...Vapes, e-cigarettes, juuls, whatever the name, vaping has taken over the lives of people. Why does this new product-- one that is often referred to as a safer form of smoking-- seem to have just as many negative effects as regular cigarettes? The original intent for e-cigarettes was to help people quit smoking, but it has become an epidemic: young people, even minors, are beginning to use products like these. Getting young people involved creates a problem, and thus the debate of whether e-cigarettes are better than conventional cigarettes or a new gateway to future problems for teenagers is indisputable; they are creating a new generation of addicts. Vaping exploded just a few years ago, and has become a worldwide phenomenon since then, even taking control of schools all over the United States. In fact, according to USAToday.com, “About 11% of high school seniors vaped nicotine in 2017; about a quarter of those seniors...
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...The E-Cig WHY CIGARETTES ARE BAD… It is only common sense that smoking is bad for us. Not only is cigarette smoking one of the most avoidable causes of poor health and death in our world today. But “smoking puts your friends and family at risk. Approximately 50,000 adult non-smokers die each year from second hand smoke alone, 3,000 of which die from lung cancer.” (NIDA/tobaccofreekids.org) Did you know that smoking is the leading cause of death in the United States “approximately 443,000 deaths or 1 of every 5 deaths, in the United States each year.”(CDC) The people who die from smoking cigarettes alone is more than deaths related to alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. “An estimated 46 million people, 20.6% of all adults in the U.S. smoke cigarettes” (CDC) It is estimated that “over 6 million children in the U.S. under the age of 18 will ultimately die from smoking. There are also 8.6 million people in the U.S. who suffer from a smoking related illness.” (tobaccofreekids.org) The vast numbers of deaths and illnesses are caused by one thing, cigarettes, but it’s not the cigarette itself that is the problem it is the chemicals that are used to produce and manufacture the cigarette that are the initial problem. Did you know that the average smoke in a cigarette contains over 4,000 different chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. Just a few of the most unbelievable ingredients a cigarette contains are but not limited to “Ammonia;...
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...E-Cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize nicotine. They've been sold in the U.S. since 2007 and now have millions of users worldwide and nearly $2 billion in annual sales. They contain less toxic substances than traditional cigarettes do, but little is known about their health effects. Whether they help or hurt anti-smoking efforts is hotly debated. Some say they encourage smoking by letting people maintain their habit in places where cigarettes are banned. Keep this question in mind. Is smokeless tobacco better? Are E-Cigarette (E-Cigarettes) a safe alternative to a traditional cigarette? The California Department of Public Health declared E-Cigarette a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products as “vaping” (Using the E-Cigarette) grows in popularity. They also noted that E-Cigarettes emit a cancer-causing toxin Formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is found in many everyday things, such as: certain building materials, disinfectants and embalming fluid. Lab tests have shown that using certain E-Cigarettes at high temperature could emit more Formaldehyde. On some E-Cigarettes, there is a dial to change the amount of heat and liquid and test have...
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...Electronic Cigarettes; The New, Legal Way to Pollute the Body Over the last 10 years, a new craze has taken effect over the world. Electronic cigarettes or E-Cigs, have become popular among all generations. The question for the reader is simple. Is this alternative form of nicotine dependence healthy, or is society setting itself up for a big health shock in the upcoming years? “Many anti-smoking advocates have argued that electronic cigarettes don’t help smokers quit but merely prolong their addiction to nicotine. In other words, the hundreds of thousands of electronic cigarette users in the United States are smokers who, if only they stopped using e-cigarettes, would successfully quit smoking” (Siegel, 2013). Although the issue of E-Cigs is not a burning issue at this moment, imagine what happens in five to ten years if users of E-Cigs are told that the activity they have been participating in is causing many of the ailments that could arise due to the use of E-Cigs in their infancy. The makers of E-Cigs will be sued, the Federal Government will impose fines, and the cool factor will take a big hit. It is almost insulting to societies intelligence to use the description “cool factor.” Moreover, if the reader is fortunate enough to remember the time when regular cigarettes were sold by actors and cartoon characters among other notable figures, then “cool factor” description definitely makes sense. This is a statement from...
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...E-‐cigarettes: miracle or menace? Networks, Organizations and Society Introduction The electronic cigarette or ‘e-‐cigarette’ is a rechargeable battery-‐powered device designed to resemble a conventional tobacco cigarette. The e-‐cigarette does not contain tar and the nicotine cartridges seem to be a much safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, which contain a much higher number of notoriously harmful chemicals. Nonetheless, nicotine is addictive and is classified as a poison (Cancer Research UK, 2013). The issue has attracted heated debate, but the question remains: “Should e-‐ cigarettes be classed as general consumer products, tobacco products, medicines or drug-‐delivery devices?” 2 In attempting to answer the above question, this paper discusses the evolution of e-‐ cigarettes through the lenses of technological...
