If you have a friend who tells you that e-cigarettes are more harmful than traditional cigarettes, I suspect he has been misled by some unscrupulous media.
Studies have shown that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
I know you don’t believe me, but let’s break down the main ingredients and dangers of e-cigarettes and cigarettes for you smokers.
The main component of an e-cigarette cartridge
(Steps for using e-cigarette: heat e-cigarette liquid → produce aerosol → inhale into lung)
1. Nicotine salts (Nicotine salts are acid-etched nicotine, which is more easily absorbed and excreted by the body than nicotine.)
Characteristics: Can excite the center, produce a feeling of euphoria.
Harm: Make people dependent, make people addicted. (It’s not a carcinogen.)
What it does: It can help smokers get rid of their addiction
2. Propylene Glycol (pg)
Characteristics: Colorless viscous transparent liquid, slightly sweet taste, no odor. (More than 90% of the soot is made up of it)
Harm: Large doses can cause nausea and are generally harmless. (You can find it in face masks and toothpaste.)
Function: Can make the smoke oil smooth, strong throat feeling.
3. Glycerin (vg)
Features: Extracted from natural plant materials, water soluble liquid.
Harm: non-toxic
What it does: It creates smoke from e-cigarettes.
Step 4: Flavor
Features: Life is very common, we eat food basic contains.
Hazard: None
What it does: The flavors of e-vape are determined by it.
The main ingredient of traditional cigarettes
(Smoking steps: Burn tobacco → produce smoke → inhale into lung)
1. Nicotine
Characteristics: Can excite the center, produce a feeling of euphoria.
Harm: Make people dependent, make people addicted. (It’s not a carcinogen.)
What it does: It can help smokers get rid of their addiction
2. Tar
Characteristics: Incomplete combustion products, numerous oxides, sulfides and complex mixtures.
Harm: carcinogen. (The smoke from burning produces cancer-promoting substances such as benzopyrene and nitrosamines)
3. Carbon Monoxide
Characteristics: colorless, odorless, odorless toxic gas
Harm: Make blood clotting speed up, cause cardiovascular disease.
epilogue
After reading some of the information above, I believe you will have some answers to the question of which is more harmful, e-cigarette or cigarette.
At least e-cigarettes don’t give us yellow teeth, stink and second-hand smoke.
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There are at least 2,000 harmful compounds in the burning smoke of traditional cigarettes, and many brands on the market today are edible.