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How can an electronic cigarette be unhealthy? This is quite a significant, yet complicated question that this piece seeks to answer. The electronic cigarette is marketed as a safe alternative to conventional cigarettes, however, there have been recent developments about this device that may suggest otherwise. According to an F.D.A. study of nineteen brands of electronic cigarettes, they claim that about half of them were made of nitrosamines, which are the exact carcinogens found in conventional cigarettes, and quite a few of them had diethylene glycol, the active poisonous component of antifreeze. Surprisingly, others that stated that they contained ‘no’ nicotine, had low concentrations of nicotine after all. Generally speaking, the controversial issue surrounding the electronic cigarette is that its long term effects are mostly unknown. What is known about the product follows in the next paragraph.
The thing is, most electronic cigarettes are made in China, and we are all aware of the loose manufacturing oversight in China that leads to inferior products being put out on the market. Also, some even say that the delivery of nicotine straight to the lungs, as the electronic cigarette does, advances its delivery to the brain, increasing dependence risks. The F.D.A. has also and remarkably so, found the presence of ‘carcinogens and toxins’ in at least two types of electronic cigarettes. One pulmonologist, Dr. Jonathan Whiteson, put it this way, and I quote, “electronic cigarettes should be absolutely avoided because they clearly have toxic elements,” end of quote.
Another potentially unhealthy eventuality of electronic cigarettes, however indirect, is that the act of using electronic cigarettes, some say, can make you even more unlikely to quit smoking the infamously deadly conventional cigarettes. This, they say, is as a result of the fact that the act of ‘vaping’ electronic cigarettes mimics the very act of smoking conventional cigarettes, in effect, exercising the ‘hand to mouth’ habit of conventional cigarettes.
How can an electronic cigarette be unhealthy? Well new studies suggest a lot of unhealthy characteristics of the electronic cigarette. However, proponents of the electronic cigarette say that the F.D.A. is targeting the electronic cigarette because if more people switch to this cigarette type, the tobacco industry, which is a government cash cow, will lose substantial profits. These opposing arguments make the entire issue of the safety of the electronic cigarette quite a delicate issue, one that is likely to be fought over for many years to come.
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You should review the report again. Cartridges from TWO manufacturers were tested and out of 18 that were tested from 1 manufacturer had TRACE amounts of DEG and TRACE amounts of nitrosamines. This does not equal half as you stated in your piece.