Warning messages on cigarette packs like, "smoking can kill you" or "cigarettes are addictive" make a clear appeal to the smokers to stop smoking tobacco cigarettes. Scientists have substantiated that cigarette smoke is made of 4000 compounds, and most of them are poisonous toxic. Toxics will damage our cells and may finally lead to cancer. Almost every smoker is aware of this basic fact. However, they are dependent on to cigarette smoking and are unable to stop using it. Scientists and engineers have made the electronic cigarettes, which has rescued thousands of smokers to get rid of this unhealthy habit. Let us search the fact sheets to find out the claim and counter-claim on this success story.
Let us begin our detailing through some insights into the structure of this cigarette.
Electronic cigarettes are manufactured in a shape and color to resemble the actual tobacco cigarettes. However, e-cigarettes do not contain the harmful tobacco, and will not produce smoke to pollute the surrounding air. This cigarette has three essential components. The components are a battery, an atomizer and a cartridge filled with nicotine. Lithium-ion type rechargeable battery is used. The atomizer is built with a heating coil and is charged through a button. The cartridge will have nicotine suspended in propylene glycol and water. The smoker of this electronic cigarette will suck air, and a sensor will be energized to heat and vaporize the cartridge contents. The vapor is delivered as nicotine to the smoker. The smoker gets a feeling of cigarette smoking without any harmful effect.
We will now discuss the merits of this all-important friend of smokers.
1. This is the best opportunity available, until now, for a smoker to stay away from tobacco cigarettes.
2. This cigarette is healthy because the smoker will not inhale nicotine, tar and the 4000 toxic elements found in conventional cigarette.
3. This is a non-burning cigarette and save the environment from carbon dioxide pollution.
4. The cartridge has a life of 200-250 puffs and highly economical.
Let us see the possible injurious angle of this gadget and find out the safety problem of this cigarette.
Electronic cigarettes produced by some companies are found to be safe. However, the entire available model in the market is not yet tested and certified. The regulatory authorities are working to find out the safe amount of nicotine intakes and other safety factors in this artificial cigarette.
We may conclude that smokers can safely use it after reviewing the performance and safety factors of a particular brand.
