A Chinese pharmacist named Hon Lik, created E-cigarettes in 2003 (Grana et al. 6). E-cigarettes use a liquid in its chamber that uses a battery to create a spark that combusts inside the barrel to create smoke (Grana et al. 6). Many consumers that use e-cigarettes are using them as a way to end their smoking habits of tobacco products (Franck et al. 1945). E-cigarettes seem to be a growing trend in use among people that are trying to quit smoking. Therefore, e-cigarette companies are trying to target these people to help boost sales. However, many others are using e-cigarettes as a gateway into smoking, which may lead to tobacco or illegal drugs (CDPH 3).
With this huge upward trend in e-cigarettes, this product is a major topic among smokers, …show more content…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teenage student’s e-cigarette use increased from 4.7% to 10% within one year. Another astonishing statistic is 76.3% of adolescents who had used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days had also used conventional cigarettes in that same time frame (Gardiner 11). The U.S. government owns the CDC, who conducted this research (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Phillip Gardiner, who has a doctorate in public health (Gardiner 1), then used this statistic. E-cigarettes are on an upward trend among youth and could result in tens of millions of them using e-cigarettes and that is why these numbers are important. In addition, the public may start to see kids switching from using e-cigarettes to using illegal drugs or these e-cigarettes could just introduce them to smoking conventional cigarettes. It is not only just the youth in America that is starting to use e-cigarettes more, we are also seeing more youth from other countries using …show more content…
According to a study by David Nutt: e-cigarettes elements, toxicology, chemical, and physical methods involved can be projected, not involving pregnancy, to be better than 95% less damaging than conventional cigarettes (Hajek 1). David Nutt is a professor and director of neuropsychopharmacology (study of how drugs affect the mind) unit at Edmond J. Safra ("Professor David Nutt DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FSB, FMedSci"). Peter Hajek is the Director of Health and Lifestyle Research Unit at Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, and there was some research funding from stop-smoking medications (Hajek 3). This statistic is extraordinary, because it proves through numbers that e-cigarettes are almost unanimously better for you than conventional cigarettes. In addition, it gives evidence that would motivate most people into using e-cigarettes, because of the health
With this huge upward trend in e-cigarettes, this product is a major topic among smokers, …show more content…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teenage student’s e-cigarette use increased from 4.7% to 10% within one year. Another astonishing statistic is 76.3% of adolescents who had used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days had also used conventional cigarettes in that same time frame (Gardiner 11). The U.S. government owns the CDC, who conducted this research (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Phillip Gardiner, who has a doctorate in public health (Gardiner 1), then used this statistic. E-cigarettes are on an upward trend among youth and could result in tens of millions of them using e-cigarettes and that is why these numbers are important. In addition, the public may start to see kids switching from using e-cigarettes to using illegal drugs or these e-cigarettes could just introduce them to smoking conventional cigarettes. It is not only just the youth in America that is starting to use e-cigarettes more, we are also seeing more youth from other countries using …show more content…
According to a study by David Nutt: e-cigarettes elements, toxicology, chemical, and physical methods involved can be projected, not involving pregnancy, to be better than 95% less damaging than conventional cigarettes (Hajek 1). David Nutt is a professor and director of neuropsychopharmacology (study of how drugs affect the mind) unit at Edmond J. Safra ("Professor David Nutt DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FSB, FMedSci"). Peter Hajek is the Director of Health and Lifestyle Research Unit at Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, and there was some research funding from stop-smoking medications (Hajek 3). This statistic is extraordinary, because it proves through numbers that e-cigarettes are almost unanimously better for you than conventional cigarettes. In addition, it gives evidence that would motivate most people into using e-cigarettes, because of the health