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The FDA estimates that close to 100,000 e-cigarettes have been sold in the United States, despite the organizations attempt to bar the products entries into the country via U.S. Customs. Organizations such as the American Legacy Foundation are also bent on pulling the products off the market for illogical and outrageous reasons, including the accusation that the products are being marketed toward children due to the fact that the cartridges are available in many flavors.

The accusations that the products are being marketed toward minors is completely baseless considering the fact that most e-cigarette sales are made online and it is rare for websites to accept checks or money orders as forms of payment these days. PayPal requires that a user be 18 to create an account and to become verified, they must have a bank account tied to it. So, two hurdles that require a person be 18 would have to be overtaken by children who have much easier access to tobacco cigarettes.

Another misconception that organizations like the American Legacy Foundation have is that adults do not have tastebuds. Most adults will tell you that they like fruit flavors just as much as children do, so the flavors = intended for children argument loses validity there.

Some organizations are convinced that it could draw children into the habit of smoking, but e-cigarette kits run anywhere from $50 to $150, depending on the brand purchased. Tobacco cigarettes are only $5 a pack and it is more feasible for children to get their hands on grandpas $5 smokes than Mom’s $150 e-cigarette.

Then there is the supposed risk of nicotine poisoning. E-cigarette cartridges are no more likely to cause nicotine poisoning than tobacco cigarettes and it has been noted on numerous medical websites that children go to the emergency room all the time because they ate cigarettes or cigarette butts. Consumers are being warned by many e-cigarette manufacturers to keep cartridges out of the reach of children and pets, just like they are warned to keep cigarettes out of reach. There is no elevated risk of nicotine poisoning, either for the user or for children and pets.

Even concerns about inhaling nicotine have surfaced, even though nicotine has been inhaled in cigarettes for centuries and through inhalators that have been on the market since the 1990s. The safety of nicotine inhalers has not been questioned to the extent that e-cigarettes has.

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E-cigarettes have fallen victim to some vicious attacks recently from those who are allied with pharmaceutical companies and big tobacco companies alike. The products will revolutionize the smoking industry, potentially devastating both companies that market quit-smoking aids and tobacco companies who continue to peddle their death sticks to the public. A number of invalid arguments against e-cigarettes have been made, but consumers seem to be seeing right through them.

At first, the attacks came in the form of there are no studies supporting the assumption that e-cigarettes are safe. When e-cigarette manufacturers sent their products off to be tested by laboratories that they paid to do so, health organizations started calling the studies biased. The manufacturers shot back that someone had to have the studies performed if the FDA and other organizations were not going to step up to the plate and do their own research. After having ready access to the products on the shelves for months, neither the FDA or any other health organization has performed a study on the safety of e-cigarettes. Some wonder if they will ever do their own study on the products and if they will just ban them without producing any evidence that they are harmful.

Then, they were concerned about the use of nicotine being inhaled by the user. While nicotine has been in cigarettes forever and there has been plenty of time to research the long term effects of nicotine use, they claim that the safety of e-cigarettes cannot be verified without it. Apparently known to Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, nicotine inhalers have been on the market in the United States since the mid 1990s, contradicting his statement that nicotine has never been inhaled before other than in cigarettes.

The most fallacious accusation made so far is the baseless argument that the products are being marketed toward children because they are a gadget and they make smoking look cool again. Unfortunately for their argument, e-cigarettes are at a starting price of around $50 to $150, depending on the brand, and most teenagers don’t even pay their own cell phone bill, much less have access to a bank account, credit card, or PayPal account. All 3 of these ways to purchase require that the person be at least 18 years old, yet health organizations insist the products are marketed toward minors.

The fact that the products come in many different flavors is also being used against e-cigarettes, but with the number of other products made specifically for adults that are on the market today such as alcoholic drinks, condoms, and novelty sex products, one can only wonder where the anti-smoking-anything industry comes up with these arguments.

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With smoking being one of the leading causes of death in the United States and around the world, people have been looking for a healthier alternative for years now. While some try to quit with patches, gums, pills, and other methods such as hypnosis, there are a number of people who are now switching over to a product called the e-cigarette.

Tobacco cigarettes emit around 4,000 chemicals and many of them are known to cause cancer, including formaldehyde, arsenic, benzene, and Polonium-210, but e-cigarettes contain only a few ingredients and by removing the tar, some health officials say that they could be safer than tobacco by 100 times.

E-cigarettes come with many different conveniences, including the fact that a user no longer has to wonder where to put their cigarette out, whether they are out in public or in a private home. Since they do not burn, e-cigarettes do not have to be put out. Cigarettes are one of the biggest causes of wildfires around the world and the mass use of e-cigarettes would remove that risk.

