An illustrative picture: Leighton Meester at 17 (left) and 40 (right).

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Gen Z is addicted to vaping: https://www.chestnet.org/guidelines-and-topic-collections/publications/chest-advocates/gen-z-is-hooked-on-vaping Gen A is a bit young, but the older Gen As are included in the stats and follow the exact pattern as Gen Z.

As for how bad vaping is, is a bit more difficult, as it's a more recent thing than smoking is. But indications are it's better than smoking but it's far from safe. This site had a good overview with sources: https://www.healthline.com/health/is-vaping-worse-than-smoking-cigarettes

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Depends on what you’re vaping, I’d imagine different chemicals would vary greatly.

    However nothing beats the OG vaped chemical O2 , nothing is going to beat the things our lungs are designed for.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    What really bakes my noodle is that our lungs are more meant to expel CO2 than inhale O2. I even had my great doctor talking about my heart slamming because I was low on blood, therefore O2. I never argue with docs, but we don't have oxygen sensors, only "holy shit that's too much carbon dioxide!" sensors.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 child)

    I mean biologically speaking, having to breath and eat from the same hole is pretty annoying. We need to bioengineer humanity away from this entire active respiratory system nonsense.

    I’m tired of being a damn gas exchange /s

    Edits: some typos

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