Should E-Cigarettes Be Restricted in Public Areas?

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Should E-Cigarettes Be Restricted In Public Areas?
E-cigarettes have heating elements that are battery operated and hold cartridges of nicotine and other liquids and flavoring. They were produced to assist those who are trying to quit smoking or reduce the amount of nicotine that is actually inhaled in the body to make it a safer product for the consumer than actually smoking a cigarette. There is controversy on whether or not this product promotes a safer nicotine habit or stimulates someone to begin smoking habits. Most importantly, those who do not smoke at all are concerned whether or not the secondhand smoke emitted from these devices is harmful for those who do not wish to inhale nicotine products. There are states laws that restrict smoking in public areas and now the question is should e-cigarettes be restricted in public areas as well?

For those who smoke cigarettes and will continue to do so, making a switch to smoking e-cigarettes would be a safer alternative. Goniewicz is a cancer researcher in the Department of Health Behavior at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York (Reuters, 2014). He and his colleagues conducted two studies of secondhand smoke exposure to e-cigarette vapors in a laboratory and the results were published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research (Reuters, 2014). In the first study they had an electronic machine that generated the vapors in an enclosed space and then they proceeded to measure the amount of nicotine and other potentially harmful gasses and particle that were in the air along with carbon monoxide that was generated. In the second study they used five men who smoked cigarettes on a regular basis and also smoked e-cigarettes. Each man entered a room and smoked his usual...

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...t using these products who does not already smoke in the first place as the nicotine and other chemicals in the vapors are addictive and hazardous according to studies. You can’t cheat the system, if you smoke then the possibilities of lung cancer and death may come sooner than you think.

Works Cited

FDA: Second-hand smoke from e-cigarettes may be harmful to your health. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.gmanetwork.com
Griffin, M.R. (2014). Smoking Cessation Health Center. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com
Kraklio, K. (2014). Arizona seeing more cases of nicotine over-exposure from e-cigarettes. Retrieved from http://www.abc15.com
Reuters, . (2014). Secondhand vapor from e-cigarettes contains nicotine but not other toxins: study. Retrieved from http://www.nydailynews.com
Sohn, E. (2011). How Safe Are E-Cigarettes. Retrieved from http://www.abcnews.go.com

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