Now there is the new cigarettes that are electronic. The pros of using the electronic cigarette would be that there is no second hand smoke. It don’t make your clothes, hair or breath stink. The electronic cigarette is way less toxic than a real cigarette. Many work places allow people to use the electronic cigarettes in the building as to where real cigarettes are banned from being used inside. But there are also cons to smoking the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarettes can be more expensive. There are some places that are banned from having the electronic cigarettes.…
Cigarette companies have recently introduced a new product often referred to as “electronic cigarettes.” Though in its early stages and only claiming a small percent of the market in comparison to combustible cigarettes, this new product has certainly caught the attention of the market “overnight.” So what is it about these new cigarettes that have caused them to become so popular? Electronic cigarettes are very similar to personal vaporizers. Though they do not contain tobacco, they do contain the nicotine found in tobacco plants. When inhaled, a heating element atomizes a liquid solution causing an aerosol “vapor” to be emitted from the end resembling smoke. Thicker smoke emitting versions have become more popular, as it seems that feature is the most attractive and appealing feature of the e-cig.…
The electronic cigarette was created with the purpose and intent to replace a traditional tobacco cigarette by its shape, flavor, and the vapor it produces. When the electronic cigarette was created, it was meant to have the same capacity, and feel as a traditional tobacco cigarette. Tobacco smokers don’t just smoke for the nicotine, but for the habit, and the taste as well. The electronic cigarette was created to match all the same aspects that a smoker has grown accustomed too. Traditional tobacco cigarettes contain over four thousand chemicals, most of which are unknown to its users. These chemicals are also not listed on the boxes, or anywhere in the warning labels. “Electronic cigarettes come in a variety of shapes and models, but most consist of a battery, a heating element, and a liquid that contains nicotine, propylene glycol and flavorings. The heating element warms and aerosolizes the liquid, turning it into a vapor the user inhales. Smoking an e-cigarette (called "vaping"), gives users a nicotine hit without…
Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigs, which were created in China 10 years ago, are battery powered devices that vaporize liquid nicotine. In the article, “Smoke Signals”, the author Alessandra Potenza addresses the problems of unregulated electronic cigarettes. Although they can help smokers quit cigarettes, they can also cause nicotine addiction. Electronic cigarettes are becoming popular among youth and because they are unregulated, U.S. officials are worried.…
Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes and electric cigarettes)are the newest product on the market. They are designed to look and feel like real cigarettes, even down to emitting artificial smoke however they do not actually contain any tobacco. Users inhale nicotine vapour which looks like smoke without any of the carcinogens found in tobacco smoke which are harmful to the smoker and others around him.…
Electronic cigarettes are also known as e-cigarettes by the general public. E-cigarettes are designed to deliver nicotine with flavorings and other chemicals to users in vapor instead of smoke. They are marketed as a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes. E-cigarettes are produced to resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, cigars or pipes. E-cigarettes are also designed to look like everyday items. They can look like pens or USB memory sticks for your computer. There are more than 250 different e-cigarette brands currently at stores for the consumer to choose from while shopping. While e-cigarettes are often marketed to the public as a safer alternative to regular cigarettes little is actually known about the health risks presented by e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are so new that studies haven’t been able to be conducted to show the positives and negative effects on people’s health.…
Originally created as a cessation to combustible tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes are an up and rising way of portraying a healthy alternative to smoking. However, while being portrayed as a healthy substitute e-cigarette devices are designed to deliver the same highly addictive nicotine that is found in tobacco cigarettes. E-cigarettes primarily include a battery, or some type of electronic circuit that delivers vaporized nicotine through the heating of a nicotine containing solution, often called e-liquids, to the body that produce smoke visible smoke called vapor that can be inhaled and exhaled. When the device is triggered, the heating element turns on and aerosolizes a solution, sending nicotine aerosol into the lungs.…
