Electronic cigarettes continue to create a lot of buzz in the media and is stirring up some feathers with the FDA and World Health Organization. There is a glaring difference however in the safety of these devices as reported by the media versus the distributors that needs to be addressed.
Let’s examine the argument in question and try to pick out the difference. If you ask an electronic cigarette vendor if their product is safe you will hear, “Yes, these devices contain only nicotine to satisfy your cravings and propylene glycol to give you the sensation of smoking.” When the media reporter gives you their take, it will sound something like, “These devices are not FDA Approved and may carry health risks.” Seems like a fair conflict of interest doesn’t it? But did you examine the context of each statement?
This is simply a conflict of interest. The media will report on electronic cigarettes to the general public and assume a non-smoking standard. Distributors of the e-cig deal with smokers who are looking for a safer alternative and will consider anything less dangerous than a tobacco cigarette as safer. So which side should carry more of the weight?
Why are electronic cigarettes so blatantly safer than tobacco? In a word, combustion. When tobacco ignites, that is where the 3,000 to 4,000 harmful chemicals come from. It’s not really the plant’s fault. You could smoke anything – lettuce, broccoli, maple leaves – and create most of those same chemicals through the same simple combustion process.
So by simply eliminating the flame, we are also essentially instantly removing thousands of chemical agents, many of which are classified as carcinogens, the cancer causing agents. There is only one potentially hazardous material in e-cigarette liquid that is causing concern, and so far the tests are inconclusive on their safety but weighted heavily on the safe side.
While the media continues to report their “non-FDA approved” hoopla, smokers are taking well to this new alternative as the internet continues to get flooded with positive reviews from electronic cigarette users. Thousands of people have reported drastic improvements in their senses of taste and smell as well as their overall health after making the move away from tobacco products.
The media seems to be biased against them as much as distributors seem to be bias for them, but it is ultimately up to the smoker to decide how serious they are about a smoke-free alternative that may hold the key to helping them kick the smoking habit.
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