Electronic Cigarette Effects

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As well as, The chemicals in the electronic cigarette liquid is very unknown therefore, no one knows the damage it will cause to the body, but unlike cigarette we know the danger an side effects its cause. In the article Electronic cigarette: overall of the chemical composition and exposure estimation, “little is known about the compounds contained in such products, their exposure and long-term health effects.” The vapor from the electronic cigarette is as of or more toxic to the smoker of the tobacco cigarette. The vapor when inhaled causes a reaction that makes the lung tissue to become damaged just like a tobacco cigarette by burning healthy lung tissue. When you exhale the vapor it is not harmful like the tobacco cigarette to the people

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