Electronic Cigarettes Should Be Regulated

Electronic cigarettes have become an alternative to regular tobacco cigarettes. There have been many health claims and advantages for using electronic cigarettes promoting their popularity. According to “E-cigarettes: How Safe Are They” that appeared in The Journal of Family Practice, E-cigarettes were introduced to North America and in 2007, and by 2014 four percent of the U.S. population used them. There are currently hundreds of manufacturers, and there are varying degrees of quality in each one. Many people have turned to these devices as an aid to quit smoking regular cigarettes, and others have started using them due to their healthy implications. The issue is that currently there is a lack of regulation or control by the U.S. government on the manufacture of these products. Because these devices’ chemicals affect the body’s own chemistry just as medicines affects it the same way, there must be proper research to ensure proper regulations are drafted for the wellbeing of its use. Without regulation, there is the problem of compromising the safety of the users due to misuse, inconsistent chemical mixtures, or improper storage containers.

Originally manufactured in China in 2003, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were manufactured as a better way of inhaling nicotine without the health effects of smoking tobacco. They were developed to provide the tobacco user with a device that would heat up liquid nicotine and other chemicals including carcinogens that once heated would create a vapor in which the user would inhale. Unlike cigarettes, nothing is burned, and there is no smoke released from the device. E-cigarettes are marketed to the consumer as a better way of quitting smoking or just sustaining the craving of tobacco by allowing the smoker the pleasure of nicotine in reduced amounts. Currently, the FDA Center for Tobacco Products regulates cigarettes, tobacco, and smokeless tobacco and only e-cigarettes that are marketed to the consumer for therapeutic purposes are regulated by the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

In the 1960’s something out of the ordinary came about in the American market. It was when electronic cigarettes were created, they were not very known until twelve years later. Electronic cigarettes are called e-cigarettes which are operated nicotine inhalers (Neporent). In today’s world, many people under the age of 18 use e-cigarettes. That’s why I think the government should increase the restrictions on e-cigarettes.

It wasn't long ago that there were still a few people that didn't know what electronic cigarettes were. It suddenly seemed as if overnight, people found out what electronic cigarettes were and if they were smokers, they quickly started buying them up after they got over their initial hesitations.

In 2003, Han Lik, a Chinese pharmacist, developed the electronic cigarette after the death of his father due to lung cancer. Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices that are filled with flavored liquid that may or may not contain nicotine that can be inhaled by the user. The device gives smokers that experience of a traditional cigarette but without all the tar, tobacco, and carcinogens. The vaporization in electronic cigarettes is started by the battery heating up the liquid solution, then creating a vapor that can be inhaled. Some are in the form of a regular cigarette while others are in the shape of a pen (Prono). The FDA does not currently regulate e-cigarettes and there are no long-term studies on the effects of the chemicals used in the vapor solutions.

Despite various claims via online websites and advertisements, electronic cigarettes are not a safe alternative to regular cigarettes. Often advertised as having no dangerous chemicals, many people would think that they are completely safe because of these misleading ads. However, electronic cigarettes still have toxic chemicals inside of them, and even more that are created when smoking them. The biggest reason cigarettes are addictive is because of a drug called “nicotine” inside of them. This drug creates a feeling of pleasure in the brain, but it is short lived, turning that pleasure into irritability and eventually addiction. Besides nicotine, e-cigs also have other ingredients such as aldehydes (which kills cells around the mouth and throat), nitrosamines (which can cause lung cancer), and even some metals. Because of these dangerous chemicals that are still present in electronic cigarettes, they are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, the presence of nicotine being the biggest reason.

In 2003 E-cigarettes were invented by Lik Hon in China and in just three short years they exploded worldwide (Hajek et al. 1). This topic is important because E-Cigarettes are sweeping the globe by providing millions of users a vapor, nicotine delivering device. Not only are they bringing in a new subculture called “vaping”, but also many questions on how they should be regulated (Gardiner 1). The users of E-cigarettes are widespread and can not be pinpointed to just one age, race, or even country, the users are everywhere. According to Etter and Bullen some users use e-cigarettes to help them quit traditional cigarettes and others use them to complement their tobacco use. However the greatest rise of e-cigarette use has come from adolescence, majority being teenagers who are not tobacco users (Etter and Bullen).

