Smoking cigarettes was deemed unhealthy in 1964, ever since inventions have come out to fulfill the need of nicotine for addicted users. E-cigarettes are thought to be a “healthy alternative” to smoking cigarettes. This is true in a couple of ways, but in others more dangerous.
Of course, with the e-cig you do not get the harmful effects of tobacco, or the harshness of lighting it.
However it does provide the nicotine fill, as well as fuels the physical addiction of bringing it to your mouth, and actually inhaling substance into your lungs. Although the pluses include being able to use the e-cig as a tool to eventually quit smoking, smokers who have been smoking for long periods of time are able to choose the liquid they put in the e-cig as well as how much nicotine they smoke. After cutting back, it can end the nicotine addiction.
Though younger users exposed to the e-cig are at risk to begin smoking. Not to mention the fact that the idea of e-cigs is relatively new and not much research has been done to completely diagnose the dangers. After adding up the pluses, minuses, and the unknown factors of the e-cig, it is a good idea not to get involved with any kind of smoking.
It is known that teens believe that what they are smoking is “water vapor” when really what they are inhaling can be compared to Antifreeze. Antifreeze is used to cool overheated cars. In the end, nicotine is nicotine, whether in a real cigarette or an e-cig and it can still cause an addiction. Any form of receiving this drug is considered “bad.” The best way to not be at risk is to not start. When asked why he owned and uses an e-cig, an anonymous source states, “I know e-cigs are not a healthy alternative, they are just more convenient to use and also more discrete.”
Another risk factor is that e-cigs are commonly sold to underaged people in a variation of ways. Online, at kiosks in the mall, as well as trading among friends. Excused as a way to “stop smoking” when really it is just another way to start and get addicted to nicotine.
