Vapear is inhaling vapor.A new term that is attached to the language of those who entered the new technology of the electronic cigarette, known as 'e-cigarette'.
The electronic cigarette is revolutionizing the way of smoking around the world, especially in the last five years, when multiplied distributors and fans on the internet pages. Although it is not recognized by the medical authorities as method to quit smoking, is an alternative to enjoy the feeling of doing so without being exposed to four thousand chemicals traditional cigarette, many of them causing cancer, since the e-cigarette
tobacco has no works by combustion, thus produces smoke but steam.
This is an advantage for those who are close to those who 'vapean' and that have typically been passive smoking: steam generated in the environment, and have no odor, is harmless and does not affect the health of third parties. Colombia already allow to use it inside some restaurants, bars and cafes.
E-cigarret consists of
three basic parts: a rechargeable lithium battery with a life expectancy of 300 recharges, each an of which can take, depending on the model, equivalent to a package or package and means of cigarettes in number of inhalations, then comes an atomizer, which is the 'secret'; cigarette and the third is the cartridge, which replaces the normal cigarette filter and contains fluid that vaporizes, regularly composed of propylene glycol by 80 per cent, 10 per cent water, 9 percent of flavorings and 1 per cent of pharmaceutical nicotine. Assembled three parties when the person makes inhalation active battery the atomizer, heats it and produces the steam that simulates the sensation of smoking. "Any agent that has the liquid cigarette are carcinogens." Nicotine is toxic, but according to the quantities. "Great damage cigarette does not produces nicotine but other chemical agents", says Charles Cure, one of the importers of the product to Colombia.
Only two months ago, Dr. JF Etter, Institute of social medicine and preventive of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, conducted a survey that 79 percent of users considered that electronic cigarette served them to leave current cigarette. But even when the World Health Organization, FDA (entity which regulates food and medicine in the United States) or the EMEA (its counterpart on the issue of drugs in Europe), it have been validated as treatment for smoking cessation.
"We know that the apparatus is nicotine and many other elements that we have not yet identified and directly entering the lungs." "Has not been tested successfully, for which even has minimum sanitary guarantees", assured the director who, Douglas Bettcher,
tobacco in a press release on the subject area.
The addictive substance
Nicotine is the causative first of all this controversy, it is the component that has decimated the will of millions of smokers in the world for centuries. Its addictive power produces a severe chemical dependency therefore makes contact with nasal, oral, and respiratory mucosa, once you are enough only seven seconds to reach the brain. Although many were surprised with the term, nicotine is a drug that acts on the central nervous system psychoactive.
For this reason many doubt that electronic cigarette down addiction. While it is true that this prevents thousands of chemical and carcinogenic agents, strengthened with the combustion of the traditional, nicotine addictive component is still there. Some users of surveyed say: "I is not sufficient, use it as an alternative in public places". Took it all day with me but I am happy because it makes a year not smoker but vapeo.
The fact that users regulate the amount of fluid cartridge can lead to some reduce it gradually or, conversely, to be inhaling more nicotine than with normal cigarettes because you can use it anytime, anywhere.
"The highest level of nicotine with our products is a tenth of nicotine in a cigarette - ensures Carlos Cure-." You would need to use it much more than a cigarette to overcome that volume of nicotine, which also contains amoniacos founded addiction. "Initially, at such low levels of nicotine people tend to use more than the ordinary cigarette, but cases like mine, who smoked three packages of conventional and now vapeo daily, which translates into one package."
Furthermore, the doctor Nelson Páez, the National Foundation of pneumology, argues: "Dependent on the nicotine is not good health." In addition to regulatory organizations have not endorsed the security components that are inhaled, there is another risk that is being considered, is Mint, chocolate or fruit flavours to catch the attention of children and adolescents, that can end up being addicted to nicotine in this way and then switch to the normal cigarette. "This option as valid as those who defend the reverse process as a way to stop it".
Finally, viewing multi-page e-cigarette fan forums, users are supported each other, recognizing that while also has chemical agents, expect that you not banned it, because they seem paradoxical that it is legal to sell cigarettes with more than 4,000 chemicals in every corner. All a dilemma when the strength of will is not enough and the decision remains between smoke and vapor.
By Elizabeth Jiménez
