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Argumentative Essay On Electronic Tobacco

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Electronic Cigarettes and Cancer
Steven Smith
Barry University
Melbourne Campus

Author Note This paper was prepared for BIO_342,ML Spring A, taught by Professor Stephen M. Garramone, M.D.
Introduction
Tobacco users are quickly switching to E-Cigarettes convinced that they are a safer option to their former tobacco use. Companies are advertising that people can get their nicotine fix safely and not have the risks of cancer, heart disease, or a myriad of other ailments. What most people do not realize is that there is no current regulation making E-Cigarette manufacturers properly label what is in the liquid being consumed or the amount of said ingredients. As of right now, manufacturers have very little restrictions on them when …show more content…

The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) has written several articles showing that there is no solid evidence that E-Cigarettes are helping people to quit using tobacco. Several studies have been done by various organizations and the results are simply inconclusive. They state that some people quit using cigarettes in favor of vaping, but others use both, and some younger people actually start smoking after vaping first. Even NIDA says that many E-Cigarette manufacturers are putting ingredients like formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in their products where both are known to be carcinogens when ingested (NIDA, …show more content…

The general consensus is that E-Cigarettes are not safe. Many of them contain known carcinogens as well as other unsafe ingredients. However, the long term use of E-Cigarettes is still really unknown. Although the FDA has classified E-Cigarettes as a tobacco product and therefore have many of the same restrictions, they have not mandated manufacturers to properly label their products nor have they penalized manufacturers for false advertisement. One thing has become certain; unless the FDA outlaws E-Cigarettes, which at this point is extremely unlikely, vaping is here to stay and may replace smoking in the

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