E Cigarettes Fact Sheet Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy Is vaping a safe alternative to smoking? A1AD Support Is vaping a safe alternative to smoking? A1AD Support are e cigarettes unsafe? SiOWfa15: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy Nonnicotine vapes may be marketed as safe, but many still contain chemicals, have unknown health effects, and aren't FDAregulated. Teens are using them more ofteneven alongside nicotine vapes. No ecigarette is riskfree. Since their introduction in Europe in 2006 and the U.S. in 2007, the use of e cigarettes a.k.a., vapes has skyrocketed. A recent review from researchers in Australia found the results