| Once looked upon as a fad product, the electronic | | | | developing dependency. Electronic cigarettes, on the |
| cigarette has now gained major acceptance in the | | | | other hand, knock it down to only nicotine and the |
| cigarette alternatives world. But is the electronic | | | | physical act of smoking itself. For this reason, it is |
| cigarette safe? The question can only be answered | | | | possible that e-cigarettes do not carry the same |
| by first reviewing the relevant facts. | | | | addictiveness as their counterparts. |
| What Makes Smoking So Dangerous | | | | Conclusion - Is Electronic Cigarette Safe? |
| Smoking tobacco products is known to be a health | | | | I believe answer to this question should be a relative |
| hazard because of the chemicals in the smoke. | | | | one. Because the electronic cigarette does not contain |
| Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, tar, | | | | thousands of unwanted chemicals and carcinogens, it |
| nicotine, and a number of known carcinogens. These | | | | is absolutely safer than regular cigarettes. Users of this |
| things increase the risks of cancer and cardiovascular | | | | product are often chronic smokers who are looking for |
| diseases. Moreover, the second hand smoke is even | | | | a healthier alternative to cigarettes. For them, this |
| more deadly than the original smoke. This is because | | | | switch is frequently described as life-changing. |
| smoke particles better adhere to lung tissues when | | | | Some opponents may argue that electronic cigarettes |
| they are cooled down. | | | | only give people an excuse to continue smoking. They |
| What is in the Electronic Cigarette Vapor | | | | could be right, if the product steers smokers away |
| Most electronic cigarettes generate a smoke-like | | | | from quitting to settling for the next best (worse) thing. |
| vapor through an atomizer, which heats a solution into | | | | However, given the fact that a majority of chronic |
| vapor and delivers it to the user. The solution, which is | | | | smokers simply accept their fate and continue to use |
| completely formulated by man, contains a number of | | | | cigarettes, the electronic cigarette is a much, much |
| substances. These substances include water, glycerin | | | | safer and attractive alternative. The product mimics |
| (food additive), nicotine, and flavors. The number of | | | | the appearance and the nicotine level of a real |
| substances in this nicotine solution is far fewer than the | | | | cigarette and gives the user the option of reducing |
| chemicals present in regular tobacco smoke, which | | | | health risks without actually quitting. |
| has more than 3,000 distinct and harmful components. | | | | Some cigarette companies maintain that electronic |
| But is electronic cigarette safe to use? Let's have the | | | | cigarettes are unsafe. This is downright stupid because |
| nicotine talk first. | | | | they are dismissing a much safer product in order to |
| Nicotine - Health Hazards and Addictiveness | | | | promote inhalation of their infamous and undisputed |
| Nicotine is often associated with lung cancer. However, | | | | poison - tobacco smoke. |
| there is no scientific evidence that nicotine is | | | | Quitting, however, will always remain the best thing to |
| carcinogenic (cancer-causing). In fact, it is the other | | | | do. For this reason, ethical electronic cigarette makers |
| chemicals in tobacco smoke that lead to lung cancer. | | | | do not market their products as smoke cessation |
| Nicotine, however, is associated with increased risks of | | | | tools. E-cigarette users are, after all, still smoking. Also, |
| cardiovascular disease. | | | | because electronic cigarettes contain nicotine, pregnant |
| Nicotine is only mildly addictive by itself. Nevertheless, | | | | women and people who do not already smoke should |
| smokers find cigarettes hard to quit because both the | | | | never go near one. |
| 3,000+ chemicals and the physical habit play a role in | | | | |