Dangers Of E-Cigarettes

After reading chapter sixteen, it informed me about the importance of writing a persuasive paper. For the first statement, “to persuade my audience that e-cigarettes are harmful to human health”, is simply a question of fact. In this statement, the speaker would act as a lecturer or a teacher informing the audience about the harmfulness of e-cigarettes. I would then rewrite this statement as a question of policy. For example, should individuals test for cancer every three months to see if they are at risk for cancer due to using e-cigarettes? The second statement, “to persuade my audience that a national sales tax should be adopted to help reduce the national debt”, would be a question of policy. Reason being is because it uses the word should within the statement. I would then rewrite the statement as “national sales tax should be adopted to help reduce the national debt because the nation owes other countries funds”.

There is a new trend hitting the market known as e-cigarettes, or “vaping.” Many people believe that e-cigarettes are better than traditional cigarettes, but research shows just how unhealthy and harmful e-cigarettes are for everyone. The FDA has not yet decided if e-cigarettes should be regulated like tobacco products. E-cigarettes are marketed to help people quit smoking and live a healthier nonsmoking life. E-cigarettes are meant to help break the habit of smoking, but why are there so many “toxic chemicals” (Gilger) in the vapor? Is this new invention to help people quit smoking or just another way for tobacco companies to get richer?

“ The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror – not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray ”. – David Byrne. Smoking has been an habit in teenagers and adults for a very long time and it is well known that it is harmful for them as well for the environment. Technology has advanced, and now there are electronic cigarettes, called E-cigarette, which are devices with battery that carry nicotine heated aersosol in a fashion that imitates common cigarettes, while carrying lower levels of toxins than a conventional lit cigarette. They can be used indoors, which allows smokers to get their fix wherever and whenever they want. A study from NBC News (Leshae) shows that electronic cigarettes are a technique for smokers to try quitting their addictions. Manufacturers consider that e-cigarattes are healthier than normal tobacco cigarattes, since smokers are inhaling vaporized nicotine rather of carcinogen-filled smoke. However, according to a Thomas Jefferson University Alumni article, some reseachers have found harmful ingredients in certain e-cigarettes, such as ethylene glycol poisoning, a primary ingredient in brake fluid and antifreeze. E-cigarettes mey seem like a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes, nevertheless there is some research that proves the contrary and we still don’t know its long term effect.

The nicotine inside the cartridges is addictive just as in a normal cigarette. When you stop using it, you can get suffer from symptoms including feeling irritable, depressed, restless and anxious. It can be dangerous for people with heart diseases. It may also harm your arteries over time. A lot of research is going on surrounding the health effects of the e-cigarettes. Based on current research e-cigarettes may be safer than regular cigarettes since the biggest danger from a normal cigarette is the smoke from the burning tobacco, and e-cigarettes don't burn. Tests also indicate that the levels of chemicals they give off are much less than what you'd get from a real cigarette. But what's in them can vary as no regulations on the additives

E-cigarettes are a new and more innovative way for smokers to get their nicotine high, and some believe they are even healthier to use while others do not. Many people see the word “cigarette” and assume that it has a lot of health consequences and can cause death and second-hand smoke. While there are some who know what E-cigarettes truly are and know the difference between the two and the change in health risks. I have a neutral idea about the object knowing that it can help people quite cigarette but they still can cause a potential health risk to long time smokers as their body beings to reject the foreign chemicals/objects like tar from the body which is very painfully to experience. E-Cigarettes are treated as regular Cigarettes

The decision between the use of e-cigarettes and real cigarettes is an answer that can affect your life and your body during its progression. During the experiments done scientists tested how e-cigarettes affect the body and how well it is seen by the general population of physicians. The first experiment done on smokers using 14-37 packs a year, switching to e-cigarettes, showed that these people began decreasing the amount of packs they smoked by 22% in week 12 of the study and about 13% in one year. The next experiment measured the amount of people in a set group who have ever used an e-cigarette. The results showed about 9% of people said they have used an e-cigarette and about 1% said they have used and stopped using e-cigarette. The next experiment showed cytotoxicity of e-cigarettes and if mice developed any lung issues at various intensities. The use of intense e-cigarettes showed that the mice had much more CRV than the control group of mice, leading to the verdict that e-cigarettes could have a harmful affect on humans too. These results show how e-cigarettes are used between the population and who is more likely to come in contact with the product. Also, the results show that the e-cigarettes affect the human body just like regular cigarettes do.

Facts: The Food and Drug Administration issued a rule in 1996 that prohibited the tobacco products labeling, promotion, and availability to young people (children and adolescents). The FDA claimed that as per Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), it had authority to regulate tobacco products because nicotine is a drug and devices such as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco deliver nicotine to the body. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation sued challenging the FDA regulations over tobacco product under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. They claimed that history of the Act did not allow the FDA to regulate the tobacco products. The United States District Court ruled that the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act allowed the FDA to regulate tobacco product as a device, but under section 360 (e) the agency had overstepped its authority to promote and advertise tobacco products. The Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit reversed the decision of District Court, holding that FDA had no jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. Because, the description of tobacco (as a device) was imperfect and the agency could not verify that the impact of tobacco products on the body was intended under the act.

