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Electronic Cigarette: Should You Put an Electronic Cigarette Between Your Lips?

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Smoking, for most people, is a very effective way to calm the nerves and relieve stress. It has been a favorite relaxation method for the past centuries. It is for this reason that in spite of its scientifically-proven, widely-accepted health risks, people can't seem to quit smoking.

That's not the case anymore. I mean, you still expose yourself to cancer and other cardiovascular diseases when you smoke, but gladly there is now a better and I should say safer alternative to cigarette smoking - electronic cigarettes. An electronic cigarette is a battery-powered device that produces a vapor-like smoke that feels and tastes like the real thing.

What Is an Electronic Cigarette?

An electronic cigarette, also called an ecig, e-cigarette or personal vaporizer, is considered as the future of healthy smoking. It does not contain tobacco or tar and it does not emit carbon monoxide which is very offensive to other people who don't smoke.

People who find it very hard to quit smoking do not have to quit anymore. An electronic cigarette offers them a better and healthier option.

Smoking and Your Health

Is Electronic Cigarette Safe?

Safe means the absence of health risks whatsoever and that doesn't really apply to anything. Studies have shown that electronic cigarettes are 99% less harmful than smoking. There is no risk from 'second-hand vapour'. The amount of nicotine that escapes out into the air is very minimal.

We all know that long term use of nicotine could lead to a a very small, though non-zero, risk of cardiovascular ailments but that is a side effect that you can expect in the long run. The risk is nothing compared to the health risks one gets from smoking cigarettes.

It is no doubt a safer alternative to tobacco smoking.

Electronic Cigarette and Its Benefits

It's a smoking cessation aid.

When you smoke a traditional cigarette, you feel compelled to finish off the whole stick. On the other hand, the ecig allows you to puff a little and then put it away for a smoke some other time.

It is a tobacco harm reduction tool.

There is no tar, no carbon monoxide, and other harmful toxins in electronic cigarettes. These harmful toxins are found in a normal cigarette.

There's no second-hand smoke to worry about.

Electronic cigarettes do not give off smoke to annoy or offend those non-smokers around you when you smoke. They only produce vapor every time you take a puff, and these vapors do not contain harmful toxins and they would just disappear into the thin air in seconds. The 'smoke' that comes out from an electronic cigarette is odorless as well, so you don't have to worry about cigarette-smelling hair and clothes.

An ecig makes you save money.

It is because an ecig is much, much cheaper than the traditional cigarettes. You can also refill an empty cartridge to save even more.

It is so much healthier.

So, Should You Puff an Ecig?

If you are worried about your health and you can't just quit smoking, then switching to electronic cigarettes is a great move. Electronic cigarettes offer smokers a healthier alternative - lower the risk of cancer, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, prevent acute symptoms of lung and airway problems - a risk that comes from smoking.

Words of caution, though. Select the company that you are sure is adhering to strict and healthy manufacturing process. The industry is relatively new and there is not much regulations as to how these electronic cigarettes are being produced. So far, there are no requirements for quality manufacturing to ensure that doses are accurate and that there are no contaminants that pose health risks.