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Nucig.Are Electronic Cigarettes SafeWritten ByGarry Knight
Electronic Cigarettes 
are being marketed as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco. But just how safe are e-cigarettes?Are there any health risks? Let's examine electric smoking andcompare it to "real" smoking so you can make an intelligent decisionif this may be a wise smoking alternative for you.The most harmful aspect of smoking cigarettes is the 4,000 toxicchemicals that are inhaled when you burn tobacco. It's the actualsmoke that is causing lung cancer and respiratory disease, not thenicotine. With electronic smoking none of these 4,000 toxicchemicals are produced because there is no smoke... nothingis actually burning. No smoke means no tar, carbon monoxide, etc.But what about the nicotine? E-cigarettes still deliver nicotine. Howdangerous is that? More independent studies on the effects of nicotine by itself need to be done. Right now the health risks are stillinconclusive.Nevertheless, it's obvious that a method of deliveringnicotine that doesn't involve real smoke is going to be much safer than burning tobacco.The FDA recently reported that traces of carcinogens where foundin a sample of electronic cigarette nicotine liquid. However, thesesame carcinogens are also found in nicotine delivery alternativeslike the patch and gum (which are both approved by the FDA). Alsokeep in mind that many every day foods like peanut butter containtrace levels of carcinogens. This is not to say that we should not beconcerned about it. Just keep it in perspective. It's important toremember that the dose of a particular carcinogen is an importantfactor in it's toxicity. If carcinogens are present in e-cigarette vapor,it doesn't not appear to be in high doses. Right now there is noevidence that these carcinogens are are even translated into theactual electronic cigarette vapor that is inhaled.Are electronic cigarettes totally safe? Until more studies are doneit's probably a good idea to err on the side of caution and assumethat they are not 100% safe. But when you compare it to "real"smoking there really is no comparison. One thing we know for sureis that tobacco smoking is incredibly dangerous, expensive and 
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Matthew Ma

The electronic cigarette is a revolutionary smoking device that provides the same nicotine fix as traditional cigarettes. For more, please visit Ecigator electronic cigarette @ http://www.ecigator.com

reply06 / 02 / 2011
Matthew Ma

The electronic cigarette is a revolutionary smoking device that provides the same nicotine fix as traditional cigarettes. For more, please visit Ecigator electronic cigarette @ http://www.ecigator.com

reply06 / 02 / 2011

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