Electronic Cigarettes: A Healthy Option or a Health Hazard?

The Worldwide Health Organization warns about the dangers of electronic cigarettes, especially those made in China, which can be really toxic if the people buying them don’t know how to use them. Electronic cigarettes were considered the ideal alternatives for quite a while. However, the increasing demand made room for some dubious manufacturers, which try to cut the costs of production by making bad products. Some say that fake electronic cigarettes can be just as harmful as normal cigarettes, and this is why we need to be careful about what we are buying.

So, are there good cigarettes?

Of course, they are. The cheap Chinese products might be harmful, but the general perspective about cigarettes is good. People that managed to quit smoking with those cigarettes are more than happy about it, saying that this is the best thing that happened in their lives. Moreover, even if some e-cigarettes are harmful, they are not as harmful as classic cigarettes. Plus, people that start using the e-cigarette and quit normal smoking would probably quit smoking for good.

What is wrong with cheap cigarettes?

Just because a kit with e-cigarettes is cheap does not mean that it is surely of bad quality, but generally, the price determines the quality. The additives present in the flavour of some e liquids are harmful, and the lack of studies in this matter only creates more confusion. Some states in the US interdicted smoking e-cigarettes on the streets and in public places, but this decision was only made to limit the psychological impact. Electronic smoking devices are considered a great method to treat nicotine addiction, but those claims are only sustained by people that managed to quit, not by some studies made by specialists.

The e-cigarette around the world

Besides the United States where the electronic cigarette is the subject of state law, meaning that any state can take its decision about using those devices, the subject is controversial in other countries also. For example, in France, the Medicine Management Direction warned that some e-liquids can contain chemical substances, which can have negative effects on people that suffer from epilepsy. In England, usage of e-cigarettes is allowed and even recommended by some doctors. There is not a generally accepted idea about cigarettes, and this will probably not change, as long as the researchers prefer to say that the cigarettes are no good, but they don’t have anything to sustain this.

What can we do?

The best idea would be to buy the approved cigarettes and to use the e-liquids recommended by the producers. Maybe some “specialists” say that it is useless against smoking, but there are thousands of people that managed to quit smoking with those, so how about trusting those more? Considering that the majority of producers give you a money-back guarantee feature, you can try their products with no risks, and if they are indeed harmful, you just need to send the product back, and you will get your money. 

There is also the idea of using Defumoxan which is known as an efficient way to quit smoking.