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Are Electronic Cigarettes Less Harmful Than Tobacco Cigarettes?
There have been many articles written about the general controversy and coverage of electronic cigarettes and there are likely to be many more written too. How about just for a moment, we take a look at what the distributors of e cigs say are the positive things about the product, and then if you are interested you check into it all in more detail at one of the many websites that promote them.
To take a clearer look at some of the so called benefits of electronic cigarettes, we first need to think about all the known terrible things about smoking regular tobacco cigarettes.
Bad things about tobacco cigarettes:
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Diseases and illnesses. Lung cancer is the most obvious of the cancers than can be caused by smoking but there are many more besides, such as throat cancer and mouth cancer. Bladder cancer and cancer of the kidney are also much more common in smokers.
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As well as all the cancer threats there are also cardiovascular diseases and other lung diseases to worry about. All in all, research has shown that smokers are likely to live 7 or 8 years less than those that don’t smoke.
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Passive smoking – not only does smoking put the smoker at risk but also the health and lives of the people around them, through passive smoking or inhaling second hand smoke.
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Bad breath, yellow fingers and teeth and smelly clothes are some of the other unpleasant effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes.
How are electronic cigarettes less harmful?
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Although an electronic cigarette still contains the addictive nicotine, there is absolutely no tobacco present and therefore none of the tar (which is the cancer causing substance) build up that is associated with regular cigs.
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An e cig only emits water like vapour (no smoke); therefore there is no danger of passive smoking.
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The vapour itself is odourless so none of the smelly breath or clothes occurs.
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They are legal to smoke anywhere, unlike tobacco cigarettes which are banned from pretty much all public places.
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E cigarettes are approximately about 80% cheaper to smoke then ordinary cigarettes, so potentially a huge saving.
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Without the tar, there is little or no pollution which actually makes e cigs much greener and less harmful to the environment.
So, are electronic cigarettes less harmful than tobacco cigarettes? On this particular evidence the answer would have to be an unequivocal yes! There’s lots more information out there than can help you decide whether as a smoker, the e cigarette is something for you or not.
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