I’ve always been amazed at the opposition to e-cigarettes. I imagine most of the harmful effects from regular cigarettes are from the smoke. If you can eliminate the smoke, and give the user just nicotine, it seems like a clear benefit in overall health.
The user then only has to consider the effects of nicotine addiction, which by itself must be better than the health risk from inhaling smoke and toxins.
If you can gradually dial in a lower amount of nicotine in your e-cigarette, you have a chance of beating your addiction.
My friends who are smokers have all tried patches, gum, etc. They complain that they miss the “ritual” of lighting and handling a cigarette. An e-cigarette can simulate the “ritual” and give you something to hold, as opposed to patches or gum.
Since opposition to e-cigarettes defies logic and common sense, the only reasonable conclusion is that it’s all about money.
“A study published in Indoor Air from the Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut in Germany examined secondhand emissions from several e-cigarettes in a human exposure chamber. Each e-cigarette was puffed 6 times and data were collected for a conventional cigarette, also puffed 6 times.
While the e-cigarette produced lower levels of toxins in the air for nonsmokers to breathe than the conventional cigarette, there were still elevated levels of acetic acid, acetone, isoprene, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, averaging around 20% of what the conventional cigarette put into the air.
Thus, while not as polluting as a conventional cigarette, the e-cigarettes are putting detectable levels of several significant carcinogens and toxins in the air. “