All you need to know about e-cigarettes

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All you need to know about e-cigarettes
We at askthedoctor.com are bombarded with
questions asking if e-cigarettes are safe. We
are sure that piqued your interest. This would be
true if you are a smoker and looking at
e-cigarettes or you want to try e-cigarettes
because they are safe. Or you just want a vice
that doesnt cause you disease.
We have gone through all the research and have
input data from our expert panel of Doctors
to give you the conclusions.
E-Cigarettes versus normal cigarettes
E-cigarettes contain nicotine mixed with
propylene glycol or glycerin. The regular
cigarette contains tobacco and some other
substances which allow the tobacco to burn. This
is the main difference between them.
The similarity is that they both cause the oral
fixation which helps you overcome the need
to have the cigarette in the mouth. Also,
exhaling of the smoke later on is also a
similarity in both of them. So in effect, you
manage to get the physical effects of a cigarette
without any of the tobacco effect.
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You may want to have an online Doctor visit at
askthedoctor.com to ensure that you do not
have any risk factors to try e-cigarettes
Does e-cigarette help you kick the habit of
Smoking?
This might be actually in favour of the
e-cigarettes. It has been seen in studies that
e-cigarettes help you to stop smoking. This seems
logical as the e-cigarette gives you the same
high as the cigarette. This is assuming that you
get high because of only the nicotine. Thus,
people are able to stop smoking cigarettes as
they get a similar kick.
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E-cigarette companies have used to get people to
use e-cigarettes to kick their smoking habit. Now
the problem with this is discussed in the next
section.
Is the e-cigarette safe?
Even though the question above seems sound, there
are huge flaws in this question. Safe compared to
what? And is it safe for a non-smoker to start
with e-cigarettes.
The answer to the question to the first question
is to compare it to see if it is safer than
a cigarette. Well, yes if you look at the short
term effects. The e-cigarette is not going to
cause you damage in the next 5 years or the next
10 years. But, no long term study has been done.
It is entirely possible that the e-cigarette does
damage after 40 years or so. If you are looking
to quit smoking in a safe way, you can have an
online chat with our Doctors to find out the best
way to
do so.
This is possible because glycerine and propylene
glycerol can convert to aldehydes which are known
to cause cancers. So, we would say in the long
term, these could lead to cancers or some other
long term damage.
Let us look at the other point. How safe is it
for non-smokers? Well it is completely not good
for non-smokers because they were completely safe
initially and now are at a risk which is as of
now unknown. Another issue is that you might be
encouraging a non-smoker to start smoking. A
person on a vape pen can easily want to try
smoking to see if its the same and then want to
start smoking.
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The bottom line
We understand that the above article is a bit
verbose. But here are a few points to summarize
this
? e-cigarettes can help you kick the habit of
smoking ? e-cigarettes can cause non-smokers
to start smoking ? e-cigarettes can have long
term side effects which have not been studied ?
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