The technology of vapes started in 2003 when a Chinese pharmacist succeeded in developing an alternative to the harmful cigarettes that took his father’s life. Later in 2004, the technology was launched and gained massive success among its target audience, which was people looking to quit cigarettes. The chief reason for the success of this technology was the fact that cigarettes were so addictive that it was nearly impossible to quit them at once. So, e-cigarettes provided a way for cigarette lovers to manipulate their nicotine content and bring it down eventually, to quit cigarettes entirely. The idea was simple enough and worked for thousands of people.
However, with advancements and innovations, it now seems that the field of vaping is now going backward. This implies that the technology is going against the very reasons that it was invented, back to what it was invented to improve. How is it going backward? This is how:

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Quitting the Habit:

It is common knowledge that the entire reason behind this invention was to help people to quit cigarettes so they could eventually quit the habit altogether. However, now it seems that vapes have opened up a parallel world. Although the technology has done wonders to replace cigarettes, it has done little to curb the habit itself. Instead, vapes are prolonging the habit by giving consumers more and more to try out and giving them cause to compete by introducing better and better equipment.

Away from Cigarettes:

The primary motive for this invention was to help people move away from cigarettes. Vapes toned down everything that a cigarette had from tar to nicotine, and the fact that it had alterable nicotine content made it easy to bring your consumption down eventually. However, now modern vapes are becoming more and more like cigarettes. For instance, the newest trends of flavors containing nicotine salts are primarily designed to provide a better and more cigarette-like throat hit. The entire paradox is apparent here.
Now, this trend of development in the vape technology is alarming because now it is not taking people away from cigarettes, it is directing them towards it. Now, people begin vaping with normal equipment, as time passes they get better equipment and realize they deserve better flavor too, which they find in nicotine salts. This new nicotine feels further pushes them to go and try what cigarettes taste like. So, this progressive trend of nicotine chasing starts from the very technology that was intended to eradicate it.

Size and Dimensions:

At first, when the technology started, like e-cigarettes, the manufacturers aimed to keep it the dimensions of the cigarette-like as possible. With time they did alter the dimensions to make it pen-like instead, but the motivating idea was still convenient to carry around. However, with further advancements, manufacturers decided to compromise on size to provide better specifications. This idea goes against the entire principle of keeping vapes as convenient to carry around as possible. The vapes now are getting larger and bulkier.

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