Wendy Zukerman
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So we're kind of stuck in this scientific limbo land.
So vaping is clearly bad for your heart, whether it's as bad as cigarettes.
I mean, I think that's a little bit remains to be seen.
But where the case that smoking is still the worst option is very strong is when it comes to cancer.
Yeah, but that's not even exactly what I'm talking about here.
Also, when you look at the amount of carcinogens that people are exposed to when they vape versus when they smoke—
It's just so much higher in smokers.
So, for example, there's this chemical.
It's called—a group of chemicals.
They're called tobacco-specific nitrosamines, and they're well-known to cause cancer.
They're present in the P of vapors at five times the levels.
They're in the P of non-vapors.
Five times higher in vapors.
But when you look at smokers, these—
tobacco-specific nitrosamines there in the smoker's pee 220 times as much.
As you know, you're a goody two-shoe that doesn't smoke or vape.