E-Cigarettes Research Paper

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E-Cigarettes: The Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Almost every commercial you see after your favorite TV shows concerns an epidemic in America that affects adults and mostly teens: the addiction of cigarettes. The majority of American families have at least two or more family members that smoke cigarettes. But what are some of the methods that smokers use to stop their addiction? The common use is the nicotine patch or “cold turkey”, which usually doesn’t work. The use of e-cigarettes benefits better for smokers than regular cigarettes health wise, sales, and in the future. Health wise, e-cigarettes can benefit smokers by giving them the same experience as a regular cigarette without the carcinogens and other harmful chemicals. The affects

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