It’s 1980 and a customer walks into a restaurant with a cloud of smoke hitting their face. People are talking to one another as they light the end of their cigarettes. In 2016 things have changed; cigarettes are banned almost everywhere and electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigs, are the new popular thing. E-cig devices are a way for people all around the world to have a way to smoke without ingesting carcinogens. Experts have discussed the advantages and drawbacks of the product. Some view them as a way to decrease the amount of smokers, but others suppose it is just as harmful. Although people assume e-cigs can be more helpful relative to cigarettes, they should be labeled as a tobacco product because they provoke teen smokers, can be addictive, …show more content…
A study by the Smoke Cessation Health Center states that “Nicotine has a negative impact on adolescent brain development” (Wheeler). Some of the symptoms that affect the youth culture are memory loss and attention issues. Sitting in school has become an impossible task as well as remembering important material, which can turn into a permanent issue for teens to face. When a lot of nicotine is ingested it can have a potential for poisoning. Indicators of this poisoning begin with nausea and vomiting which can lead to seizures and respiratory depression in cases of critical nicotine poisoning, (American Lung Poisoning). It is unhealthy for one to constantly be consuming the drug which is within both the electronic and real version of cigarettes. Erika Sward, an assistant vice president for national advocacy at the American Lung Association says, “Diacetyl is a well-known harmful chemical, which, among other things, causes a lung disease called ‘popcorn lung’” (E-cigarettes and Lung Health). Popcorn lung is caused by inhaling vapes and is an irreversible condition in which tiny air sacs in the lungs end up being scarred. Smoking electronic cigarettes can cause these damaging effects to one’s