Interesting article written by a marketer (Totally Wicked)
on the subject of E-cigarettes in the News
Electronic Cigarette News The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Take any given day and try searching for electronic cigarettes on your favorite Internet search engines.
Amongst the big hitters which are the main distributors of e-cigs you will find more than a few news articles and news stories concerning the e-cigarette.
Its such a big, ongoing story that there are often many brand new stories each and every day.
The news itself will be hugely varied, from articles claiming that e-cigs could be the best thing ever in the world, to those who would have the product banned and forever vanished from sight.
Then you will have perhaps the more sensible, balanced stories in between that offer some sort of real information about electronic cigarettes.
Its an unfortunate reality that these constant back and forth arguments about the safety or lack of safety of these e-smoking devices have probably clouded some of the more serious issues.
Lets try and take a brief but balanced look at some of the arguments that are dominating the front pages of electronic cigarette news.
An e cigs still contains highly addictive nicotine just like regular tobacco cigarettes.
Yes, it does.
However, not only is there an option to use nicotine free cartridges, but the device contains absolutely no tobacco, none at all.
So, while those that claim that e-cigs could potentially attract and addict new users could possibly have a small degree of mileage, the flip side is, that the many millions of people already hooked on tobacco cigarettes and putting themselves at risk from various diseases (including cancer) and even death, now have what could yet prove to be a really genuine alternative to tobacco smoking.
Indeed there are many smokers (who may now even call themselves ex-smokers) who will testify to the difference in their lives since they switched from tobacco to electronic cigarettes.
The way the product is marketed is another controversial issue and once again there are points on both sides.
Those that believe that e-cigarette packaging and promotion should come with appropriate warnings of possible dangers are absolutely correct; after all they generally do still contain nicotine (Some responsible sellers have already been warning their customers of this, despite there being no official governmental guidance being offered in these quarters).
However, banning e-smoking before its even had a fair trial has to be categorically wrong!
If there is only even a little potential in these things, then it deserves to be tested properly and fairly and when the results are out, treated accordingly.
One recent vendor argues that the electronic cigarette should be treated as a recreational product and therefore come under some form of tobacco regulation.
Considering that this particular vendor has not made any unfounded health or nicotine cessation claims on his company website, it could be argued that this is one of the most sensible and prudent approaches yet.
Does this provide us with conclusive answers? Certainly not, but we do need to balance our arguments. After all, there are usually pros and cons to everything, including which party we vote for in an election!
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on the subject of E-cigarettes in the News
Electronic Cigarette News The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Take any given day and try searching for electronic cigarettes on your favorite Internet search engines.
Amongst the big hitters which are the main distributors of e-cigs you will find more than a few news articles and news stories concerning the e-cigarette.
Its such a big, ongoing story that there are often many brand new stories each and every day.
The news itself will be hugely varied, from articles claiming that e-cigs could be the best thing ever in the world, to those who would have the product banned and forever vanished from sight.
Then you will have perhaps the more sensible, balanced stories in between that offer some sort of real information about electronic cigarettes.
Its an unfortunate reality that these constant back and forth arguments about the safety or lack of safety of these e-smoking devices have probably clouded some of the more serious issues.
Lets try and take a brief but balanced look at some of the arguments that are dominating the front pages of electronic cigarette news.
An e cigs still contains highly addictive nicotine just like regular tobacco cigarettes.
Yes, it does.
However, not only is there an option to use nicotine free cartridges, but the device contains absolutely no tobacco, none at all.
So, while those that claim that e-cigs could potentially attract and addict new users could possibly have a small degree of mileage, the flip side is, that the many millions of people already hooked on tobacco cigarettes and putting themselves at risk from various diseases (including cancer) and even death, now have what could yet prove to be a really genuine alternative to tobacco smoking.
Indeed there are many smokers (who may now even call themselves ex-smokers) who will testify to the difference in their lives since they switched from tobacco to electronic cigarettes.
The way the product is marketed is another controversial issue and once again there are points on both sides.
Those that believe that e-cigarette packaging and promotion should come with appropriate warnings of possible dangers are absolutely correct; after all they generally do still contain nicotine (Some responsible sellers have already been warning their customers of this, despite there being no official governmental guidance being offered in these quarters).
However, banning e-smoking before its even had a fair trial has to be categorically wrong!
If there is only even a little potential in these things, then it deserves to be tested properly and fairly and when the results are out, treated accordingly.
One recent vendor argues that the electronic cigarette should be treated as a recreational product and therefore come under some form of tobacco regulation.
Considering that this particular vendor has not made any unfounded health or nicotine cessation claims on his company website, it could be argued that this is one of the most sensible and prudent approaches yet.
Does this provide us with conclusive answers? Certainly not, but we do need to balance our arguments. After all, there are usually pros and cons to everything, including which party we vote for in an election!
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