An electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a battery operated device, a miniature “smog machine” like those used in theatrical performances, but contained in a cigarette like container. This high tech device along with an atomizer, when inhaled, a flow switch turns on the electronics and transforms e-liquid contained in the cartridge or in latest models Cartomizers, into a vapor that simulates smoke.
The e-liquid is a mixture of substances that are cataloged as safe for human consumption along with nicotine in certain concentrations and flavor of different sorts to simulate the most famous brands.
Substances commonly found in regular cigarettes, such as snuff, tar and other carcinogens that cause cancer are not present in the vapor generated by the e-cigarettes. They have nothing to do with flames or smoke. Due to these substantial differences between electric cigarettes snuff and cigarettes, smokers are finding that electric cigarettes offer same pleasure without the risks and are even cheaper.
What are the benefits and
cons?
The most obvious benefits of
electronic cigarettes are that they
lack fire, tar, smoke, will not
stain your fingers or teeth and are
even cheaper than tobacco
cigarettes. Each year, almost 1,000
smokers and nonsmokers die in home
fires caused by cigarettes or other
smoking materials. If you remove the
factor of fire that electronic
cigarettes do not, the lives of
smokers and their families will be
much safer. When there is no fire
there is no real smoke either, thus
the e-cigarette eliminates the
health risk of inhaling secondhand
smoke, which is the cause of many
diseases for people who have been
exposed to cigarette smoke in
workplaces, homes and public places
where smoking is allowed. Due to the
risk of secondhand smoke, many
public facilities have banned
smoking. This has left smokers
feeling ostracized and
segregated. E-cigarette users
technically are not smokers, they
are limited to the inhalation of
smog. When the vapor is exhaled
leaves no odor and dissipates
harmlessly into the air in
seconds. Electronic cigarettes are
also easily found online at
reasonable prices, made by many
quality global companies.
Nicotine, although highly addictive is not cataloged as a carcinogen
As with any foreign substances
inhaled are certainly risks and
disadvantages. E-Cigarette
officially cannot yet be called
healthy because users are still the
intake of nicotine, an addictive
chemical. However, they may opt to
use the zero nicotine cartridges can
be supplied with electronic
cigarettes, a feature not available
with traditional cigarettes. And
there’s something to say about
basically nicotine intake rather
than a combination of nicotine,
snuff, tar, arsenic, carbon monoxide
and hydrogen cyanide, which are all
produced in regular cigarettes
through the combustion.
e-cigarettes not approved as smoking cessation devices, but helped many smokers quit
Although electronic cigarettes have
not yet been approved by the FDA in
2011 as a smoking cessation device,
many smokers report being able to
entirely quit smoking with the help
of e-cigs.
As with conventional cigarettes
because cigarettes contain an
addictive power that they are not
sold or marketed to persons under
age. In most countries, measures
such as requiring valid
identification card or special
before you buy electronic cigarettes
have even been taken to ensure that
electronic cigarettes are not easily
available to people who are not old
enough to buy cigarettes or
snuff. As with conventional
cigarettes, e-cigarettes are sold
only to those over the legal age
limit. These precautions are, of
course, for the protection of young
people.
Safety of e-cigarettes
Although there is still much
controversy surrounding the sale and
use of electronic cigarettes, the
benefits are considered as a clear
alternative. And really, not adults
who have chosen to continue smoking
despite the health warnings and
concerns deserve a choice with
benefits? It is not for anyone else
to make this decision for the
smoker. After weighing all options,
research and reading electronic
cigarette reviews, each individual
must decide whether, for them, the
benefits of electronic cigarettes
outweigh the risks.
The best alternative to cigarettes
is of course not smoking, but for
those who are regular smokers and
can’t stop their cravings the
electronic cigarette can be the best
alternative.
