E Cig-Smoking Alternative

Are E-Cigarettes a good alternative

to traditional smoking or a danger

to health?

 

 

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) were

introduced to the market in 2004

by Chinese Druggist Hon Lik.

 

 

What are they...exactly?

 

E-cigs are battery operated, electronic inhalant devices

that produces heat and contains a cartridge full of

chemicals such as propylene glycol, nicotine and tetramethylpyrazine. 

These chemicals are advertised to be non-carcinogenic which is means

not cancer forming.

 

But, does that mean they aren't harmful?

 

It may not cause cancer but nicotine has been proven to be damaging

to the heart. Prolonged exposure to tetramethylpyrazine

can cause brain damage in humans. Another chemical
called diethylene glycol, which is a component of
anit-freeze, has been found in the flameless smokes!

 

Recent reports prove that certain flavors of the

e-cig can be extremely harmful to children

who are exposed to its vapors.

 

 

http://www.primehealthchannel.com/electronic-cigarette-dangers-and-side-effects.html



Cigarette Smoking:What it really looks like. An experiment

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Besides causing bad breath, yellowed fingers and speeds the progression 

of facial wrinkles, smoking contributes to a long list of health problems.

http://blogcritics.org/how-smoking-affects-your-skin/

• increases coronary heart disease and stroke by 2 to 4 times (coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States)
• increases lung cancer in men by 23 times-women 13 times
• dying from chronic lung conditions causing constant shortness of breath (COPD=Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease such as emphysema, bronchitis and increase susceptibility to pneumonia) by damaging the "air sacs" of the lungs preventing them from expanding to exchange air
• increase in peripheral vascular disease (causes poor circulation in extremities, esp. legs and poor wound healing resulting in severe infection, loss of limb or possibly death if unable to control infection due to inadequate circulation)
• causes abdominal aortic aneurysm (weakening in the wall the largest artery in the body that supplies all other vessels)
• causes multiple types of cancer
• bladder
• cervix
• prostate
• lung
• esophagus
• throat
• stomach
• pancreas
• oral cavity
• larynx (voice box)
• causes complications in pregnancy and for newborn such as low birth weight 
• miscarriages
• pre-term labor
• increases risk for and makes worse osteoporosis (brittle bones)
• slow wound healing

To quit smoking is never easy but it is definitely worth it no matter 

how many times it takes to quit completely.

http://www.stopsmokinggelsite.com/

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/