e cigs Risks?

[iPandie]

i am so confused.

i recently purchased an ecig for my mom and have been in the process of purchasing more for friends so i could get them to quit analogs.

well my plan went all downhill tonight because my mom who had been happily vaping for two weeks saw on the south korean news on tv tonight that e cigs were found to cause lung cancer and that they should not be used.

we got into a little argument because i said that it must not be the same product but she claims to have seen the e cig device on tv and that it seems to work just like how hers works.

& now she vows to never use hers again and to make sure that no one around her does.

anybody w/ more information on this? it would be so helpful if i knew what was goin` on before i could agree with her to quit e cigs or to defend the product.

 

[SmilingSlasher]

i am so confused.

i recently purchased an ecig for my mom and have been in the process of purchasing more for friends so i could get them to quit analogs.

well my plan went all downhill tonight because my mom who had been happily vaping for two weeks saw on the south korean news on tv tonight that e cigs were found to cause lung cancer and that they should not be used.

we got into a little argument because i said that it must not be the same product but she claims to have seen the e cig device on tv and that it seems to work just like how hers works.

& now she vows to never use hers again and to make sure that no one around her does.

anybody w/ more information on this? it would be so helpful if i knew what was goin` on before i could agree with her to quit e cigs or to defend the product.

People beleive whatever they choose to beleive. Sometimes there is no changing peoples minds.
Whats she gonna do......go back to tobacco cigarettes? Like they don't cause Cancer? Hell, with cigarettes if you don't get Cancer, you get one of a handful of different lung related illnesses.

Plus......E-Juice is ALOT cheaper than cigarettes. Even if it did cause Cancer (which I don't beleive for one second that it does) I'd still pick the cheaper way to get it.

E-Cigs still seem like the lesser of 2 evils.

 

[SikVapor]

I'd love to see that S. Korean news segment. Do you know which channel she was watching?

 

[Raven1]

Gotta be a ploy. There's never been a study done on whether they cause cancer or not (not that anyone knows of). They haven't been around long enough to know the long-term effects.

 

[iPandie]

ohhhhh mother.

finally the news is uppp. last night it was so hard to find any information but since it was breakin` news last night on the korean channel on direct tv or whatnot

now my korean translation isn`t THAT great to be able to translate every single word in the newspaper but i can get 90% of the information

but from what i read it doesn`t seem like there is any definitive evidence. it js caused a SCARE amongst asians b/c my parents are perfect examples of the typical asian parents who would trip out when they hear a NEWS reporter put [PRODUCT] and [CANCER] together.

i don`t know how i`m goin` to calm her down from this one.

[아시아경제 신범수 기자] 담배를 끊기 위해 사용하는 전자식 담배도 폐암 등 각종 질병을 유발할 수 있다고 보건당국이 경고했다.

식품의약품안전청은 '전자식 흡연욕구저하제'를 구입하는 소비자는 제품 설명서에 기재된 정확한 용법 및 용량을 지키고, 관련 부작용 위험을 숙지해야 한다고 29일 밝혔다.

식약청에 따르면 전자담배는 하루 1개피를 10일간 만 사용해야 하는데, 이를 지키지 않을 경우 구역질이나 집중력 저하 등 이상반응이 나타날 수 있다.

또 전자담배는 니코틴이 들어있지 않으나, 담배잎 기름(연초유)을 추출, 정제한 성분을 넣기 때문에 담배의 위해성 중 일부를 공유하고 있다고 설명했다.

식 약청 관계자는 "전자담배도 폐암 등 각종 질병의 원인이 될 수 있으므로 주의해야 하며, 알레르기가 일어나기 쉬운 사람, 임산부, 수유부, 입이나 목에 염증이 있는 사람, 18세 미만자 등은 절대적으로 사용하면 안된다"고 말했다.

아울러 식약청은 전자담배가 중독 우려는 적은 것은 맞지만, '건강에 좋다'는 식의 광고문구는 사실이 아니므로 현혹되지 않도록 주의해 달라고 당부했다.

Electric cigarettes, used to quit smoking, are said to be able to cause lung cancer and other illnesses by the korean FDA.

In order to use these products safely the guidelines must be followed and the amount vaped in a day must be kept minimal.

You should only vape 1 [this is the part i'm not sure about. it is either 1 cartomizer or 1 "pack" but not sure] for 10 days max. The further you stray from these guidelines, you will experience symptoms such as nausea and inability to concentrate.

Also, though e cigs do not contain nicotine (wtf?), they do contain the same ingredients as tobacco oil so the same effects as smoking are likely.

the kFDA warns "E cigs can cause lung cancer and other diseases and people who are sensitive to allergens, pregnant women, children under 18, people who have infections in their mouth & throat MUST not use this product"

the kFDA warns that though it is true that addiction to e cigs is rare, the claims that are made that e cigs are the healthier alternative are not true so people should exercise caution.

 

[PlanetScribbles]

I don't know what Korean e-cigs are like, but i'm not vaping anything resembling that description. My e-cig is >1000x safer than analogs.

 

[Momof3]

This I think sums it up the easiest for people to understand, so they can make the most informed decision possible for themselves at this time.

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: July 2009

Links provided to resources. Sorry, since basically everything I've seen by "news" outlets currently just parodies the slanted FDA release "Ecigs bad because we say so!" instead of actual unbiased facts from both sides, I don't know of and don't foresee in the near future any Korean language sources you might be able to provide them with to help in their decision.

 

[Kimmy]

The US FDA and the korean FDA should get together and go bowling.


Ask her if she believes everything she hears on television. Reason with her, explain you and only doing it because you care, ask her to research it in greater depths before she just throws in the towel and gives up. Ecigs are not 100% safe, and they are not advertised that way (depending on which company you are talking about) they are advertised as the safer alternative. In my honest opinion they are safer. But let her make the decision for herself, ask her to give it a second chance and a real shot, after all you want her around-tell her that!

 

[chocopie]

My mother in law also heard similar news broadcasted from a Korean radio station recently, and my wife's is in a panic mode (I've been vaping on and off for 3 month). btw excellent translation ipandie

i am so confused.

i recently purchased an ecig for my mom and have been in the process of purchasing more for friends so i could get them to quit analogs.

well my plan went all downhill tonight because my mom who had been happily vaping for two weeks saw on the south korean news on tv tonight that e cigs were found to cause lung cancer and that they should not be used.

we got into a little argument because i said that it must not be the same product but she claims to have seen the e cig device on tv and that it seems to work just like how hers works.

& now she vows to never use hers again and to make sure that no one around her does.

anybody w/ more information on this? it would be so helpful if i knew what was goin` on before i could agree with her to quit e cigs or to defend the product.