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Are Electronic Cigarettes Safe
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Electronic cigarettes are being marketed as a safer alternative to smokingtobacco. But just how safe are e-cigarettes? Are there any health risks? Let'sexamine electric smoking and compare it to "real" smoking so you can make anintelligent decision if this may be a wise smoking alternative for you.
The most harmful aspect of smoking cigarettes is the 4,000 toxic chemicalsthat are inhaled when you burn tobacco. It's the actual smoke that is causinglung cancer and respiratory disease, not the nicotine. With electronicsmoking none of these 4,000 toxic chemicals are produced because there isno smoke... nothing is actually burning. No smoke means no tar, carbonmonoxide, etc.But what about the nicotine?E-cigarettesstill deliver nicotine. Howdangerous is that? More independent studies on the effects of nicotine byitself need to be done. Right now the health risks are still inconclusive.Nevertheless, it's obvious that a method of delivering nicotine that doesn'tinvolve real smoke is going to be much safer than burning tobacco.The FDA recently reported that traces of carcinogens where found in asample of electronic cigarette nicotine liquid. However, these samecarcinogens are also found in nicotine delivery alternatives like the patch andgum (which are both approved by the FDA). Also keep in mind that manyevery day foods like peanut butter contain trace levels of carcinogens. This isnot to say that we should not be concerned about it. Just keep it inperspective. It's important to remember that the dose of a particular carcinogen is an important factor in it's toxicity. If carcinogens are present ine-cigarette vapor, it doesn't not appear to be in high doses. Right now thereis no evidence that these carcinogens are are even translated into the actualelectronic cigarette vapor that is inhaled.Are electronic cigarettes totally safe? Until more studies are done it'sprobably a good idea to err on the side of caution and assume that they arenot 100% safe. But when you compare it to "real" smoking there really is nocomparison. One thing we know for sure is that tobacco smoking is incrediblydangerous, expensive and inconvenient. E-cigarettes give smokers analternative that appears to be much safer and will probably save countlesslives. Given a choice between the two? I think it's a no brainer...Electronic Cigarette
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