Almost all smokers want to quit smoking. Of course, there are those who are ready to sing hymns to cigarettes, but there are not so many of them. Any person on a subconscious level understands that this bad habit will not bring to good.
In the modern world there are many tools that can help break up with tobacco, many books have been written specifically for quitters and many useful films have been shot. But why do people still smoke? Is all this useless?
Each anti-smoking drug has its pros and cons. There is nothing perfect here. True, many people consider an electronic cigarette an almost ideal means of replacing a regular cigarette. This topic is very interesting already because it is controversial. Yes, some say that the harm of an electronic cigarette is great, while others say that it is completely harmless. Let's look at both of these opinions.
Electronic cigarettes: benefits and harms
Why do I need an electronic cigarette? Then, so that people can not smoke tobacco and feel very, very comfortable. Before talking about whether there is harm from electronic cigarettes, it is worth figuring out what it is.
An electronic cigarette is nothing more than a microelectronic device that runs on a battery. It is used to simulate the act of smoking. The taste sensations during such "smoking" are practically the same as during normal, but no combustion products enter the body in its process. This device contains a liquid with a flavor, propylene glycol, as well as a small amount of nicotine. This liquid begins to evaporate when heated. Medical devices for inhalation work approximately the same principle.
Electronic cigarettes were patented in 2003. Initially, they were advertised as a miracle cure that helps quit smoking quickly and reliably, but the World Health Organization did not approve of them, saying that they did not help anyone to get rid of a bad habit , and their effect on the body has been studied extremely poorly. In fact, the harm of an electronic cigarette, just like the benefit, has not yet been truly proven by anyone.
Nevertheless, they can be attributed to the benefit that a person somehow begins to gradually give up tobacco, which, in addition to nicotine, contains a lot of harmful elements. Smoking electronic cigarettes is not currently considered to be some kind of asocial phenomenon, as it doesn’t hurt anyone even to smoke a cigarette in a public place. Smokers do not smell of them from the mouth, hands, or clothing. They do not leave ash and cannot cause a fire. Yes, the harm of an electronic cigarette is real, there is a benefit from them. I am glad that they do not affect the body as much as ordinary cigarettes, and the fact that they would at least allow someone to break off tobacco says a lot.
The harm of an electronic cigarette? Of course, it exists. First of all, I want to say that they do not allow a person to completely stop smoking. Those who wish to quit this harmful occupation because of electronic cigarettes can spend their whole lives rushing between them and cigarettes with tobacco instead of actually taking and stopping smoking. Although they do not harm the body as much as regular cigarettes, they do. There is reason to believe that very soon scientists will tell about all the harm that they can do to us.
It is also worth saying that electronic cigarettes (and their components) are quite expensive. This means that a person who decides to switch to them must constantly spend a lot of money just so as not to smoke regular cigarettes.
Decide for yourself to use them or not. But still it’s worth noting that smoking is once and for all managed to be abandoned only by those who really want it.