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    While e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes due to not producing tar, they are not completely risk-free. E-cigarette vapor is actually an aerosol rather than water vapor. E-cigarettes are marketed to help people quit smoking but some contain high levels of nicotine and don't lead users to quit smoking completely. Youth e-cigarette use has increased dramatically, showing they are creating new addicts rather than just helping existing smokers quit. Individuals should be informed of the risks of nicotine addiction from all products before deciding whether to vape.

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    While e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes due to not producing tar, they are not completely risk-free. E-cigarette vapor is actually an aerosol rather than water vapor. E-cigarettes are marketed to help people quit smoking but some contain high levels of nicotine and don't lead users to quit smoking completely. Youth e-cigarette use has increased dramatically, showing they are creating new addicts rather than just helping existing smokers quit. Individuals should be informed of the risks of nicotine addiction from all products before deciding whether to vape.

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    While e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes due to not producing tar, they are not completely risk-free. E-cigarette vapor is actually an aerosol rather than water vapor. E-cigarettes are marketed to help people quit smoking but some contain high levels of nicotine and don't lead users to quit smoking completely. Youth e-cigarette use has increased dramatically, showing they are creating new addicts rather than just helping existing smokers quit. Individuals should be informed of the risks of nicotine addiction from all products before deciding whether to vape.

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    Is Vaping useful for its intended purpose?

    Discerning Facts and Myths about e-cigarettes

    The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was first created in the mid-2000s and marketed
    as a healthy alternative to traditional cigarettes. Today, it is now the leading medium by which
    people intake nicotine, eclipsing even traditional cigarettes with a total of 41 million people
    using e-cigarettes in 2018, but just how much do we know about e-cigarettes? Depending on who
    is being asked the question, that will vary, but here is what we do know about e-cigarettes

    First, just to get this out of the way, is the fact that e-cigarettes are in almost every regard,
    better for you than traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes do not produce something that is notably
    produced by traditional cigarettes, tar, which is known to contain the majority of the carcinogens
    within cigarette smoke. This makes electronic cigarettes inherently better than traditional
    cigarettes on a surface level, but this does not mean e-cigs are without their risks.

    To clear up a misconception, the vapor released from electronic cigarettes is not actual
    water vapor, rather it is an aerosol. An aerosol is a suspension of particles in gas enclosed under
    pressure in order to be released in a spray. According to a blog post from Penn Medicine, the
    misleading name of “vapor” was used by e-cigarette companies when marketing because there is
    a negative connotation to the word “aerosol”, most likely due to other aerosols past effects on the
    environment.

    Most e-cigarette companies’ marketing strategy is targeting the audience of people


    looking for a crutch while they attempt to free themselves of their nicotine addiction. Ironically
    enough, e-cigarette juice nicotine amounts can total up to 32mg, which is about double the
    highest nicotine content in traditional cigarettes. While there are low and even no nicotine
    content vape juices, the existence of such an unbelievably high nicotine content juices is grounds
    for the belief that the business model of e-cigarettes is not to get its users to eventually quit,
    otherwise they would not supply levels of nicotine that available to the public by normal means.
    Further evidence shows that people who take up smoking e-cigarettes still end up jointly
    smoking both e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes equally, so it is not as if existing addicts are
    even transitioning to a healthier alternative.

    Not only are e-cigarettes not getting rid of existing addicts, they are also apparently
    creating new addicts. These new addicts are seemingly taking the form of the youth of our
    society. According to Hopkins Medicine, e-cigarette use among youth has increased 900 percent
    to 10 times the original number of teen smokers, 40 percent of which never actually smoked
    Is Vaping useful for its intended purpose? Discerning Facts and Myths about e-cigarettes

    traditional cigarettes prior. This shows that e-cigarettes are actually drawing in teenagers that
    would not otherwise smoke to e-cigarettes, which is a good point in further highlighting the
    motivations behind e-cigarette marketing strategies.

    In the end, it is the individual’s choice as to whether or not they want to smoke, vape, or
    do anything else that is possibly harmful, just make that you or others understand that all nicotine
    products may be addictive and have negative effects on your health with continuous use. We
    hope we have helped supply you with the knowledge to make that decision for yourself properly.
    Is Vaping useful for its intended purpose? Discerning Facts and Myths about e-cigarettes

    Sources

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/5-truths-you-need-to-know-about-
    vaping

    https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2019/july/vaping-myths

    https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2018/02/20/clearing-up-some-myths-around-e-cigarettes/(F)

    http://classifieds.usatoday.com/blog/marketplace/the-truth-about-vaping-7-common-misconceptions/

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