For hundreds of years smoking cigarettes has been a big part of our culture in fact in 1930s people believed that smoking cigarettes was harmless. Now with knowledge of the many negative side effects many alternatives and mediums have arrived to the scene. The most of common of the alternatives is the E-cigarettes or "vape". E-cigarettes appear to give the same rush of smoking regular cigarettes without the unwelcoming odor or nicotine, giving the illusion that it is basically harmless. Research shows that smoking E-cigarettes is not completely as smokers and non-smokers are exposed to aerosol and product constituents, the presence of nicotine in the cartridges and the fact that studies are inconclusive so the long-term effects are…
The most popular ways to consume marijuana are smoking, vaping, dabbing and eating cannabis edibles. Smoking cannabis involves numerous and adverse health risks. Vaping is the better and healthier option. Below is a discussion on why vaped CBD is healthier than smoked:…
Electronic cigarettes are one of the most common ways people are smoking now a days. These are newer devices and have not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Since the FDA has not approved electronic cigarettes or what goes inside them, the FDA has no idea what companies are putting in electronic cigarettes or if it is even safe for users to be ingesting. These are newer devices and right now there is no information on how they will impact users in the future like if it could potentially cause cancer or other problems. There is also a major concern that electronic cigarettes are being used more and more by those under the age of 18, which is concerning many doctors and other healthcare professional. They are concerned that the younger users have more of a chance to become addicted to nicotine. Medical professionals are also concerned that more people will start smoking because they think that electronic cigarettes are less harmful. People should also be aware that there have been cases where electronic cigarettes have malfunctioned and caused serious injury to the user.…
“E - cigarettes may be less harmful than cigarettes” Drummond says, “but we still don’t know their long term risks” Electronic cigarettes are designed for adults to continue using nicotine at a reduced harm. Electronic cigarettes were never intended for teenagers, they were simply made for adults to help quit smoking. Although others may think it isn’t, electronic cigarettes or otherwise known as vaping, is very unhealthy and can cause lung damage.…
Vaping has been around for 40 years, but it didn’t take off until the father of the inventor (Hon Lik) passed away from smoking- induced lung cancer. He encourages people to start vaping when they are trying to stop smoking cigarettes or are looking for an alternate way to smoke. The vapors in the e-cigarettes have smaller amounts of nicotine that help smokers cut down slowly on cigarettes. The vapor flavors come in many flavors, the user doesn’t even have to get nicotine in the liquid. Some people start e-smoking for the flavor and social gatherings. The down fall for the users of e-cigarettes is that the user may n not allowed to smoke e-cigarettes inside and must follow the rules of tobacco smokers. According to No-smoke.org the use of…
The production of vaping and and e-cigarettes have brought us a healthier, cheaper, and more convenient alternative to smoking cigarettes. According to WebMD, using e-cigs or vaping is 95 to 99 percent healthier than smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes have over 4,000 chemicals in them including chemicals that can cause cancer and lung disease. Cigarettes contain only four ingredients; 8%…
Vaping has been a common issue in California for many reasons lately. They are having issues with younger kids trying to use these vape pens. The argue is that the vaping companies are making E-cigarette flavors that are attracting the eyes of these young kids. It says that sweet flavors such as “gummy bear’ and “bubble gum” make it seem like it tastes really good so they want to try it. Kids under the age of 6 were half of these victims that were trying it. In a vape pen contains Nicotine which can be highly addictive and can possibly lead to death at such a young age.…
Rapidly increasing rates of use among teenagers is creating worry in parents and in pediatricians. The chemicals contained therein such as nicotine, formaldehyde and diethylene glycol are dangerous substances that can cause poisonings and other adverse effects in exposed humans. So although, “the emissions from e-cigarettes have been publicized as ‘harmless water vapor,’ accumulating evidence demonstrates that the vapor inhaled into the user’s lungs does contain numerous known toxins and carcinogens such as formaldehyde and tobacco- specific nitrosamines (carcinogenic substances)” (Pros and Cons of E-cigarette Regulations…