Imagine being middle aged and on an
oxygen tank for the rest of your life. This is just one major consequence smoking
can cause. As a smoker myself, I have experienced firsthand, the harmful
effects cigarettes have caused over the years. For example, as someone who was
active in sports through out high school, years after, I am now finding it
difficult to perform at the level I once did before I started smoking. Through
out the years I have tried many methods to help quit smoking. I have found
E-Cigarettes to be the most healthy alternative, cost efficient, and
environmentally friendly method to quit the bad habit.
E-Cigarettes are a healthy
alternative because they do not contain any chemicals other then nicotine,
distilled water, natural flavors, and citric acid. Point blank, e-cigarettes
have the same ingredients as most common food items. For example, citric acid
is found in oranges and we all have drank distilled bottle water. In contrary,
over four thousand chemicals are produced in cigarette smoke, and about
sixty-nine of those are cancer causing. Healthy lung cells are said to become
cancerous due to the chemical hydrogen peroxide, a deadly chemical found in
cigarettes. Other major diseases connected with cigarette smoking include high
blood pressure and heart disease. It’s safe to say, cigarettes come with high
cost.
Speaking of cost, I find
E-Cigarettes to be very cost efficient. I used to spend about six bucks a day on
a pack of cigarettes. Annually, that’s an estimate of twenty-two hundred
dollars spent on tobacco. However, E-Cigarettes are designed to be an
affordable alternative. The BLU- brand E-Cigarettes are a great example due to
the fact that they have a rechargeable model. Basically, the unit is broken
down into two halves. The first half is the rechargeable battery, the second
half consists of what is called a “cartomizer”, which is a little capsule
filled with the nicotine and distilled water. Each capsule is about two hundred
and fifty puffs or equivalent to a single pack of cigarettes. A box of
cartomizers comes with five units and cost roughly twelve dollars. In simpler
terms, you’re paying for two packs of cigarettes and receiving three for free. Thus
concluding that E-Cigarettes are indeed cheaper then traditional tobacco
cigarettes.
In addition to being cost efficient,
E-Cigarettes are also environmentally friendly. Just by personal observation, I could feel the
plastic and metal components of the device, which are both recyclable
materials. Moreover E-Cigarettes do not produce harmful second-hand smoke, as
traditional tobacco cigarettes are known to do. Recall, there where over 4000
chemicals in regular cigarettes and only water vapor and nicotine in E-Cigarettes.
Thus meaning E-Cigarettes may be allowed to be smoked anywhere because their’ only
by product is water vapor.
Even though I highly recommend
E-Cigarettes as a better alternative to traditional tobacco smoking, some
people still disagree. The fact is, electric cigarettes are new to the market and
not enough research has been done to fully satisfy the idea of being a
healthier alternative. Mainly because the idea that E-Cigarettes are targeting
adolescents to become addicted to the product. By all means I would agree to
regulate the sale of these products to minors. However, after one week of using
E-Cigs my self, I’ve been able to say, “No I would not like a cigarette, I’ll
PASS!”
