Pros Of E-Cigarettes

Cigarettes were first introduced to the United States during the early 19th century, but tobacco was used as early as the 1600’s. Cigarettes started getting popular during World War I, when Army surgeons claimed cigarettes helped the wounded relax and ease their pain (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). Since then, the tobacco industry has been booming in business and in 2014, the use of cigarettes in the United States was an estimated 40 million adults (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). However, in the past couple of years, teens and adults has started the trend with the use of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are electronic cigarettes that include batteries and replaceable liquid cartridges for repeated use and do not use tobacco. Instead, e-cigarettes deliver the addictive drug, nicotine, to a user’s lungs by using a heating element to heat e-liquid from the refillable cartridge and release a chemical-filled aerosol (“E-cigarettes and Lung Health”). The e-cigarettes have become very popular in teens and adults who are trying to quit smoking. There has been controversy over the claim that e-cigarettes are a safer and efficient substitution for smokers to quit their cigarette-smoking habits. The Americans …show more content…
Even though e-cigarettes may have toxins and carcinogens, there are less present in e-cigarette aerosol than in cigarette smoke because of the tobacco being burned. The average savings can be over $1,500 a year for a chronic cigarette smoker, which is beneficial in the long run. Also, the cleanliness of e-cigarettes is greater than cigarettes because of the absence of ash and the tobacco smell that loiters on each smoker. E-cigarettes may not be a healthy on a persons’ body, but it is a safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. Although e-cigarettes are not beneficial to the body and lungs, the consequences are less harmful than regular