Electronic Cigarettes Comm 101 April 27, 2013 The electronic cigarette is a smoking alternative that is relatively new to the United States market. Electronic cigarettes are largely regarded as a healthier alternative to traditionally manufactured cigarettes, which contain thousands of chemicals, many of which are poisonous. However, electronic cigarettes have had little testing done to determine the dangers that they have, the safety of the electronic cigarette as an alternative is unclear. * Electronic cigarettes, look like the real thing but have just one thing in common with cigarettes made from tobacco; nicotine. An electronic cigarette consists of a white cylindrical tube with a brown filter and a red, glowing tip.
Whereas electronic cigarettes cannot be considered safe, as there is no threshold for carcinogenesis, they are undoubtedly safer than tobacco cigarettes. If this product does not exist, it would not affect me because from my point of view technology would never beat nature. Tobacco cigarettes are the leading cause of disease in the United States,which is why the ‘primary goal of tobacco control is to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with tobacco use. Electronic cigarettes are designed to mitigate tobacco-related disease by reducing cigarette consumption and smoking rates. The evidence reviewed inthis article suggests that electronic cigarettesare a much safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes.
Although alcohol is legal, it does not mean that it is better for you. There are arguments going both ways where people suggest that marijuana should be legal because alcohol is more deadly, while there are alcoholics that would say smoking weed is bad for you. Both substances are bad for your health and should not be used heavily by anyone. Marijuana has an immediate effect on the user, which last for about two hours after smoking. A person drinking alcohol may start to feel the effects after just one drink, and recover depending on how much the person drank, body weight, and how much they may have had to eat before drinking.
Some people think that legalizing marijuana is the only choice left. (Legalizing Marijuana) Others who disagree say that making marijuana legal will create more drug addicts and drug related crimes. (Zive, 2010) The people that want to make marijuana legal say that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. (Why Marijuana Shouls be Legal) We should have the right to make choices for ourselves as long as we are not harming others with our choice. The use of marijuana is far less harmful than other
E-cigarettes are marketed as a safe alternative to smoking, but are they really as safe as people think? E-cigarettes are battery-power cartridges filled with a nicotine liquid that when heated, creates an inhalable mist. The liquid for producing vapor in e-cigs, commonly known as e-juice, is usually a solution of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, Diethylene glycol (DEG), and 400 mixed with concentrated flavors. In addition, retail stores and users can customize some liquids, adding additional uncertainty about liquid contents, and making it impossible to make general statements about the safety or dangers of the liquids. There is not a lot of information of what the long-terms effects are; however, new studies have discovered some negative sides about this new trend, such as kids are a target market, e-cigarettes are addictive and contain toxic chemicals,
Although marijuana can lead to a relaxed and euphoric feeling it will not cause you to make decisions you would not normally do. When it comes to smoking the cannabis some say it is just as bad for your lungs as smoking, but a quote taken from an article on CBSNews.com written by Ryan Jaslow states, “The study, published in the Jan. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found occasional pot smokers - who used a median of roughly two to three joints per month - had normal lung function compared to tobacco smokers in the study.”(CBSNews.com). What this is saying is that smoking marijuana, although not great for your lungs, has less of a negative impact. Two states have already jumped on the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. Colorado and Washington voted on a bill to legalize the drug for everyone for any reason and the people of these states were heard when the bills
A Kaiser Permanente Center survey found that people who smoke marijuana-only on a daily basis have a 19% higher rate of respiratory complaints than non-smokers. Fortunately, the hazards of marijuana smoking can be reduced by various strategies such as: use of higher potency cannabis, which can be smoked in smaller quantities, use of water pipes and other smoke reduction technologies or ingesting pot orally instead of smoking it. Unlike tobacco, marijuana does not appear to cause emphysema. Tobacco tends to penetrate to the smaller, secondary passageways of the lungs, while marijuana tends to concentrate on the larger, central passageways. The only evidence that suggests any type of brain changes is that persistent deficits in short-term memory have been noted in heavy marijuana
Hookahs are marketed as being a safe alternative to cigarettes. This claim is false. The water does not filter out many of the toxins. In fact, hookah smoke has been shown to contain concentrations of toxins, such as carbon monoxide, nicotine, “tar,” and heavy metals, that are as high or higher than are seen with cigarette smoke. Several types of cancer, including lung cancer, have been linked to hookah smoking.
The scientific evidence on the E-cigarette is not final; it doesn’t prove or show medical evidence on how they will affect a person’s health. They have surfaced at a prime time and hit the shelves when people are automatically viewing them as being much safer over a regular cigarette. The marketing
Smoking hookah appears to be a mainly social, peer-driven event, and users tend to think that hookah use is less harmful than other kinds of tobacco use (Braun, Glassman, Wohlwend, Whewell & Reindl, 2011) which has been proven to be false. There was statistically significant and moderately strong correlation between hookah use and regular tobacco use, and statistically significant but low correlation between hookah use and marijuana use, alcohol use, and binge drinking (Braun, Glassman, Wohlwend, Whewell & Reindl,