Electronic cigarette

E-Cigarettes E-cigarettes are becoming a more popular alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. With its popularity comes much controversy. Some believe that e-cigarettes are not good alternatives to smoking, while others believe smoking e-cigarettes is less harmful. In my opinion, I believe that it is too soon to make a concrete opinion about the use of e-cigarettes. However, for right now, I believe that e-cigarettes are not a good alternative, but have the potential to be. That being said,…

E-Cigarettes: The Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Almost every commercial you see after your favorite TV shows concerns an epidemic in America that affects adults and mostly teens: the addiction of cigarettes. The majority of American families have at least two or more family members that smoke cigarettes. But what are some of the methods that smokers use to stop their addiction? The common use is the nicotine patch or “cold turkey”, which usually doesn’t work. The use of e-cigarettes benefits…

E-cigarettes, invented in 2003 by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik, are battery-operated devices that emit doses of vaporized nicotine or non-nicotine vaporized solutions without tobacco. The primary purpose of e-cigarettes is to replace traditional cigarettes, which have already existed in the world for more than two hundred years. People have known that traditional cigarettes contain harmful compounds which threaten health, but people easily ignore the harm which tobacco causes in the environment.…

away. Just recently a new technology has hit the U.S. market, e-cigarettes. This innovation was shipped to the U.S. in “2007” and totally changed the tobacco industry(thrillist). An e-cigarette is essentially electronically powered cigarettes which are intended to create a supplement to smoking cigarettes(drugabuse). These devices transmit different flavors and other harmful chemicals in vapor instead of all the nasty chemicals cigarettes contain. However not enough information has yet been…

High-end e-cigars and 3-cigarettes have been touted as a viable alternative to smoking the real thing. Also called "vaping," this trend has allowed smokers to enjoy the habit of smoking, without some of the side effects. And given that these electronic smokes come in a variety of flavors, you can bet that people have their own favorites, especially now that some big tobacco companies have decided to add electronic smokes to their line up. In fact, a Reuters article claims that in Japan, they are…

Cigarettes were first introduced to the United States during the early 19th century, but tobacco was used as early as the 1600’s. Cigarettes started getting popular during World War I, when Army surgeons claimed cigarettes helped the wounded relax and ease their pain (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). Since then, the tobacco industry has been booming in business and in 2014, the use of cigarettes in the United States was an estimated 40 million adults (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). However, in the past…

For the genre revision I decided to make my MWA2 into a brochure. The reason I chose to remake the MWA2 is because it was clear to me that there are a lot of individuals who did not know that using an electronic cigarette and liquid nicotine can be poisonous. I saw this on the faces of my peers when I gave my presentation. Most of them looked intrigued because they had no clue it was possible to be poisoned through these devices. A few of my other peers were looking at me in disbelief. Not…

Secondhand Vapor: Not at all Like Smoke Electronic cigarettes or eCigarettes work by creating a nicotine rich vapor that can be vaped or inhaled by the user. Although public health officials have fear that cigarettes may encourage young people to smoke, several research studies continue to show that the effects of second hand smoke from the vapor do not present the same threat as those posed by traditional cigarette smoking. Studies have indeed shown that over 53,000 people die from second hand…

yearned for a new and less harmful alternative to conventional cigarettes. Both factions know the health implications of inhaling traditional cigarette smoke, both directly and indirectly (second hand smoke), and have pressed for alternatives, thus creating the market for electronic cigarettes. The advent of the electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) was in the year 2007. The revolutionary product is quite similar to conventional cigarettes both physically and aesthetically and utilizes a small…

With the popularity of e-cigarettes, there has been an increase in nicotine poisoning in the state of New Mexico and across the United States over the past few years. An e-cigarette is a portable, battery operated devise that converts liquid nicotine and concentrated liquid flavors into a vapor that the user can inhale. The e-cigarette is being marketed as an alternative means to smoking an actual cigarette. Cigarettes have been known to use harmful chemicals to maintain freshness in the tobacco…