Will the future of vape improve?
The vape industry has been hit in the past two years. In addition to the disappearance of many brands, even the top brands have had a hard time. Juul has fallen from an estimated US$35 billion to US$4.6 billion, and RELX’s share price has gone from a maximum of US$35. It fell to about $7.9 in 3 months, which is about 77%. You can imagine the situation of other vape companies when you see the miserable situation of the top brands. Will the vape industry get better in the future?
Regarding the future of vape, I personally believe that the vape market has great potential in the long-term, and the powerful vape brand will have huge room for improvement. In the short term, the uncertainty of policy and the controversy over the harm of vape Constantly, it is destined that the development of vape will not be too smooth in the short term.
Although we are optimistic about the vape market for a long time, some conditions need to be met, such as the hazards of vape and whether vape will become an incentive to smoke cigarettes. As long as these two possibilities can be ruled out, vape will definitely be in the future. Ushered in a real explosion.
So is there any harm in vape? Vape is a product that replaces cigarettes. If you want to explore the hazards of vape, you must compare vape with traditional cigarettes. After all, it is feasible for a product with low hazard to replace a product with high hazard. , And vice versa is not feasible.
In terms of ingredients, in addition to nicotine, the other components of vape are food-grade additives. The use process is heated and atomized. During the combustion process, tobacco will release tar, carbon monoxide, amines, etc. in addition to nicotine. A kind of harmful substance, so at least on the surface, cigarettes are more harmful.
The 2019 315 party revealed that vape contained formaldehyde. Later, the vape manufacturer analyzed that the vape product of the department was caused by the high temperature of the heating wire when the e-liquid was atomized. This is a solution. Question, as long as the vape does not produce formaldehyde when it is atomized, is it all right? It’s not a reason at all. This reminds me of a reason that I saw a few years ago for banning motorcycles is that the sound of electric motorcycles is too quiet and unsafe when walking. This is not a reason at all, because the solution to the problem of electric motorcycles is too quiet. It's too simple. When walking, there will be a specific sound from the horn. We can't just ban it just because there is a problem. There are always more solutions than difficulties, but after we encounter the problem, we can find a way to solve it. Solving the problem will make progress, and the ban can only stop. It can be said that vape products are still in an immature stage. Only when we find that problems and solve problems can we make vape more perfect and safer.
In this year’s survey project supported by China’s National Health Commission, 18 top-ranking brands and 20 vape products of different specifications were selected for testing. All products were tested for formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. And acrolein. These low-molecular-weight aldehyde compounds have a strong stimulating effect on the respiratory system, and formaldehyde is a carcinogen. It can be seen that the government is still concerned about vape. Since vape has these problems, it is good to ask these companies to solve and improve it. Unfortunately, this survey does not compare vape with cigarettes.
On the other hand, regarding the harm reduction of vape, the UK has made good research progress. In 2015, Public Health England (NHS) published a research report: vape is 95% less harmful than cigarettes and can help quit smoking. In the BBC documentary "Miracle or Threat", a set of comparative experiments was presented. vape smoke does not damage the repair ability of human blood vessel cells, while traditional cigarette smoke hinders the repair of blood vessel cells. Scientists said: "The content of harmful substances in vape is at a low level, so low that we don't have to worry about it. No one dares to say that vape is absolutely safe, but it is less harmful than traditional cigarettes."
After all, vape is in its infancy. As a product that can be used for a long time, everyone attaches great importance to its safety. In addition to the research of authoritative institutions, vape companies should also actively improve the safety of vape. Safe products will make everyone more willing to accept.
As for whether vape will become an incentive for smoking, this is indeed a question worth discussing. At least in my country, many minors who have no smoking habit have become vape users, and even the problem of flooding has appeared.
I remember that in a research report in the United States I saw last year, vape has the highest smoking cessation effect relative to similar products, and there is no tendency for minors to switch to cigarettes due to vape smoking. If you don’t find it anymore, you can search it online. I think this is a difficult problem for statistical analysis in China. First of all, the government prohibits minors from using vape, but the large customer base of vape is also minors, and their use needs to be investigated. Whether they will switch to cigarettes after vape will be very difficult; second, people who don’t use vape will switch to smoking and people who use vape will switch to smoking. These two comparisons may be fair, but they are unreasonable. For example, if you switch to smoking due to socializing and mood, this ratio may be higher than those who don’t use vape. After all, vape users can rely on vape instead of using vape when socializing and in a bad mood. People with vape may seek cigarettes.
So I think the first factor that determines the future of vape requires the formality and improvement of the product, while the second factor requires more investigation and summary. Only by solving these two problems, the future of vape will usher in Get better.
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