Forty-two percent of Americans smoked cigarettes in 1965 versus the 19 percent of adults who smoke tobacco cigarettes today. In the article “Smoke Signals” by Alessandra Potenza, the issue of electronic cigarettes is discussed. Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigs, are becoming popular among youth and because they are unregulated, U.S. officials are worried.
E-cigs are a new invention that are marketed towards today’s youth and currently are unregulated. First off, what are they? Electronic cigarettes are battery powered devices that vaporize liquid nicotine without burning cancer causing tobacco. These e-cigs are seen as better for the health of the smoker because they lack cancer causing tobacco. Though they lack cancer causing tobacco, people are trying to get them to be regulated, and even banning them. Many countries have banned them such as Canada, Brazil and Mexico. In the United States, the FDA tried to ban electronic cigarettes, but a federal judge overruled the ban, saying that the e-cigarettes can be regulated by the FDA just like traditional cigarettes but can’t be banned. Due to this ruling by the federal judge, the FDA is currently working on regulating e-cigs in the U.S. They are trying to regulate e-cigs because they …show more content…
Cigarette smoking accounts for almost half a million deaths from cancer, emphysema, and heart disease every year in the U.S. Michael Spiegel, an expert tobacco co-control initiatives at Boston University’s School of Public Health says, “It’s a heck of a lot better than smoking tobacco.” Some think it makes people more likely to smoke because e-cigs can be used almost anywhere versus cigarettes that cannot be smoked in many places such as a restaurant or workplace. E-cigs are seen as a helpful cessation aid, more so than other products that have been tried to be used to stop smoking tobacco
E-cigs are a new invention that are marketed towards today’s youth and currently are unregulated. First off, what are they? Electronic cigarettes are battery powered devices that vaporize liquid nicotine without burning cancer causing tobacco. These e-cigs are seen as better for the health of the smoker because they lack cancer causing tobacco. Though they lack cancer causing tobacco, people are trying to get them to be regulated, and even banning them. Many countries have banned them such as Canada, Brazil and Mexico. In the United States, the FDA tried to ban electronic cigarettes, but a federal judge overruled the ban, saying that the e-cigarettes can be regulated by the FDA just like traditional cigarettes but can’t be banned. Due to this ruling by the federal judge, the FDA is currently working on regulating e-cigs in the U.S. They are trying to regulate e-cigs because they …show more content…
Cigarette smoking accounts for almost half a million deaths from cancer, emphysema, and heart disease every year in the U.S. Michael Spiegel, an expert tobacco co-control initiatives at Boston University’s School of Public Health says, “It’s a heck of a lot better than smoking tobacco.” Some think it makes people more likely to smoke because e-cigs can be used almost anywhere versus cigarettes that cannot be smoked in many places such as a restaurant or workplace. E-cigs are seen as a helpful cessation aid, more so than other products that have been tried to be used to stop smoking tobacco