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How Smoking vs Vaping Affects Your Lungs ● You Must See This ! !

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What it is

A demonstration comparing what a month of vaping versus a month of smoking cigarettes does to the lungs, using a filter to show the residue. It is part of a series of similar experiments.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters send it to people who think vaping is as harmful as smoking, for its graphic comparison.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Anyone who tries to tell me vaping might be worse I send them to this YouTube video”

    Compares effects of smoking and vaping on lungs.

    mike10921, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Popcorn Lung: A Dangerous Risk of Flavored E-Cigarettes (2016)”

  2. “See also this video [1] that shows graphically the different impact it has on the lungs.”

    Graphically shows different lung impact of vaping and smoking.

    rogue7, 2024-12 · Recommendation · in “Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: vaping, smoking, lung health, e-cigarettes, experiment

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