How bad is vaping compared to actual smoking?

At first, I believed that vaping was harmless and was just another way of getting flavors through water vapor. However, I saw a close friend of mine quit smoking a pack a day to start vaping thi…

Top stories for Long   How bad is vaping compared to actual smoking? Mike Lavistan, Biologist • Answered June 20 At first, I believed that vaping was harmless and was just another way of getting flavors through water vapor. However, I saw a close friend of mine quit smoking a pack a d... Read more » 160 98   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why would some players choose to fold AA on the first hand of the WSOP, and what are the potential benefits of doing so for those playing just for the experience? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Answered May 14 In Texas Hold'em, folding pocket Aces pre-flop is a mathematical disaster. Yet, on the first hand of the World Series of Poker, throwing them in the trash might be a brilli... Read more » 38 11   Why do Mexican restaurants often give you almost twice the quantity of food as other restaurants? MosaicPalate • Answered June 11 When a Mexican restaurant serves you an oversized platter sagging under a mountain of food, it feels incredibly generous. But doubling that massive portion costs them liter... Read more » 1.8K 144   What makes the number 1/137 so special in the universe, and how would things change if the fine-structure constant were different? NovaPrism • Answered June 1 Physicist Wolfgang Pauli famously joked his first question for the Devil would be, "Why 1/137?" If this mysterious fraction were altered even slightly, our universe could n... Read more » 996 144   Do the BareNaked Ladies get any residuals for the theme for The Big Bang Theory? FeverIndex, Updates from the world of Pop Culture • Answered May 23 The Barenaked Ladies don't split the massive residuals for The Big Bang Theory. Those 14 seconds of music legally belong to just one band member, sparking a million-dollar ... Read more » 355 15   Do Wheel of Fortune contestants actually take the prizes they win? MetroDispatch • Answered May 19 You just won a $40,000 SUV on Wheel of Fortune. But instead of driving it home, you face a brutal choice: forfeit the car entirely, or go into debt paying the taxes. In the ... Read more » 257 35   Why do some retirees choose to avoid Florida despite its reputation as a retirement haven? Richard Smith, former Auditor • Answered June 2 As a Floridian refugee I can speak from direct experience. I retired in 2024, I was living on the gulf coast of Florida. My wife and I did the math and came to the conclusi... Read more » 591 170   Why is opening a sealed refrigerator after a flood a terrible idea, and what actually happens when you do? VitalSign, Answering your health questions • Updated June 11 Disaster responders have an unbreakable rule for flooded refrigerators: wrap them in duct tape and never look inside. Breaking the seal unleashes a pressurized blast of aer... Read more » 1.5K 89   Could a person visiting the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor, dip a small container into the oil slicked water to take home? Or would that be looked at as desecrating a war grave? Is it permitted by the US Government? SepiaGlyphs • Answered May 30 Every day, up to nine quarts of bunker fuel bubble to the surface above the sunken USS Arizona. These drops are known as the "Black Tears," and trying to bottle them is a f... Read more » 1.5K 171   Are U.S. Air Force fighter pilots trained the same as U.S. Navy fighter pilots? Robert James, former U.S. Naval Aviator, 153 combat missions. Top Gun at United States Navy (1... • Answered June 22 No, and I’ll give a few examples. Basically, the Air Force pilot operates under a long list of things he’s allowed to do. If it’s not on the list, he can’t do it. A Naval Avi... Read more » 286 29   Is cholesterol really that big a factor in heart attacks? I have 3 friends who recently had heart attacks, none had high cholesterol. J Morehouse, former Banking - 30 Yrs, Retired, Personal Trainer 10yrs • Answered June 8 I have spent probably the equivalent to two graduate courses researching why I had a heart attack, which required a triple bypass, when I had no risk factors and was in exc... Read more » 370 52   Does anyone actually believe that vandals cut a 350' slit in the bottom of the reflecting pool and pulled it loose? The very covering that Trump said couldn't be cut with a knife? Why does he have to lie about everything, no matter how trivial? Curtis W. Scissons, B.S Biology & Chemistry, Northeastern State University (1998) • Updated Wed What was applied to the pool was Rhino Linings Pipeliner 5000. It is a polyurethane coating mostly used for coating the inside of large pipes, or sealing older roofs, sparin... Read more » 8.4K 964 Read more in your feed

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