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...that looks like a cigarette. Current ad campaigns of “Everyone is doing it. Smoke in style. ” are similar to those used by big tobacco companies decades ago. The cartoon mascot, Joe Camel, has now been replaced by eJuice Monkey and Mr. Cool! These are just a few examples of advertisements that can be found in print and on television today for the new nicotine product, electronic cigarettes. The electronic cigarette, also known as the e-cigarette, was invented by Hon Lik in 2003 and entered the U.S. market as early as 2007. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices designed to look like regular tobacco cigarettes. Like...
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...Electronic Cigarettes Are Affecting Our Lives On April 29, 2014, New York City bans the electronic cigarettes from public spaces. Opponents of electronic cigarettes say that they have potential dangers, while proponents argue that electronic cigarettes are good tools to help people quit traditional cigarettes. The fact is that electronic cigarettes are affecting our lives. People are considering whether using electronic cigarettes is a good choice. In the article “Electronic Cigarettes: Achieving a Balanced perspective” Theodore L. Wagener and his partners say the harm of electronic cigarettes is overstated and that they have many potential benefits. The research proves that propylene glycol, a major chemical component of electronic cigarettes, does not have deleterious effects. Some people complain that cartridge of electronic cigarettes can poison children. However, Wagener points out there are many different chemical products around us. The cartridges are not the only thing that let children poison. Moreover, study proves that electronic cigarettes help with tobacco cigarettes cessation. Electronic cigarettes effectively deliver nicotine and can motivate tobacco smokers to quit. The reason is because electronic cigarettes reduce craving and the number of cigarettes smoked. Wagener says it is a “bridge product” (Wagener et al. 1546) to the smokers. Smokers could use this product, instead of traditional cigarettes, to achieve their hand-to-mouth motion and to fulfill their...
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...parents in various places in the United States are making calls just like these. Why? Their kids are being poisoned by e-cigarettes due to an increase in the use of products. There has already been “at least 1 child death reported from unintentional exposure to a nicotine-containing ENDS solution” (Walley 1018). These poisonings will continue because the products don’t have to be childproof and come in fruit, candy and other flavors specifically targeting young children (CDC). Calls regarding poisonings from e-cigarette liquids have risen from 1 per month to 215 a month in just four years while the...
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...Rachel Beck Professor Carr RWS 200 2/27/14 Electronic Cigarettes: the Future of Smoking? Today, if you were to sit at a bar on the Lower East Side, you may find yourself next to a guy smoking a light-up plastic tube that smells like cherries and think to yourself, even Humphrey Bogart couldn’t make one of those look cool. Or if you haven’t seen the 1941 film, Casablanca, you may still chuckle a bit. But could these vaping devices be the future of smoking? Author Andrew Stuttaford in his article, “Vaper Strain” published by the National Review in 2013, addresses the topic of these electronic cigarettes, arguing that these healthy alternatives are, in fact, the future of smoking. He believes they are often demonized for no good reason and he advocates for the product by addressing some of the key health concerns that consistently show up in debates on e-cigarettes. His purpose is to address these concerns, but ultimately show how the benefits of e-cigarettes outweigh their potential detriments. In his attempt to debunk arguments from the critics of e-cigarettes, he adopts a sarcastic tone for his audience, the readers of the National Review. Stuttaford’s sarcastic tone is used to introduce e-cigarettes to an older audience, predominantly one of older cigarette smokers who grew up in a time when smoking was a part of the American culture. The very first sentence in his article is introducing e-cigarettes – what they do and how they work – knowledge that is commonly known among...
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...Why Vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking The purpose of this synthesis is to argue why switching to a vaporizer is a healthier alternative when compared to smoking tobacco. Vaporizing liquid nicotine, or “vaping”, has become extremely popular in recent times. This new way to utilize the vice known as nicotine is widely viewed as a healthier alternative to tobacco products. There are a multitude of ways to “vape”, and it will be explained why this is healthier for you compared to smoking a cigarette. If you do choose to use nicotine products, then you should definitely use a vaporizer. If you are a cigarette consumer, you should stop immediately. Cigarette smoking is statistically one of the main causes of deaths in the United States of America. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), one in five deaths in the United States results from smoking cigarettes, which account for 480,000 deaths annually (www.cdc.gov). 42,000 of this estimated number includes deaths from secondhand smoke. That is 42,000 deaths a year from people who do not smoke, but people around them do, knowing what they are doing is harming themselves and those that they expose the cigarette smoke to as well. These 42,000 deaths a year can be prevented if people would quit smoking cigarettes. If the previously mentioned facts do not deter a cigarette smoker to quit, then maybe this will. There are an approximately 600 chemicals in a cigarette, and when smoked, they create more than 7,000 chemicals...
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...models for this habit, and which people influenced the adoption of this habit. I will explain why do I continue the habit and has there been a time when I have attempted to break this habit. I will use the behavioral personality theory to explain why I have this habit. I will describe components of social/cognitive theory that explain why the habit formed. I will develop a plan that applies operant conditioning to change this habit. Between the behavioral and social/cognitive theories, I will also describe which one do I find best explains my personality. Analyze one of your habits. How did you develop this habit? Were there role models for this habit? Which people influenced the adoption of this habit? My smoking habit began before I even turned 18. I tried my first cigarette around the age of 16, and I was addicted by the time I turned 18. It was several reasons why I developed the habit of smoking. A lot of my family members that was closed too were smokers. Their friends encourage them to try cigarettes, and to keep smoking. They saw smoking as a way of rebelling and showing independence. They think that everyone else is smoking, and that they should, too. Also I used to see tobacco advertising all the time, which targeted a lot of teenagers around me to start the habit of smoking also. The majority of children at my middle school and the early part of high school have tried a cigarette. Most will tell you that they will never smoke cigarettes. But as they get older, some will...
