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Why Do Companies Use Electronic Cigarettes?

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Electronic cigarettes were first developed by a Chinese pharmacist because he watched his father die from cancer caused by traditional cigarettes.. The article “ Smoke Signals” by Alessandra Potenza which is featured in Upfront magazine shows that E Cigs are a controversial and complex issue which is popular among young Americans. Electronic cigarettes do not contain all of the harmful chemicals that cigarettes do. Although these E Cigs are an healthier alternative to cigarettes, these E Cigs may still get users addicted to nicotine just an cigarettes would.
Although the E Cigs may have noble use, officials believe that companies are using marketing ploys to target youth. A certain brand of electronic cigarettes “Blue Ecigs” spent approximately 50 million dollars in 2013 on marketing. Some companies are also using celebrities to make smoking e cigs look cool. Experts also wonder if manufactures of e cigs are targeting youth because of the flavors such as bubble gum, chocolate, or vanilla. Some Officials are worried that this trend could undo 40 years of efforts to de-glamorise smoking. Because they contain carcinogens the FDA …show more content…

Cigarette smoking is responsible for 500,000 deaths from cancer and heart disease. Smokers who are trying to quit have options such as nicotine patches and gum to help them quit. Although experts and doctors believe that e cigs give smokers trying to quit a an better edge against addiction than nicotine gum and patches. A college student who began smoking cigarettes at 17 named Bryan Kano quit with the help of e cigs at the age of 21. Although the use of ecigs are better than traditional cigarettes some critics argue that it smoking e cigs can make it harder to quit smoking because users and smoke them everywhere. Although critics view e cigarette use as dangerous doctors view these devices as safer alternative to

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