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Pros And Cons Of E-Cigarettes

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Pros & Cons Sure, smoking cigarettes are bad for your health, but that does not mean that the better alternative is e-cigarettes and vapor products, although there are some differences that may seem to make them the better choice. Cynthia Cabrera, executive director of the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association, explains that there are many factors that make e-cigarettes and vapor products less harmful, and safer than actual cigarettes. When you use these products as opposed to smoking an actual cigarette you are not harming the oxygen around you, there is no secondhand smoke to do any harm. She also informs us of the nicotine in these products, but the plus side is that you can choose what level you receive of the nicotine, making it …show more content…

When a person smokes from a vape or an e-cigarette they are inhaling a few different chemicals into their body, such as; propylene glycol, carcinogens, and even nicotine.
They will tell you that the chemicals in these products are less likely to cause you harm than smoking an actual cigarette, when in all honesty there has not been enough research to determine whether or not these items are as safe as they make them out to be. These products have an elevated level of acetic acid, acetone, soprene, formaldehyde and as acetaldehyde averaging around 20% of what the conventional cigarette puts into the air. The levels of carcinogens and toxins put into the air are detectable at the levels they are released. (Hooper, 2017)
There has yet to be enough research done on these products to decide they are safe for you, and healthier. There are plenty of factors that point to the dangers they are at risk of causing. There has been signs of asthma, and with them containing carcinogens, even cancer is a risk.
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The toxins these are realeasing into the air are not only harmful to your body but to you own home. The smoke is like a conventional cigarettes cigarette in this aspect, they can cause discoloration to the home, smells, and even more dust. These things lead to allergies and end up hurting not only you and the home, but anyone else in the home. “Schober et al. (2014) measured levels of potential e-cigarette pollutants

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