Electronic Cigarettes Case Study

Q1: I am comparing the safety of electronic cigarettes with smoking cigarettes. According to the FDA, there are over 90 toxic chemicals in tobacco smoking as compared to at least 3 toxic chemicals in e-cigarettes. They produce the same cancer-causing ingredients, but it happens more in tobacco. Tobacco smoking produces secondhand smoke while e-cigarettes produce vapor, which according to researchers, it doesn’t pose a risk for bystanders. Tobacco short and long term use can have adverse effects on people and others involved such as reoccurring bronchitis and cancer. There isn’t enough information on e-cigarettes, but from what I have read, it seems safer. When I was a child, my parents constantly smoked everywhere, which had negative …show more content…
According to medshadow.org, two factors are influencing teenagers into vaping such as the different flavors that they would like and no restrictions when buying vapes or e-cigs online or in some states. There should use the same rules and regulations, but just make some changes. Commercials shouldn’t happen during children’s shows or a channel that is for the young audience. A person should only be able to get the different flavors if he or she is over the age of 18. “Vaping and Health: What Do We Know about E-Cigarettes?” states that “In contrast to tobacco products, e-cigarette sales are not age-restricted, and in 2012 an estimated 1.78 million students in grades 6–12 had tried the devices.” In addition, children at these ages cannot make rational decisions and if a decision is made, it could be influenced by peer pressure. Until research studies of long term effects are done, no one under the age of 18 should be able to buy these products. Vardavas and others did a research study on the effects that an electronic cigarette could produce on the respiratory system. The results concluded that people who inhale these chemicals could have drastic effects on airways resistance and nitric oxide levels. According to “Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes,” a study was concluded which states, “Researchers evaluated the acute effects of EC use on coronary flow. In particular, they measured the flow velocity reserve of the left anterior descending coronary artery by echocardiography after intravenous infusion of adenosine, representing the maximal ability of the artery to deliver blood to the myocardium.” As I stated in the first question, there isn’t much information to determine anything involving e-cigarettes. Since I was unsure what facts to use, I used a