Matthew Beasley
Blog 10
The Harm of E-Cigs
Being this is my tenth blog, it may be obvious
by now that I am not a big supporter of the tobacco industry. This
past fall, while at my sons football game I noticed that many people
were walking around with these new e-cigs, that supposedly are safe
to consume, and for others to be around. It kind of shocked me that
this form of tobacco was allowed on school grounds, because no other
forms of tobacco usually are. Hopefully with further research
showing the harms of e-cigs, this trend will not be happening for
long. First, I think that e-cigs, look cool to kids who are
interested in smoking, and also find this technological aspect of
smoking as another means to look big in front of their friends.
Globally tobacco kills 6 million people a year, and although some
believe that you can inhale a poisonous liquid and it not negatively
effect you; I am glad to see that researchers are studying this new
fad. Scientists have discovered that nicotine alone can cause
cancer, and that it is not just the tobacco itself that does it.
Also there is another harm in e-cigs,
say if for instance that a infant gets a hold of these vials of
liquid nicotine. Being poisoned to the point of death is a possibly
for small children. The study has also found that while the vast
majority of people say they switched to e-cigs to stop smoking, the
results indicate that those that smoke e-cigs are far less likely to
quit than traditional smokers. I firmly believe that people think
this is a healthy alternative way to continue to be able to get their
nicotine fix, but assuredly I feel these notions will have no
scientific basis in which to stand. Beyond health concerns, I have
even seen TV ads here in the states that promote these new forms of
dangerous products, and I hope that soon legislation will stop these
e-cigs from being able to advertise on TV. It is so easy to lure
people into buying your product, when you have people like Jenny
McCarthy promoting it(as this article shows). Kids, are drawn to
these images, and not to mention guys that are all too pleased to
stare at a hot model all day. Sex sales, and tobacco companies
globally have used this technique for the advancement of their
products.
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