E-cigs have become a widespread phenomenon in the recent past. Electronic cigarettes are a good choice for traditional cigarette smokers. Beginners always face challenges due to the broad variety of e-cigs and vaping accessories. There is a whole slew of jargon used to describe vape products, and it can be daunting. Many smokers who switch to vaping tend to return to traditional cigars due to lack of info and the many pitfalls involved.

The Center of Disease Control’s (CDC) study found that 1.8 million middle and high school students admitted to using electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) in 2012. The article “Smoke Signals” by Alessandra Potenza from the Upfront Magazine states that e-cigs are becoming more popular, but also are becoming more controversial. Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigs are becoming more popular among youth and because they are unregulated, U.S. officials are worried.

Except for a couple patents back around the 1960s, Vapes or electronic cigarettes didn’t come out for sale until the past few years. They first appeared in China in 2004 and spread to other areas including Europe in 2006 and then the United States the following year. These electronic cigarettes have spread all over the United States in shops and stores. Many US teens, despite age, have been interested in the vaping trend because of their “so-called” safe nature and harmless effects.

As stated by Eleanor Roosevelt, “One 's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” Everybody has a myriad choices in life. Some choices are better than others, and some are the worst choices one could have possibly chosen. The choices of one may work in one’s favor, or one’s choices may work in contrariety of one’s goals altogether. Electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes or e-cigs, are an alternative choice to smoking actual cigarettes. Whether e-cigarettes should be regulated is a controversial topic among the people of the world today. A few people withhold the beliefs that electronic cigarettes should not be regulated as regular cigarettes are. It is possible that they believe that the regulation will lead to the prohibition or cease of smoking wholly. However, speaking as a candor person, one may say that these people are blind to the potential harms that the lack of regulation could create and that the lack of regulation may actually be causing electronic cigarettes to work in opposition of the purpose they are mostly used for. E-cigarettes are proven to not to have the same detrimental effects as regular cigarettes, however they are potently harmful, with different and serious consequences. The regulations would not be banning electronic cigarettes; the regulations are working to protect the health and well-being of everyone.

creasing smokes an E-cig of American college students under the age of 20 who have never smoked before. Until recently, grocery stores and tobacco markets did not have a strict law to ban them from selling E-cig to children under the age of 18. James Lauria a 32 year old had a burn from the first degree after the E-cig he was smoking blow up in his face (electronic cigarettes should be regulated, 2015). In 1963, Herbert A. Gilbert patented the first E-cig, whose produced Cigalike device to heat the nicotine resolution and create water vapor (electronic cigarettes should be regulated, 2015). But Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist, made the modern E-cig in 2003, to control the smoking desire (electronic cigarettes should be regulated, 2015). On other hand, there are many studies warn about the E-cig is harmful as the regular cig. Those studies explained three categories who are unhealthiness, addiction, and youths.

Lets look at the history of vaping and e-cigs. In 2003, the idea of a healthier alternative for smoking cigarettes was thought up by a man named Hon Lik, 52 years old living in Beijing, China. He was a pharmacist, he invented the first e-cig and just so happened to be a smoker. He invented this device

Vaping has been around since the 1960’s. However, the tech for vaping has altered greatly as the technology improves. Mr. Herbert Gilbert filed the first patent for an electronic cigarette in 1963. It included the smokeless flavored air heating elements, as well as flavor cartridges. The idea did not spark manufacturer’s interest at the time.

Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist is credited with the invention of the electronic cigarette in 2003. The product was introduced in the market in 2004 and foreign exportation of e-cigarette started in 2005/2006. Though facing some legislation wars in the United States from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the electronic cigarette is legal. E-cigarette market is rapidly growing all over the world. Thousands of new smokers are believed to be joining the bad-wagon of smokers each and every week globally. Within