Persuasive Essay On Electronic Cigarettes

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Electronic smoking has become a very popular alternative to tobacco smoking in the recent times. They are marketed and sold on a large scale as safe smoking devices. An electronic cigarette is a device which delivers Nicotine into the bloodstream in the vapor form, with the help of a battery. I would like to discuss whether electronic smoking is a safe alternative to tobacco smoking, after reading four articles (as mentioned in the references).
After having read the four mentioned articles, I do not personally find that electronic smoking is any safer than tobacco smoking. In some ways, it may even be more harmful than tobacco smoking.
According to the article by the medical journal “medical news today”, electronic cigarettes may be harmful to the lungs. The article mentions that a team of medical professionals, led by Professor Christina Gratziou, conducted a research on the short term health effects of electronic smoking, by asking 32 volunteers to smoke …show more content…

The article clearly states that electronic cigarettes can be addicting, as per some studies, which make them more dangerous than normal cigarettes. Apart from that, the article states that they are dangerous in many other ways. Electronic cigarettes contain many toxic chemicals, as per FDA analysis and the aerosol contaminants along with declared ingredients are poisonous. Electronic cigarettes can be bought by kids and teenagers and are extensively marketed to them in a range of flavors. His can cause addiction in kids and teens. Electronic cigarettes are not regulated by the same laws as normal cigarettes and are advertised widely. Electronic cigarettes can be smoked in places where tobacco smoking is banned. This increases health risks for both smokers and by standers. Also, many people think that electronic cigarettes help them quit smoking and they are not heavily taxed, like tobacco

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