Link to Izabella Shalygina’s blog:
Izabella’s blog has inspired me to look up more on electronic cigarettes. Tobacco addiction has long been our world’s major problem. People who smoke are risking themselves everyday with many negative health impacts such as stroke, heart disease, and lung cancer. As a result, a new market for electronic cigarettes began to emerge hoping to target all the current and potential smokers.
Euromonitor estimated that the retail sales value of e-cigs was around $2.5 billion worldwide for 2013. By 2017, Bloomberg Industries predict that sales will exceed $10 billion and by 2047, it will surpass traditional cigarettes. The popularity of these devices lies in the younger generation because they come with different flavours like chocolate, strawberry or caramel. They are so varied that consumers can even choose to customize their own nicotine level. For example, people who try to switch from traditional cigarettes to e-cigs can choose to start with higher level of nicotine and eventually buy ones that are nicotine-free.
I disagree with Isabella that “e-cigs are just smokers’ toys”. I think that if people are capable of following their customized schedule, (eg. lowering nicotine level every week) they can actually use these vaporizers as a tool to help them quit. In addition, e-cigs smokers are not exposed to the burning paper in which they would inhale if they smoke the traditional cigarettes. This mean that they have lower risk of getting lung cancer because there is no CO2 emitted. E-cigs are good in the long run because it doesn’t produce any harmful effects to the third party. Even though they are not the best solution, I think it is definitely an alternative that we should reconsider.
Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/agoodman/2013/12/05/e-cigarettes-are-smoking-hot-4-ways-to-approach-them/