Viral Bali Vaping Video Sparks Health Debate: Doctor Reveals Truth About Vape Pods
In a major way, vaping is now accepted where smoking in the traditional sense should be. Now a doctor says "People have been lied to" against e-cigarettes.

Viral Bali Vaping Video Sparks Health Debate: 'Leading UK surgeon Dr Karan Rajan has recently featured a viral social media video to explain how people were not aware of how addictive e-vaporizing is compared to traditional smoking. In this video, a woman finds out what really comprises her vape pod, and on the text in the clip, it would read, "Pov (point of view): You have been vaping in Bali for the past month and read this."
'The reality of vaping'
Moving to her vape pod, zoom, and it said equivalently one such vape pod was equal to a pack of 12 cigarettes, which sent her in shock before she hurled it away. Sharing the video, Dr Rajan wrote in his Instagram caption, “The truth about vaping…”
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He further said, “PPS (post-postscript) to emphasise my point: the debate is not vaping versus smoking. Clearly, smoking has more harmful effects. The real issue is vaping versus other SAFER and BETTER quit smoking alternatives… which all slam dunk vaping as a tool in terms of their efficacy in allowing you to quit.”
Dr Rajan further suggested that there was scant evidence regarding vaping helping individuals quit smoking altogether. Vaping, according to Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals' senior consultant, respiratory and critical care, Dr Rajesh Chawla, is far from being a safe alternate to smoking: it is a highly dangerous and could turn deadly for someone who attempts to quit tobacco, he agrees in an interview with HT Lifestyle.
But before we delve into the possible hazards that you invite into your life whenever you pick up any vape, let us check what Dr Rajan said.
'One vape pod is easily a pack of cigarettes or more'
In the clip, he explained, “If you think vaping is the best way to quit smoking, you've been lied to. First, some vaping maths: a single vape pod can contain around 60mg of nicotine, depending on the brand and strength. For comparison, one cigarette can deliver around 2mg of nicotine to the body. So, one vape pod is easily a pack of cigarettes or more. Because vaping is smoother and comes in fun flavours... people can puff away and chain vape through multiple pods, unknowingly super dosing nicotine, turbo-charging their addiction and frying their dopamine pathways faster than you can say blue raspberry cloud. And let's not kid ourselves, those mango-flavoured nicotine pods are hooking kids who would have otherwise never touched nicotine.”
Dr Rajan added, “According to evidence, which is conveniently ignored, vaping is only moderately better than trying to quit smoking cold turkey when it comes to quitting smoking. Vaping has a quit-smoking success rate of around 7-10 percent. Behavioural therapy has a success rate of 10-15 percent. Nicotine replacement therapy 15-20 percent, and combination therapy – both nicotine replacement therapy and counselling – has a success rate of 25-30 percent. Vaping is Big Tobacco 2.0 rebranded with a slick PR team, and the long-term risks are emerging. By normalising nicotine use and ignoring safer alternatives, vaping has created a shiny, fruit trap for an entire new generation of addicts. We've reinvented the wheel of addiction but added LED lights and bubblegum flavour.”
The problem with vaping
Clearly colored tubes and candy flavorings are the accessories that make vaping devices seem innocuous, and many would declare them as perfect evening accessories-a helpful accompaniment for the night. But, contrary to the claims of the advertisements, e-cigarettes, according to Dr Rajesh Chawla, HT, are not just harmless gimmicks; they are complex health hazards that pose multiple severe risks to the consumer.
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“The chemical composition of vaping liquids contains numerous toxic substances, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and heavy metals, which can cause significant damage to respiratory systems and overall human health,” he says.
Medical research has increasingly shown that there are more and more disastrous effects of vaping today. Dr. Chawla notes irreversible lung injuries and chronic respiratory complications as among the dangers from vaping'. “Unlike traditional nicotine replacement therapies, vaping does not effectively support smoking cessation but instead creates a new form of addiction. The devices manipulate users' psychological dependencies, maintaining and potentially intensifying nicotine consumption through appealing flavours and seemingly modern technology,” he says.
There's so much more, for Dr. Chawla it is quite a heavy topic because he sees 'vaping to be a serious threat in younger populations, illegitimately encouraging a entry into regular tobacco use, and Objectification of Addictive Behaviors'. Other scientific complaints were those of a study that stated, as it reported, 'Attractive Packaging, Flavors, and Perceived 'Coolness' attributes for adolescents and young adults'.
He says, “Scientific studies consistently demonstrate that e-cigarette users experience higher oxidative stress, compromised immune functioning, and increased risks of cardiovascular diseases. The long-term health consequences of vaping remain largely unknown, creating an additional layer of uncertainty and potential risk.”
How to quit
It is quite handy and socially accepted; it is also sufficiently addictive to many of the people, and so comes this question: how do you quit vaping?
“Medical professionals strongly advise against considering vaping as a legitimate smoking cessation method. Instead, individuals should seek scientifically proven, medically supervised strategies that prioritise comprehensive health and genuine nicotine independence. Ultimately, vaping represents a deceptive and potentially harmful alternative that fails to address the root causes of smoking addiction while introducing new and potentially more insidious health risks,” Dr Chawla says.
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