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...homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/drugpo Research paper Nicotine control: E-cigarettes, smoking and addiction Kirsten Bell a,∗ , Helen Keane b a b Department of Anthropology, 6303 NW Marine Drive, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada School of Sociology, Building 22, Hayden Allen Building, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Background: Over the past year or so, electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as ‘e-cigarettes’, have achieved widespread visibility and growing popularity. These products, which deliver nicotine via an inhaled mist, have caused no small amount of controversy in public health circles, and their rise has been accompanied by energetic debate about their potential harms and benefits. Methods: Interspersed with an analysis of current media coverage on e-cigarettes and the response of mainstream tobacco control and public health to these devices, this article examines the emergence of nicotine as both as an ‘addiction’ and a treatment for addiction. Results: We argue that by delivering nicotine in way that resembles the visual spectacle and bodily pleasures of smoking, but without the harms of combustible tobacco, e-cigarettes highlight the complex status of nicotine as both a poison and remedy in contemporary public health and tobacco control. Conclusion: In consequence, e-cigarettes jeopardize the carefully drawn distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ forms...
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...Control: Benefits and Health Outcomes Smoking tobacco cigarettes is a major problem in our society today. It is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States (CDC). Recent health reports indicate that 18% of the American population is involved in cigarette smoking. Nine out of ten smokers begin smoking before the age of 18 and 98% start smoking before the age of 26. Smoking causes more deaths in the United States each year than Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, illegal drug use and firearm accidents combined. According to the United States department of Health and Human Services, smoking is very harmful to the human body (USDHHS). Studies have shown that more than 20 million people have died as a result of cigarette smoking and more than 16 million people have a chronic illness that is associated with cigarette smoking. Additionally, records indicate that 2.5 million deaths are due to second-hand smoke exposure (Betobaccofree). Various health problems that are linked to cigarette smoking include: lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, coronary artery disease, throat cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer and kidney cancer (Betobaccofree). Cigarette Smoking has been a well-known health hazard for some time; however, it continues to be a very popular recreational activity among various groups of people. There are a few groups that support tobacco smoking and believe that...
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...of Tobacco p. 4 III. Social Acceptability p. 6 IV. Medical Issues Related to Tobacco Use p. 8 V. Public Health Campaign p. 9 VI. Legal Measures to Ban Cigarettes p. 10 VII. Conclusion p. 12 Introduction Tobacco and nicotine are legal substances in the United States but are surrounded in a flurry of conflict and controversy. Tobacco can be used in the form of snuff, chewing tobacco, traditional cigarettes and more recently the electronic cigarette. After heavy advertisement and use over the past decades there have been many studies that have shown the negative health effects that tobacco can have on the individual and those around them. Tobacco use is the leading cause of lung and mouth cancers in the United States and also plays a role in many other organs such as the heart and lungs. Armed with this information the government and many other agencies have taken to public health campaigns to raise awareness of these negative effects. In recent years there have been many laws put into place to control tobacco ranging from increased taxes and prohibiting where it can be used. This paper is going to lay out how tobacco production helped shape the United States, how it was an acceptable act to partake in and how in modern times it is becoming a health and legal issue and whether or not it is okay for the government to step in and say what an individual can choose to do. Tobacco in America History of Tobacco in America Tobacco has its origins with...
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...INTRODUCTION Are electronic cigarettes (E-Cigs) dangerous? Some say yes, e-cigs are not only dangerous but they are also being marketed towards an adolescent demographic. Others side with the argument that these devices help traditional tobacco smokers stop smoking. Substantial evidence backing both sides of this debate have been analyzed. An electronic cigarette is a battery-powered device designed to resemble a regular tobacco cigarette. Almost every e-cig is composed of the following key components: a mouthpiece for inhaling vapor and holding the cartridge of juice, an atomizer which acts as a heating element, and a rechargeable battery to power the device (M. Johnson, N. Pennington, 2014 #612). “The use of the electronic cigarette simulates the act of smoking, and the colored light emitting diode even simulates the glow of tobacco. However, no actual smoke is generated with this device” (M. Johnson, N. Pennington, 2014 #612). Because there is no tobacco combustion in e-cigs, they are a much lower risk alternative when compared to traditional cigarettes. This also means that the absence of tobacco results in minimal regulation of the product (M. Johnson, N. Pennington, 2014 #612). Electronic cigarettes are available in stores and online to anyone regardless of age. Consumers of this product range from smokers trying to quit, to the nation’s youth who have never smoked before. Flavors such as gummy bear, cookies, and bubble gum get the attention of a youth market and poses...
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