Why choose e-cigarettes over traditional cigarettes?

I. How toxic is tobacco?

1. Cigarette smoke is poison.

Surely no one in the world thinks that cigarettes are good for you. In fact, the number of people who have died from smoking in the last decade is greater than the total number of casualties in the two world wars combined.

There are many chemicals in cigarette smoke. “Scientists have found more than 7,000 chemicals from many different groups in cigarette smoke, and 70 of them are capable of causing cancer or stimulating cancer cell growth.” - According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

2. Risk of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and many other health problems.

The toxic substances in cigarette smoke do not stop at the lungs, but when inhaled, they will penetrate the blood through the pulmonary capillaries and cause many other dangerous diseases and complications for the circulatory system and resistance of smokers. Diseases caused by cigarettes include: lung cancer, nasopharynx, esophagus and lymph nodes, myocardial infarction, respiratory diseases and the most dangerous is "stroke while sleeping" which occurs more and more frequently in children whose parents smoke.

3. Secondhand smoke is harmful to people around you.

You may have heard that smoking is 1 harmful, but inhaling cigarette smoke is 10 times more harmful. This is completely true. In addition to causing "passive smoking", cigarette smoke also lingers on objects, fingers and lips of smokers for a long time. These substances are commonly known as "tar" and can penetrate the skin through direct contact. "Cigarette smoke not only floats in the air but also sticks to surrounding objects and people, thereby greatly increasing the possibility of gene mutations and sudden death during sleep, especially for young children." - Posted by the US Department of Energy in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

4. Numbers don't lie

Did you know that in Vietnam alone, 40,000 people die each year from tobacco-related diseases, which is equivalent to 100 people per day and is still increasing? The Vietnamese Ministry of Health estimates that by 2030, the annual death toll from tobacco will be 70,000.

In the UK, the number of people who die from tobacco each year is up to 80,000. Such a highly developed country still has to suffer from a persistent disease caused by tobacco. And in 2018, community organizations in this country began research to find a way to end, or at least control, the "tobacco epidemic". They put all their faith in E-cigarettes, a method that is not new but has been suppressed for a very long time due to social prejudice.

II. The lifebuoy called “Electronic Cigarette”

1. Electronic cigarettes are 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes

One of the most important points that makes scientists believe that vaping is 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes is that the “smoke” produced by e-cigarettes does not contain tar or toxic gases such as carbon monoxide (CO). Instead, e-cigarettes use just enough heat to vaporize essential oils and nicotine. The entire process of e-cigarettes does not involve any “burning” process, thus avoiding the negative effects of soot and tar like traditional cigarettes.

( Reference: What is an electronic cigarette? )

2 Is a great method to quit smoking

However, if that were all, e-cigarettes would still not be considered the “most effective method of quitting smoking”. Have you noticed that smoking cessation products on the market such as patches, gum, lozenges, etc. all provide nicotine to users but are not very effective in quitting smoking? That is because we have completely misunderstood the symptoms of human “addiction”, specifically tobacco addiction. Smokers depend not only on nicotine but also on the feeling of holding a cigarette in their hands, the smell of tobacco and of course the feeling of smoke passing through their throats. E-cigarettes provide users with an experience similar to cigarettes but much “cleaner”. From the act of putting it in the mouth, inhaling the smoke, holding the smoke in the mouth to the tingling sensation of nicotine in the throat, all can simulate the experience of smoking that has been deeply ingrained in the subconscious but without tar, without CO and thereby avoiding countless dangerous diseases.

Public Health England has conducted many surveys and experiments and concluded that: Electronic cigarettes are the easiest method to quit smoking, the effectiveness of quitting smoking for those who use electronic cigarettes if following the correct regimen can be twice as high as other methods such as patches or throat sprays. To further reinforce this result, they gave the figure of 64.9%, this is the success rate of quitting smoking within 12 months of those who use electronic cigarettes.

( Reference: Using electronic cigarettes to quit smoking )

3. E-cigarette smoke is less harmful to people around you

Another reason why e-cigarettes are a great alternative to smoking is that the smoke they produce breaks down relatively quickly in the air. E-cigarette smoke only lasts about 45 minutes in the air and is almost harmless when it sticks to the skin. In contrast, cigarette smoke and toxins will solidify as tar and last a long time on surrounding surfaces, causing harm to users when in contact with the skin. For this reason, some places that absolutely ban smoking such as hospitals, gyms, etc. will be able to allow vaping as long as it does not affect the people around.

4. The quality of electronic cigarettes is improving rapidly.

With the advancement of technology every day, electronic cigarette products are also becoming more modern and safer than before. People have used organic cotton instead of silicate cotton, eliminating the possibility of glass fibers getting stuck in the lungs. Dangerous flavors that have the potential to cause disease have also been put on the red list of vape manufacturers. As well as the quality of essential oils is becoming more and more pure, you can completely feel that easily when comparing the experience of using essential oils produced in 2023 with essential oils in 2015, they are cleaner, more real and almost no company has to receive feedback that "their essential oils smell like chemicals" anymore.

References:

1: Chemicals in cigarette smoke .

2: The effects of smoking on health .

3: Effects of passive smoking .

4: Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest rate of male smokers in the world .