E-cigarettes also do not pose a risk of setting yourself or a piece of furniture on fire if you fall asleep with it in your hand. In fact, most users have reported that the nicotine craving is eliminated with only a few drags and because it can be set down anywhere, such as a desk or side table, most users actually forget it’s there when they become pre-occupied with work, TV, or other things. Some have claimed that this actually has resulted in them smoking less during the day, because the craving is eliminated so quickly and they can pick up the e-cigarette and put it down anywhere at will.

Gone are the days of being committed to smoking an entire tobacco cigarette out of a sense of monetary responsibility. With the price of cigarettes on the rise, many smokers will not waste even half of a cigarette and will finish it, even if they don’t want to. E-cigarettes get rid of that self-imposed responsibility.

Another great thing about e-cigarettes is that you no longer have to hear complaints from children that they are stinky. While most e-cigarette brands smell different, they do not smell nearly as bad as lit tobacco. There is also the benefit of your clothes and hair not smelling bad anymore, your breath will benefit, and the mist will not stain your teeth yellow like tobacco smoke does.

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In 2004, a study by the CDC reported that there are over 4,800 chemicals released by tobacco cigarettes and that at least 69 of them are known to cause cancer. Unfortunately for smokers, there has never been a real smoking alternative that is healthier and also simulates the act of smoking… until now.

E-cigarettes contain none of the tar and none of the carcinogens that tobacco cigarettes do and while some health organizations say that they could still be dangerous, there is no evidence pointing toward that assumption. In fact, all evidence points toward e-cigarettes being not only healthier, but also safer and more convenient than tobacco cigarettes simply because they do not burn and they contain very few chemicals.

While tobacco cigarettes contain a great number of additives to make them more addictive to smokers, e-cigarettes contain just a few chemicals that are relatively harmless, including water, propylene glycol, alcohol, flavorings, and a few others. Most e-cigarette solution mixes contain less than 20 chemicals and in many cases, less than 10. When compared to the 4,800 chemicals and 69 carcinogens that are in tobacco cigarettes, one would think that e-cigarettes would be embraced by health officials worldwide, but it seems only a few have jumped on the band wagon. The FDA and others have blasted the e-cigarette, stating that many smokers mistakenly believe that this product is safer than cigarettes. With a death rate of 1 out of 2 smokers, how can the FDA make such a claim? The United States Government rakes in millions of dollars in tobacco-related taxes every year and if smokers switch to e-cigarettes, those taxes would be lost.

Pharmaceutical companies also stand to lose big if smokers switch to e-cigarettes, because the anti-smoking industry collects millions of dollars per year. Most stop smoking aids, such as the suicide-inducing drug Chantix, don’t work as well as they are advertised and in fact, stop smoking aids only keep a person off tobacco long term less than 10% of the time.

The pharmaceutical industry says that nicotine is the most addictive aspect of tobacco, but when a person stops smoking, the nicotine has cleared their system in 48 to 72 hours. After that, a metabolyte of nicotine, cotinine, clears the system in about 2 weeks. For smokers who have been smoke-free for months, the mental addiction and the habit of smoking is the hardest thing to get over. Because it is literally so easy to set down anywhere, e-cigarettes may be the bridge between a life of smoking tobacco and a life of smoking nothing at all.

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Even though e-cigarettes contain none of the tar and none of the carcinogens that tobacco cigarettes do, many health officials and the FDA in the United States are attacking the products with a vengeance, stating that there is no evidence that e-cigarettes are safe or a successful stop smoking aid.

Quite the opposite is true if they would do just a little research, since studies have been released concerning two major brands of e-cigarettes stating that they are indeed safe for their intended usage. Testimonials and comments can be found web-wide by people asserting that their e-cigarette has helped them stop smoking tobacco cigarettes and that they are upset that the government and health officials are treating the product as if it has done anyone any harm.

If the United States is supposed to be where you are innocent until proven guilty, why doesn’t this apply to e-cigarettes? There is no proof that e-cigarettes are a danger to the consumer or to the general public, as one anti-e-smoking petition claims. It states that e-smokers are causing bystanders to be subjected to deadly nicotine when in fact there is no nicotine being released into the air. Nicotine from e-cigarettes becomes absorbed in the throat instead of the lungs and the only thing exhaled by the e-smoker is a harmless water vapor.

E-smokers also report that they are actually smoking less now than they were when they were smoking what some e-smokers now call analogs, which is how many of them refer to tobacco cigarettes. Because the nicotine is absorbed so quickly, the craving is killed faster than using tobacco cigarettes. E-smokers can set it down once the craving is gone and it does not pose a risk of fire because it is not lit. As e-smokers become preoccupied with other things such as their work or household chores, they forget they even have it.

Safety is also an issue for e-smokers. The Los Angeles Times reported in 2008 that at least 24 car accidents were blamed on the stop smoking drug made by Pfizer called Chantix. The FDA has recently linked the drug to suicidal ideation and behavior in a number of individuals, but has not yet removed that product from the market. If Chantix is so dangerous and there is already evidence that it is definitely harmful, why it not getting the same treatment e-cigarettes are getting?

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