Vaping may affect your quality of sleep and contribute to sleep issues. Particularly as the nicotine in e-juice acts as a stimulant. Reducing the nicotine in your e-juice and avoiding vaping for at least two hours before bed may help to improve the quality of your sleep.
Bedtime smoking (and vaping) reconsidered
Is vaping a better option at bedtime than smoking? No. Both options include nicotine, a stimulant that increases wakefulness and insomnia. Both options cause damage to your respiratory system and your immune system.
The short answer to this question is yes, vaping does affect sleep. Especially for those who have recently made the switch from smoking. It's a frustrating reality for some vapers, but it's important to remember that this is only a part of the transition period.
E-cigarette users often complain of the same sleep issues affecting conventional cigarette smokers. They also report night-time breathing issues, both of these being observed in daily and non-daily users of e-cigarettes 11. Sleep disturbances are also reported by users of patches and gum 4.
As discussed above, napping prior to the mid-afternoon results in a combination of light and REM sleep, whereas napping after 2 pm results in more slow-wave sleep. This may affect your ability to fall asleep at a reasonable time later that night, potentially disrupting your nocturnal sleep cycle.
Some new vapers may experience slight drowsiness when starting to vape due to taking deep draws and holding in too long. This may prevent the body from getting the oxygen it usually requires and is used to and make you feel a little sleepy at first when vaping.
This all depends upon how late, and how regular, a person's sleep patterns are. For example, falling to sleep at 4 am and waking at 12 pm will cause a person to miss out on a large amount of daylight, especially in winter. This can be problematic for various reasons, including our physical and emotional health.
Benefits of vaping
Vaping can help some people quit smoking. Vaping is usually cheaper than smoking. Vaping is not harmless, but it is much less harmful than smoking. Vaping is less harmful to those around you than smoking, as there's no current evidence that second-hand vapour is dangerous to others.
Should you brush your teeth after vaping? While drinking water is important to do after vaping to rehydrate your mouth and remove bacteria, brushing your teeth directly after vaping will not necessarily erase any damage done by the e-cigarettes.
In the short-term, vaping nicotine may feel good by stimulating production of the “feel good” chemical in the brain called dopamine which can create feelings of pleasure and relaxation. Vaping nicotine also creates social opportunities to connect with other people and provides a distraction from stressful situations.
On the contrary, tilting a vape device downwards or vaping while you lie down will cause the e-liquid to flow away from the atomizers, thus preventing you from tasting the flavor. Vaping in these positions can also cause spit-backs and leakages.
Stress and anxiety can trigger vape cravings, and make it harder for you to quit for good. You may be tempted to reach for your vape when you have these feelings, but vaping is not an effective way to cope.
The short answer is yes, vapes do contain calories, however the amount is considered negligible. The studies available (see our sources 2+3 below) which have examined vaping's impact on weight control vs smoking, suggest that it is actually the nicotine playing the bigger role in any potential change.
To summarize, does vaping help you lose weight? Yes, it can if you use nicotine vapes, but it doesn't come without risks. Nicotine suppresses appetite, increases metabolism, and can reduce food cravings. This can help you with weight control.
Primarily symptoms of insomnia, such as increased sleep latency, sleep fragmentation and decreased slow wave sleep with reduced sleep efficiency and increased daytime sleepiness, were observed during nicotine consumption. Furthermore, most studies indicated a nicotine induced rapid eye movement (REM) sleep suppression.
But there are still many health benefits connected to vaping. Luckily, one of the positive factors about vaping is that it does not stain teeth or cause bad breath. On the other hand, smoking cigarettes leads to yellowed and discolored teeth.
Yup! A dentist will know if your teen vapes because nicotine smoked in any form negatively impacts oral health, specifically teeth and gums. Although e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, they still contain highly concentrated amounts of nicotine, which can damage the mouth.
The answer is yes. While some people switch from smoking to vaping because they may think vaping is a safer alternative to smoking, studies show that it is just bad for your teeth and gums. Vaping has the same adverse effects on your oral health as smoking and your dentist WILL be able to tell.
Vaping does leave a residue on walls that can attract dirt, however any staining typically takes a long time to build up, and stains can be easily cleaned off using a wet cloth. If you want to minimise staining even further, try vaping near an open window, or in a room with plenty of ventilation.
Breathing in the harmful chemicals from vaping products can cause irreversible (cannot be cured) lung damage, lung disease and, in some cases, death. Some chemicals in vaping products can also cause cardiovascular disease and biological changes that are associated with cancer development.
In part, it is physiological: Our normal circadian cycle dictates a period of sleepiness or decreased alertness in the afternoon. However, sleep disorders, medical disorders, stress, insaufficient sleep or poor eating habits can also cause excessive sleepiness at this time.