The article examined the possibility that one of the "initial benefits" of e-cigarettes was that it would help those who smoked cigarettes cut back, but the theory hasn't been proven and there is no evidence to support it. Allergist Andrew Nickels, MD, lead author in AAI said, "there is just simply not enough evidence to suggest that consumers should use e-cigarettes for this purpose."Another concern that e-cigarette users may use them in public, but almost always still smoke regular cigarettes at home. Dual use of both of the cigarettes worsens secondhand smoke exposure, causing respiratory effects on others. It also promotes a dependence on nicotine.
Since e-cigarettes are fairly new, there could be many other long-term health complications that have not yet been discovered. Most consumers don;t even know what's in the e-cigarettes they buy. The US FDA admits that the safety of e-cigarettes hasn't been fully studied.
Organizations all over are trying to higher scrutiny on e-cigarettes, a
nd hopefully in time, people all over will finally get the answers that could save their lives from the harmful (or not harmful) effects of e-cigarettes.
Article URL: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2014/05/27/ecigarettes_not_a_healthy_alternative_
to_smoking.html
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This is an interesting article due to the amount of e-cigs out there right now. People smoke them all the time, not usually to quit smoking, and it would probably be beneficial for people to do more research on the effects of them. New information is always useful in new products.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very interesting article, because I know of some adults who use e-cigarettes. I think people who use them, and don't stop smoking aren't doing anything for their health, especially because they don't know all of the health risks that come with the e-cigaretts. I found an article that says that even though the people who use the e-cigaretts aren't inhaling the tar and the toxins, they are still inhaling the nicotine, and if they stop using them, they can go through the same symptoms of withdrawal that a regular cigarette user goes through. This shows that even though using e-cigarettes seems to be safer, they could bring different but equal risks.
ReplyDeleteLink article: http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/electronic-cigarettes