The use of e-cigarettes – or simply ‘e-cigs’ – is gaining popularity among the smokers all across the world because e-cigs cater to the nicotine needs of the smokers without any negative effects. E-cigs are being considered a much better ‘smoking’ alternative vis-à-vis the conventional tobacco cigarettes because of the ‘safe for consumption’ tag attached to them. The smokers of tobacco cigarettes can apparently get healthy by switching to e-cigs because of the following reasons:
No harmful chemicals are inhaled: While smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes has long been linked to health problems, particularly to an increased risk of lung cancer, e-cigs are healthier than tobacco cigarettes because of the fact that smokers do not inhale any harmful chemicals. Since e-cigs essentially simulate the act of tobacco smoking by giving out an aerosol mist which results from the vapourizing of glycerin- or polyethylene glycol-based liquid solution with the help of an electrical inhaler, they give the smokers their nicotine kick without emitting any toxic substances or real smoke.
As such, e-cigs are free from the cancer-causing agents – like tar, glue, several additives, and hydrocarbons – which are found in conventional tobacco cigarettes. No wonder, the use of e–cigs in public has been made legal in most countries, as they do not pose any health issues for either the active or the passive smokers who inhale second-hand smoke of tobacco cigarettes.
E-cigs do not put health at risk: Different researches carried out over the past few years have revealed that e-cigs do not put the health of smokers at risk, the way conventional tobacco cigarettes do. Comparatively much safer than tobacco cigarettes, e-cigs do not cause any alarming harm to the smokers lungs or other parts of their body.
Since the inhaling of tobacco smoke into the smokers’ lungs releases harmful carcinogens, tobacco cigarettes can be the cause of potential health problems for most smokers. Though these problems may not appear for years together, they do cause harm in the long run; a harm which the e–cigs are not known to cause thus far. In place of producing real smoke which contains harmful carcinogens, e-cigs only release a soft mist which contains nicotine, along with the smokers’ selected flavors such as fruit or menthol.
E-cigs edge smokers towards nicotine-free smoking option: With the e-cigarette users having the advantage of purchasing nicotine solutions which are available in various levels of strength, e-cigs are so designed that they essentially aim at edging the smokers from nicotine dependence towards a nicotine-free ‘smoking’ option. The gradual use of e-cigs of lower levels of nicotine strengths pushes the smokers towards a healthier smoking alternative which does not involve nicotine.
The e-cigarettes work in such a way that the smokers generally begin with higher nicotine levels and, with the passage to time, work their way down to lower nicotine levels, till they reach a time when they no longer remain dependent on nicotine. Despite the fact that there are not enough scientific studies to prove that e-cigs can probably help smokers actually kick the butt, most e-cigs users vouch that the use of e-cigs has lowered their dependence on tobacco cigarettes!
