Simply put, yes nicotine does affect sleep. This is something vapers have to deal with when transitioning from smoking, however this will start to lessen over time. In this blog we will take a look at how nicotine impacts your sleep. Plus we go through the ways you can avoid vaping keeping you up at night.
When switching from smoking to vaping, although you are cutting out the toxic chemicals from smoking one of the ingredients that is still in vape juice is nicotine. This is a stimulant and will therefore have a similar affect to having an energy drink full of caffeine before trying to sleep.
Although you may be used to having a cigarette before bed and having no issue falling straight to sleep, the hit from vaping can be much stronger. This will be much more noticeable when first transitioning to vaping and will require an adjustment period even if you are used to having nicotine before sleeping.
According to studies, nicotine supresses the deepest level of sleep know as REM (rapid eye movement). As a result of this smokers feel less rested than non-smokers due to spending longer in the earliest stages of sleep. Withdrawal symptoms during the night can also disturb sleep.
Both smoking and vaping expose your system to the addictive stimulant nicotine. Research shows that nicotine disrupts sleep in a variety of ways:
In addition to the known effects of nicotine, there’s the simple fact that you’re irritating your lungs by breathing in the various chemical compounds used to create and flavor e-cigarette vapor.
Daily inflammation of your lungs can lead to long-term breathing problems like asthma and COPD, or acute or chronic respiratory illnesses like bronchitis or a nagging cough. These coughing fits, combined with not getting enough oxygen when you breath, can disrupt your sleep and contribute to a host of other health problems.
Obesity, for example, can be a side effect of persistently poor sleep, and that, in turn, can contribute to obstructive sleep apnea.
Long story short: for your health, there’s no upside to vaping or smoking. They’re both bad for your health in general, and both contain chemicals that can pull you out of sleep or keep you awake.
No. Both options include nicotine, a stimulant that increases wakefulness and insomnia. Both options cause damage to your respiratory system and your immune system. And both expose you to carcinogens. It’s a mistake to trust that vaping will cut your risk of cancer; research into vaping’s health effects is still in its infancy, in comparison to studies done on tobacco products.
To relax yourself into a high-quality sleep, it’s best to remember the rules of sleep hygiene. One very important rule:avoid any stimulant at all before bed. This means no smoking in any form, and ideally, no recreational drug use.
Be careful, too, to avoid caffeine or energy drinks, or any kind of cold or allergy medication that may include hidden sources of stimulants (hint: before sleep, avoid taking drugs that say “non-drowsy” on the box).
Though a bedtime smoke or vape may feel psychologically relaxing, remember, you’re consuming a drug that will intensify your focus and alertness. If you like the nighttime ritual of deep breathing, consider a non-smoking alternative instead, like meditation. Inhaling plain old oxygen has nothing but beneficial results.
There are a few ways you can manage your vape to improve your sleep. The first is controlling the nicotine strengths of your e-liquid. switching to a lower strength vape juice will also decrease the stimulation from the nicotine. However, switching to a lower strength may result in you requiring more vape juice a day to kick your cravings. A good way to manage this is to use stronger e-liquid earlier in the day, then switch to lower strength vape juice in the evening. Even switching to a 0% nicotine e-liquid before bed will help and still provide the sensation of vaping without the nicotine stimulation.
There are other aspects of your lifestyle that affect the quality of your sleep. If you drink lots of drinks that contain caffeine this will also keep you up at night. Reducing the amount of sugary and caffeinated drinks you consume will help to reduce the number of stimulants in the body.
If you no longer require nicotine in your e-liquid to keep you away from cigarettes then switch to a 0% vape juice. Vape liquid with zero nicotine can still provide the same sensation of vaping but without the hit. Plus, their will be no stimulant to keep you awake.
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