From 2011 to 2014, the use of electronic cigarettes have tripled amongst teenagers (Raloff 18-21). Teenagers find no harm in smoking electronic cigarettes. But, electronic cigarettes can cause major damage to the lungs and make a person more susceptible to germ exposure. The original idea behind electronic cigarettes was to get people with tobacco addictions to stop (Raloff 18-21). That didn’t work. Electronic cigarettes contain nicotine (Which is what makes cigarettes so addictive), but not any of the other chemicals that are in regular cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are battery operated and turns one of the many nicotine flavored liquids into vapor. Many people are choosing to use electronic cigarettes because it can be used in many indoor places. They can be cheaper than some cigarette brands. They can also be customized by color and flavor. In 2014, over two million students in the United States used electronic cigarettes, there were over four hundred brands of electronic cigarettes, ten states let children under the age of eighteen buy electronic cigarettes, and poison control was called a little over four thousand times due to electronic cigarettes (Raloff
From 2011 to 2014, the use of electronic cigarettes have tripled amongst teenagers (Raloff 18-21). Teenagers find no harm in smoking electronic cigarettes. But, electronic cigarettes can cause major damage to the lungs and make a person more susceptible to germ exposure. The original idea behind electronic cigarettes was to get people with tobacco addictions to stop (Raloff 18-21). That didn’t work. Electronic cigarettes contain nicotine (Which is what makes cigarettes so addictive), but not any of the other chemicals that are in regular cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are battery operated and turns one of the many nicotine flavored liquids into vapor. Many people are choosing to use electronic cigarettes because it can be used in many indoor places. They can be cheaper than some cigarette brands. They can also be customized by color and flavor. In 2014, over two million students in the United States used electronic cigarettes, there were over four hundred brands of electronic cigarettes, ten states let children under the age of eighteen buy electronic cigarettes, and poison control was called a little over four thousand times due to electronic cigarettes (Raloff