Argumentative Essay About E-Cigarettes

Researchers say that the first three days are the hardest for smokers that are trying to quit. People go through nicotine withdrawal, they have resentment towards everything, and extreme anxiety. The UK Times says, “E-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than smoking, it's helping people to quit tobacco and there's no evidence it's a gateway into smoking”. There are various benefits of e-cigs and vape, but there are also some downfalls.

E-cigarettes/vaporizers are a electronic cigarettes. It vaporizes favours and a small amount of chemicals found in cigarettes, such as nicotine, propyleenglycol and or vegetable glycerin. Unquestionably, e-cigarettes have significantly less chemicals than normal cigarettes. While e-cigarettes have 2 or three chemicals (not including the juices), the regular cigarette had around 4,000.

Researchers in London asked 181 nicotine users for saliva samples. They found that those who had switched from combustible cigarettes exclusively to e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement therapy for at least six months had "substantially reduced levels" of carcinogens (a substance that could cause cancer in living tissue) and toxins than those who smoked traditional cigarettes.
People who smoke regular cigarettes have more carcinogens which increases their chance of lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth,
"At least 10 chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, including nicotine, formaldehyde, heavy metals and volatile organic compounds, according to (a recent report from the California Department of Health)," a trio of Northland doctors wrote in the News Tribune last month. "It's not what you or your favorite teenager should be exposed to." Without any oversight researchers in California found a growing number of Minnesota kids that are smoking e-cigarettes are getting nausea, seizures, diarrhea, vomiting and difficulty breathing from the