Is e-cigarette the ideal solution?

According to Wikipedia, an electronic cigarette (e-cig or e-cigarette), personal vaporizer (PV) or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) is a battery-powered vaporizer which simulates the feeling of smoking, but without tobacco combustion. Their use is commonly called ‘vaping’.

The user automatically activates the e-cigarette by taking a puff; other devices turn on by pressing a button manually.

According to the National Health Interview Survey recently published:

• In 2014, 12.6% of adults had ever tried an e-cigarette even one time in their lifetimes, with use differing by sex, age, and race and Hispanic or Latino origin.
• About 3.7% of adults currently used e-cigarettes, with use differing by age and race and Hispanic or Latino origin.
• Current cigarette smokers and former smokers who quit smoking within the past year were more likely to use e-cigarettes than former smokers who quit smoking more than 1 year ago and those who had never smoked.
• Among current cigarette smokers who had tried to quit smoking in the past year, more than one-half had ever tried an e-cigarette and 20.3% were current e-cigarette users.
• Among adults who had never smoked cigarettes, 3.2% had ever tried an e-cigarette. Ever having used an e-cigarette was highest among never smokers aged 18–24 (9.7%) and declined with age.

¿Good or bad?

‘Obviously, it would be best if smokers could quit completely’, says Michael Siegel, MD, MPH, a professor at Boston University's School of Public Health. ‘But if that's not possible, I think they'd be a lot better off with e-cigarettes. They're a safer alternative’.

But, because nicotine is addictive, e-cigarettes could be a ‘gateway drug’, leading nonsmokers and kids to use tobacco.

From my point of view, the best option is to try help young people to avoid entering into this so dangerous world.

In a recent study of Mayo Clinic, they recommend 10 ways to keep teens smoke-free:

1. Set a good example

2. Understand the attraction

3. Say no to teen smoking

4. Appeal to your teen's vanity

5. Do the math. Smoking is expensive

6. Expect peer pressure

7. Take addiction seriously

8. Predict the future

9. Think beyond cigarettes

10. Get involved

01/01/2001

Disclaimer: This is a nonprofit blog. My objective, as a young girl born in 1999, is just to share my passion for Medicine by giving the world some information about the latest tendencies in this field. Please click on the links below to obtain a more detailed information about the articles I have used as a source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_cigarette
http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/electronic-cigarettes
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/teen-smoking/art-20047069