Electronic Cigarette – Is It Really Safe To Use?
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Electronic cigarette is also known as vaporized cigarette, is made to substitute real cigarettes, tobacco pipes and cigars. It is said to be the answer for people who keep on trying to quit smoking and stop addiction to nicotine. Self rehabilitation to eliminate smoking habits had been tried by thousands with the use of nicotine patches and nicotine chewing gums but later on go back to craving the feel of the real cigarettes.
The e-cigarettes promise the exact same feel of the real cigarettes in the smokers mouth and fingers but the are battery-operated and do not require the use of flames. They are ash-free, tar-free, and odor-free which is a solution to unpleasant cigarette odors that usually stick on clothes and other material around the room. E-cigarette kits and packages are sold with a variety of a hundred flavors.
The electronic cigarette is as thin as the usual cigarette stick. The device is comprised of 3 parts – The battery chip, the mouthpiece or the nicotine cartridge and the atomizer that has a LED at the tip that serves as the light indicator when in use. The electronic cigarette is an electromagnetic device that has the ability of producing vapor with the aid of a heating element activited by a sensor after detecting air inhilation.
In its mouthpiece is a flavored liquid, liquid nicotine and a substance called propylene glycol. Later on, propylene glycol combined with the liquid nicotine regularyl inhaled can cause harmful effects to the e-cigarette user. The Food and Drug Administration had ordered the entry of these devices to the USA. Even other countries like Australia discontinued the permission of the entry of the devices into their country and the market.
The propylene glycol is a component found in hydraulics and should not be inhaled into the lungs. The chemical is found to damage cell membranes of the lungs and other organs of the body. Pregnant women who were e-cigarette users had given birth to babies with defects and other users had resulted to nervous breakdown.
Up until this moment, there is no concrete proof that using an electronic cigarette will stop smoking habit and help a chain smoker cut the habit. Many users claimed that the device is effective and they had already learned to stop craving for real cigarettes with the use of these devices. However, it appears ironic to consider them really quitting smoking, when in fact they are still inhaling vapors of liquid nicotine and propylene glycol.