Electronic cigarettes become
more and more popular. Question of the health safety of these devices is still
remaining open, but new researches are conducted and new facts are revealed. So
are the electronic cigarettes harmful?
There are about 500
electronic cigarettes brands and more than 7,000 liquids for them. They work on
different principles and contain different amounts of nicotine, toxic
substances and carcinogens. Based on the researches, it is quite difficult to
say anything specific about the safety of all devices. Also, many researches have limited sources, some error or are biased.
These facts divided the
scientific community. On the one hand, every research on the tobacco industry
will prove that the tobacco is a pure evil. For people who are making those
researches, e-cigarettes are harmful by default.
On
the other hand, researchers who consider electronic cigarettes more acceptable
than usual. According to them, these
devices can save millions people lives.
The main argument in favor of
electronic cigarettes is that they don’t contain tobacco. Vapor in them doesn’t
contain harmful smoke, tar and carbon monoxide. Also, they include less toxic
substances and carcinogens than standard cigarettes.
There is one research1
which shows that cells, under the vapor influence from electronic cigarettes,
had similar genetic changes to those which have occurred in the cells under the
impact of the regular smoking.
Another research2
shows that the process of the liquid heating in electronic cigarettes can
change its structure and can transform safe chemicals into dangerous ones.
This confrontation between
researches raises the question if electronic cigarettes can lead lung cancer.
It's difficult to answer. Too much variety of these products creates
difficulties for researches.
So, is it true that
electronic cigarettes are safer than standard cigarettes? Most researchers tend to have
a positive answer despite the lack of accurate data. Since the rapid negative
impact of electronic cigarettes is less than from standard cigarettes, many
scientists agree that this is a good way to reduce the harm from smoking for
smokers, at least in the short term.
Maybe
the dispute about health affecting by electronic cigarettes is useless. Depending
on who you ask, you can hear that electronic cigarettes are the best
technological solution of the smoking problem or a global threat to public
health.
Questions:
1)
What do you think
about the popularity of e-cigarettes? Do you think they are safer for health?
2)
How do you feel
about vapers?
3)
Do you think that
an e-cigarettes are a solution to the problem of smoking or a future threat to
public health?
Sources:
2)
https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article-abstract/16/10/1319/2509282/Carbonyl-Compounds-in-Electronic-Cigarette-Vapors?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Comments
I'm not fascinated about vaping and vapers. People sometimes do it just because it looks cool for them and they can show up in front of other people.
I think that e-cigarettes for sure are healthier and safer for people who used to smoke regular cigarettes non stop. When someone has never been a smoker, starting using e-cigarette can be harmful.
Also I don't think that it will bring a great solution for public health. It may also cause some diseases and problems with health.
I think that e-cigarettes are not a solution, but just a replacement.
Using e-cigarettes is not a solution, it's just another way of smoking and now it has it's own vaping culture. The bad thing is that now we have to duplicate all "no smoking" signs with "no vaping" signs:)
If normal cigarettes are forbidden in many places I think e-cigarettes should be too. If we can't assure that they aren't harmful they should be treated like normal.
I think that they might be healthier than traditional ones, but I don’t think that they are a good way to quit smoking like some people try to suggest. While smoking e-cigarette you don’t really know when to stop, like with regular cigarette.
I think that vapers are quite funny, and sometimes slightly annoying because they constantly talk about their smoking mods or some new liquid they have.
From a non-smoker perspective, I can admit that e-cigarettes are much more acceptable for me as they are odor-free. I really don’t like this tobacco smell. That’s why I find vapers far less annoying for non-smokers. Unfortunately, I noticed that many vapers simply chain vape (use their devices almost constantly). Even worse, many of them are young people.
Everyone likes vapers, they are simply cool and makes big clouds WOW.
I am not sure but I have heard somewhere that e-cigarettes are carcinogenic.
I think many people switch to e-cigarettes because they are cool. I've seen people stupid enough to smoke them in closed areas (buses, cafes).
I think a solution to the problem of smoking is quitting smoking.
But it's definitely a first good step to stop smoking - finding a healthier replacement is something every smoker can do, even if he's addicted to it.
I think that vapers are just way to show yourself in front of others. "Look how big smoke I can make". I think it's a bit childish.
I used to smoke normal cigarettes, and sometimes I smoke "in a good company", but I always try to find the place, where it won't bother the others.
If the person respects other people and doesn't blow smoke in the public areas, he may use whatever he likes, I don't care.
My friend has an e-cigarette, he thinks that this is less harmful. But he smokes it more often and I think it is still worse that the normal cigarettes.
2) I allow them to continue their miserable life.
3) I belive that they are neither. People that want to smoke will smoke. Perhaps it will make smoking healthier but it won't fix the problem. On the other hand it won't escalate much, because smoking is common occurrence in our daily lives.
I don't care about vapers. I don't understand it.
And I don't consider e-cigarettes as solution to the problem of smoking, maybe a little diminishment.
Are e-cigarettes a solution to the problem of smoking? I think the only solution to that problem is not smoking, and not smoking something healthier.
In my case it was very bad decision because when I was outside I smoked normal fag but when I was in home I smoked till I get headache...
After that I bought Desmoxan and I stop smoking.