a kid in the 80s, you could smoke basically anywhere at any time. Bars and restaurants had ashtrays all over the place, and you'd come home from a night out reeking of smoke. This was bad for everyone, and it's a good thing smoking isn't nearly as cool as it once was. We're inarguably a lot healthier because of it. The point is, we're saying things like, e-cigarettes are 95% safer than tobacco. But as people, we're not exactly acknowledging that cigarettes are a really low bar for healthy. In the United States, the Federal Drug Administration is cracking down on vapes. As of last August, any new vaping product is considered a tobacco product, and it has to get FDA approval under standards that vape lobbyists, yes, there are sad vape lobbyists, say will destroy the industry. Meanwhile, in the UK, where more people smoke, the Royal College of Physicians recommends e-cigs because they're probably safer than regular cigarettes, and might get you to stop smoking. The thing about vaping is that it's built a culture. We celebrate when we find out our friends have quit smoking and only vape now. There are huge vape conventions. People accept vaping in restaurants and parks. There are people who vape in the car with their kids. Don't do that. The concern is that we spend so much time building a name for vaping as a healthy alternative to cigarettes, that it's like the kombucha to soda. Maybe it is, but if it isn't, and we find that the vapes are just as dangerous as cigarettes, are we ever actually going to believe it?