Finally! Be free from smoking

Environmentally conscious smokers are turning to electronic cigarettes as a new lifestyle product. This recent phenomenon offers a safer alternative to smoking tobacco products that is rapidly gaining popular support. E-cigs leave no odor, require no ashtrays and are easily identifiable as a healthy lifestyle choice.

David Hammond of the University of Waterloo U.S. reminds us the warnings on tobacco products are among the weakest in the world. There have been few changes to the warnings since they first appear in 1984 on cigarette packs. The warnings point to the most debilitating diseases smoking is known to cause but nothing has been done by the surgeon general or the FDA to require warnings to reflect new evidence of the past 25 years.

Smoking was socially acceptable activity for generations. It implied an image of sophistication, maturity and style through advertising campaigns. We were told independent women smoke Virginia Slims but no one mentioned that the Marlboro man died of lung cancer. The public has learned more about the dangers of smoking tobacco and about the chemicals ingested each time they inhale.

E-smoking provides the nicotine boost tobacco smokers crave without the associated stench left on clothing and furniture and provides the boost in a way that is socially acceptable. E-cigs are readily available for sale and provide a variety of flavor and nicotine strength without breathing in toxic substances.

Many of the 599 additives present in tobacco cigarettes are food additives that have been extensively tested but the testing was for the additives when ingested orally. Chemical properties change when substances are burned and the tests do not prove the safety of inhaling the high number of compounds produced when the additives are consumed by fire. One burning cigarette produces more than 4000 chemical compounds. Reports from major tobacco manufacturers released by the U.S. Department of Health lists 599 additives present in tobacco cigarettes.

The attitude of the public has undergone a sea change in opinion for those who smoke tobacco products. Regular exercise and a diet of organic foods lose their health benefits if followed by inhalation of hundreds of chemical additives. A smoker who lights up in a public place is now the object of glares and comments about second hand smoke.

Big tobacco and big pharma were quick to attack electronic cigarettes when they were introduced in 2003. Lobbyists for the powerful firms spent millions pressuring Congress and the FDA to ban or strictly regulate e-cigs. The strength of the tobacco and pharma lobbies led to the FDA bowing to pressure and issuing a statement regarding potential yet vague hazards of e-cigarettes.

The public has been adopting e-cigs as their smoking alternative of choice as the debate over smoking continues in the boardrooms of big business and the halls of Congress. 20 ingredients are safer than 4000 and the public understands that fact. The popularity of e-cigarettes as an alternative to tobacco continues to rise.

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