Electronic Cigarettes
The electronic cigarette. It’s the cigarette for the new age! It gets rid of that harmful, second-hand smoke, you won’t smell like smoke, it has no more tar, carbon monoxide or ash but you can still get the same amount of nicotine! Plus, they electronic cigarette comes in different flavors and it can save you up to $1000 a year!
On ecigaretteschoice.com it says “Being hailed as he smokers smart choice, the decision is easy to become an instant modern smoker.” They advertise them to be harmless and so much better than the old fashion cigarettes and that anyone can do it now, because they are perfectly safe! Also, another benefit of the cigarette of the modern age is that you can smoke anywhere, even in places that don’t allow regular cigarettes because it does not give off smoke, it gives off water vapor. But before I get ahead of myself, I should probably tell you what an e-cigarette is. It is, to put it simply, a battery powered cigarette. It still looks and tastes like a cigarette, even with more flavors. It seems to be perfect. They even got four licensed doctors to smoke them on T.V., to prove that they are safe. But when the first doctor took a drag, she started coughing and gagging and making faces. Then, afterward, they said that they would recommend it to current smokers but not to current, non - smokers. In the city of reality, though, that is exactly who it is going to attract the most. There are people out there who have wanted to smoke, but have been smart enough to stay away due to the bad, health side effects. But now that those are “gone”, more people are going to start smoking. Picture this, a group of friends, some smoking, some not. The smoker offer them a cigarette and the non-smokers say no. Then the smoker says “Well, maybe you could get one of those e-cigarettes. They are safe. I ordered one. You should too!” Next thing you know, everyone in that group is a smoker. But they are “fine” because there are no more toxic chemicals or second hand smoke or anything!
But is it really as great as it sounds...? Is it too perfect? It is advertised to have “all the pleasures of smoking, without the deadly health threat.”The FDA did an analysis and found that it contained “carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol...” Diethylene glycol is used as an anti freeze and a fabric softener and a carcinogen is “any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.” I would say that cancer is a deadly health threat. Also, the cigarettes did not have the proper warnings on the box so nobody knew what they were really getting into. New York Law makers actually advanced a bill banning the e-cigarette but it slowed down in the Senate. Many people think that the e cigarette will save their lives and many others, but any kind of smoking, whether it is with a regular cigarette or an e cigarette, is bad. It is not natural. Nicotine, what you would be inhaling in ANY type of cigarette is a poisonous alkaloid that is used as an insecticide. So, on top of inhaling the insecticide, you are also inhaling something that tends to produce cancer and fabric softener and anti-freeze. And, these are now allowed in more places and come in different flavors, making them more attractive to the American public. Maybe being “modern” this one time, is not the way to go. Say no.
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