Further comprehensive research is essential to definitively understand the full range of potential health effects associated with e-cigarette use. (Getty Images/Mint Images)
Did you know a 600-puff vape is equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes?
Many maintain, however, that the two cannot possibly be compared. One e-cigarette lasts a good few days (around 4-5, according to UK-based store Vape Direct), and the total nicotine content for the strongest of them is 20mg (in a 10ml bottle, which you’d refill around 5 times).
In comparison, a single cigarette contains between 8 and 20mg of nicotine – as well as tar and other harmful chemicals. “You would vape the whole bottle and potentially only have taken as much nicotine as a single cigarette,” they maintain.
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