Given the limited studies on the health effects of e-cigarettes, particularly in the cardiovascular system, we sought to review the safety of their constituents/toxicants individually, in order to gain a better understanding of their possible/potential harm. For several years, e-cigarettes were marketed as alternatives to smoking tobacco, with less or no adverse impacts on both users and non-user’s health. However, studies over the past few years illustrated a list of chemicals that are present in e-liquids and that are exhaled in e-vapors (Table 2). The generated levels of these chemicals are not consistent and apparently vary between studies, due to the wide range of products on the market, different

Can E-cigarettes be harmful or less harmful? Today the non-smokers are using E-cigarettes to quit smoking they are cigarettes but powered by batteries and it does not burn or contain tobacco there is a chemical liquid filled called a nicotine and the nicotine will burn in a heating device turns into a vapor. The nicotine contain flavorings like a type of fruit or sweets but they are levels of nicotine for example if your purchase a E-juice you will see on the box say 0 MG or 3MG and so this means the level of nicotine when it is 0 MG that means no nicotine and that is unhealthy for the body from the nicotine and other chemical and today teenagers are using E-cigarettes.

The researchers conclude that using the electronic cigarettes and tabacco cigarettes are very harmful especially in the case of human health. The researchers also conclude that smoking E-cigarettes or also called "Vape" is not safe at all. E-cigarette contains Nicotine which is addictive as the same in cigarette which is not good for people with heart problems and it can also damage unborn babies that is why Women that is pregnant should not use anything with nicotine it also contains formaldehyde which is used in building material and another ingredient for antifreeze that can cause cancer. In cigarette smoking the researchers conclude that it can harm every organ of the body it can also cause many disease which can reduces the health of smokers.

In the early 1900’s before the world understood the significant harmful effects caused by nicotine, cigarettes gained popularity at an alarming rate. Aggressive marketing targeted men, then women, then soldiers fighting in the cold during World War I. Early 1950’s research showed the strong relationship between smoking and lung cancer. Over the years the relationship between smoking and cancer became firmly established, with almost 90% of lung cancer deaths attributed to smoking. In 1964, the Surgeon General wrote its first report on the harmful effects of smoking and began its efforts to reduce smoking by implementing bans and restriction. Much of the decline in smoking can be attributed to the stringent tobacco control policies that restrict the places individuals can smoke, the age at which one can purchase cigarettes, and increase in taxes and prices (Feuer, et. al. 2012). In 2003, all the hard work of scientists, doctors, and government officials was overturned when e-cigarettes were invented in Beijing, China and became the “new kid on the block” (Casaa.org). Electronic or E-cigarettes are battery powered devices that deliver vapor which may be inhaled in the same manner that tobacco is smoked. It has advertised itself as a harmless way to look cool for teenagers and as a healthy alternative to smoking for adults (Pallav, et. al. 2015). Many have taken up vaporizing e-cigarettes with the

Through many decades, tobacco has been used very commonly through out of the world. Instead of using conventional cigarettes, many smokers today are using e-cigarettes in order to quit theirs long-term smoking habits. In fact, no one really knows whether the e-cigarettes are effective or not. However, they are very dangerous because the nicotine of e-liquids inside the e-cigarettes has been identified by some toxicologist of the Poison Control Center which contains a type of poison that kills both children and adults. According to the New York Times, “A dangerous new form of a powerful stimulant is hitting markets nationwide, for sale by the vial, the gallon and even the barrel” (Richtel). Nowadays, the e-cigarettes are available everywhere, and also, the e-liquids bottles have been sold dramatically in recent years. Therefore, using e-cigarettes is one of the most serious problems to public health because they induce toxicity which can trigger the oxidative stress and inflammatory response in lung cells, and even kill people with just one teaspoon.

Former president Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in June of 2009. The main goal of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act is to give Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the ability to control tobacco production, the way it is advertised and information regarding health issues. This paper will provide a brief background about The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the Act have addressed issues pertaining to warning labels and guidelines on ingredients and provide statistical information on who have been affected by the issue. This Act is to correct all the misleading information provided by tobacco industries.

E-cigarettes are a relatively recent invention caused by an increased public knowledge of the harm of traditional tobacco cigarettes, intended as an alternative to cigarettes in which users can intake nicotine, the active ingredient in cigarettes drawn from tobacco leaves, without being susceptible to lung disease. Supporters of e-cigarettes argue that e-cigarettes are not carcinogenic and do not cause secondhand smoke, the possibly addicting smoke released from burning tobacco products, decreasing the risk of disease from e-cigarettes. Opponents of e-cigarettes point out that the potentially harmful chemical propylene glycol is a major ingredient in e-cigarettes, as propylene glycol is often used as the fluid in the atomizer of the e-cigarette, and sometimes is used as the e-cigarette flavoring (12). In addition, e-cigarettes produce some ultrafine particles and aldehydes in addition to the nicotine and water it is intended to produce.

United States’ attention has shifted from communicable disease to chronic disease throughout the years. One of the leading cause of death today has been cardiovascular disease caused mainly by tobacco. Tobacco is the leading cause of chronic disease and death in the United States. Today, not only are traditional cigarettes playing a toll on one’s health but so are E-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are different compared to tobacco, as they contain liquefied nicotine and they produce vapor as opposed to harmful smoke from cigarettes. Moreover, vaping has little effect on the lungs unlike tobacco. E-cigarettes are devices that allow users to inhale an aerosol containing nicotine or other substances. Nicotine is one of the more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes and is what causes users to become so addicted. As nicotine stimulates the body, it speeds up the nervous system. According to National Institute of Health (NIH), “Each year, approximately 443,000 Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses (2016). Some of the health effects of smoking e-cigarettes and tobacco are that it causes most lung cancer, can cause attacks for those who have asthma, heart disease, impaired immune system, shorter lifespan, emphysema and other chronic disease, etc,. High concentrations of nicotine may put non-users at risk for second hand smoking, particularly children.