Electronic Cigarettes Essay

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Many people in today’s society would like the chance to quit smoking, so now there is a way to do this with a new product business are designing to have people cut down on their smoking or even quit. This new product that is taking the world by storm is a product called Electronic Cigarettes or also known as e-cigarettes. This invention is designed to be a flavor filled unit with a water vapor inside to give a person the sensation of smoking without actually inhaling the tobacco itself. Rather than inhaling the nicotine from the smoking of traditional cigarettes, the electronic cigarettes are a battery operated product that delivers low amounts, if any, nicotine with a flavor so it smells better and taste better. Now that people have tried to quit smoking with the help of a vapor cigarette or e-cigarette as some call it, now the government wants to come in and now to try to regulate this new product as …show more content…
Aside from cigarettes being nasty anyways and the god awful smell of regular tobacco cigarettes, the e-cigarette does have a normally non-offensive or pleasant scent associated having the desire to smoke without breathing in the actual smoke of a traditional cigarette. Everyday tobacco cigarettes generate smoke that is a toxic and is harmful to someone but also to others around you for second hand smoke. Acetone which is an irritant that can cause kidney and liver damage to an individual, Acrolein that is extremely toxic, Carbon Monoxide decreases heart and muscle functions needed, and Lead which is a cause of brain damage just to name a few, but the list goes on [FDA]. E-cigarettes do not contain any of these harmful ingredients, yet the FDA still wants to regulate. Smoking e-cigarettes or tobacco cigarettes affect everyone differently, so the benefits of e-cigs assist you better in quitting smoking or simple cutting down the

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