The FDA is reputing the claims made by Electronic Cigarettes makers that e-cigarettes are harmless. The FDA calls the e-Cigarette Toxic and warns against their use. Tests conducted by the U S Food and Drug Administration found electronic cigarettes to contain toxic and carcinogenic chemicals. The FDA analysis found that the devices contained diethelene glycol, a toxic chemical found in antifreeze, and nitrosamines and other carcinogens. Margaret A Hamburg, MD, FDA Commissioner reports that"The FDA is concerned about the safety of these products and how they are marketed to the public." They have not been approved for human consumption, are potentially appealing to children, and are the subject of dubious safety claims. Dr Steven Schroeder spoke against them saying "Nicotine is not the thing in tobacco smoke that causes cancer but inhaling pure nicotine may be dangerous." Nicotine is used as a pesticide because it is so toxic.
"It is very important that parents let their children know e-cigarettes are not safe and to make recommendations, or even enforce rules that they are not to be used," added Jonathan Winickoff, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium.
Electronic Cigarettes run on a battery. When inhaled, the battery warms liguid nicotine stored in a plastic filter. The combination of heat and liquid creates a vapor or "smoke" puff when exhaled. Many brands are manufactured in China. They are not legally available in the United States. I think more information will be coming out on these and hope that this information will help you be an informed consumer.
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I think it would be fair to express another opinion regarding e-cigarettes. It would be important to not that these tests were not run in a scientific manner and that the levels of toxins were not published and were therefor detectable only by sensitive instruments. In addition to this, consider the alternative which is smoking traditional cigarettes with over 4000 chemical compounds of which 60 or more are carcinogenic. Aknow killer for both the smoker and second hand smoke. Cigarette smoke kills over 400,000 Americans each year. This is too important of a product to be prevented and withheld from smokers who may be almost hopelessly addicted to nicotine. I would urge everyone to dig deeper and find out the real facts behind why these products are now experiencing difficulty and resistance by the powers that be. Don't believe the hype!
It's a no brainer when it come to comparing an Electronic
Cigarette Vaping to Tobacco Smoking.Which is a greater risk to your
health, you ask ? Over 400,000 thousand people die each year in the US from
Tobacoo smoking! Not including worldwide... An Electronic Cigarette has
been around for 5 years worldwide, you ask how many deaths has there been
reported within this 5 years from the use of an electronic cigaretts? My
research shows that 0 reports have been made! The facts are in. Please do
your research and choose a better alternative thats right for you & for others :)
The alternative that I would like to suggest is that you quit smoking. It is possible, you can quit, don't give up. That is the healthiest alternative to quit. Nicotine is very toxic. There are also other chemical compounds being put in e-cigarettes so it compares to regular cigarettes in that they both have unknown chemicals added. These unknown variables make using either nicotine delivery systems risky with some known and some unknown results. I encourage you all to not give up on quitting!
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