Someone tell me how/why E-cigarettes are healthier than traditional Cigarettes

[arauschen]

I have to interview someone who has an opposing belief to mine. I believe that e-cigarettes are not any healthier than traditional cigarettes. (but no hate on vaping, I vape myself)

My questions are:

Do you think electronic cigarettes are healthier than traditional (tobacco) cigarettes? Why?

Do you think electronic cigarettes are harmful to the human body?

Any feedback helps!

 

[EverythingEvil]

Inhaling burning plant matter at high temperatures seems like it would be considerably worse for you than vaping ever could be. I know it's subjective but I can quite literally vape all day long and never get coughing fits, all I need is one cigarette and I'm coughing on and off the rest of the day.

 

[Izan]

I have to interview someone who has an opposing belief to mine. I believe that e-cigarettes are not any healthier than traditional cigarettes. (but no hate on vaping, I vape myself)
Any feedback helps!

My questions are:

Do you think electronic cigarettes are healthier than traditional (tobacco) cigarettes? Why?

No, they are a less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes

Do you think electronic cigarettes are harmful to the human body?

I don't believe they are as harmful as traditional cigarettes.


Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes - Public health matters

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[Hawise]

Inhaling burning plant matter at high temperatures seems like it would be considerably worse for you than vaping ever could be. I know it's subjective but I can quite literally vape all day long and never get coughing fits, all I need is one cigarette and I'm coughing on and off the rest of the day.

It's not at all subjective; the science is quite clear. Vaping is harm reduction. Inhaling carbon monoxide, tar and ash is very unhealthy. Vaping is less so.

Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction

 

[Hawise]

Do you think electronic cigarettes are healthier than traditional (tobacco) cigarettes? Why?

Yes. I 'believe in' scientific evidence. Like this: Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction

Do you think electronic cigarettes are harmful to the human body?

Probably, but much less so than smoking.

 

[bombastinator]

To say they are healthier is a bit of a misnomer. They are much less unhealthy. There are numerous scientifically validated reasons for this.
Basically Ecigs contain far far fewer harmful chemicals and what harmful chemicals there are are present in vastly smaller amounts.

The royal college of physicians (UK) did a study and estimated that ecigs were about 1/1000th as bad as cigarettes.
This is not to say they are good for you. Merely that they are much less bad for you.

Are ecigs harmful to the human body? Yes, but then basically everything is harmful to the human body. The cancer risk of smoking ecigs has been compared to eating ripe tomatoes. This does not mean that it is zero though. Merely that tomatoes are somewhat more dangerous than generally supposed.

What ecigs have that ripe tomatoes don’t, is a bunch of financially vested interests that don’t like them. From big tobacco, to drug companies making smoking cessation products, to anti smoking groups that see them as competition.

 

[Letitia]

believe that e-cigarettes are not any healthier than traditional cigarettes. (but no hate on vaping, I vape myself)

Then why are vaping at all?

 

[zoiDman]

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[bombastinator]

Then why are vaping at all?

My personal suspicion is this is evidence gathering for some sort of debate. He is taking that stand to produce more convienient results rather than because it is an actual personally held opinion

 

[Letitia]

My personal suspicion is this is evidence gathering for some sort of debate. He is taking that stand to produce more convienient results rather than because it is an actual personally held opinion

Hope so.

 

[vapdivrr]

When I started vaping over 7 years ago there was even less information on the subject, but knowing basically nothing about vaping, it just seemed common sense that it had to be much better then inhaling combustible tobacco imo. I basically knew alittle about what was in ejuice and it was an easy decision that there was no comparison to smoking. Is it me just being naive ? Perhaps, but I personally cannot understand how someone can even think ecigs are even close to being as dangerous as cigs, if you just think about it....who knows, perhaps 10 years from now my lungs will collapse from vaping, but right now , after a 30 years smoking habit, I honestly feel like I never smoked at all. Every ailment I had from smoking is 100 percent gone in just 7 years and it's absolutely amazing! ! Not once, especially now, has it ever crossed my mind, that perhaps ecigs are just as dangerous as smoking. But this is me and my story and for someone just starting or has only been vaping a short time, I suppose there are doubts, especially with all the b/s that the government has put out there. me, goes in one ear and out the other , as I know for sure that vaping has saved my life.

 

[bombastinator]

When I started vaping over 7 years ago there was even less information on the subject, but knowing basically nothing about vaping, it just seemed common sense that it had to be much better then inhaling combustible tobacco imo. I basically knew alittle about what was in ejuice and it was an easy decision that there was no comparison to smoking. Is it me just being naive ? Perhaps, but I personally cannot understand how someone can even think ecigs are even close to being as dangerous as cigs, if you just think about it....who knows, perhaps 10 years from now my lungs will collapse from vaping, but right now , after a 30 years smoking habit, I honestly feel like I never smoked at all. Every ailment I had from smoking is 100 percent gone in just 7 years and it's absolutely amazing! ! Not once, especially now, has it ever crossed my mind, that perhaps ecigs are just as dangerous as smoking. But this is me and my story and for someone just starting or has only been vaping a short time, I suppose there are doubts, especially with all the b/s that the government has put out there. me, goes in one ear and out the other , as I know for sure that vaping has saved my life.

It’s not the government. It’s corporations and NGOs. The “gubment” has said almost nothing one way or the other.

 

[robrrt]

What ecigs have that ripe tomatoes don’t, is a bunch of financially vested interests that don’t like them. From big tobacco, to drug companies making smoking cessation products, to anti smoking groups that see them as competition.

Along with the biggest financially vested interest: government

 

[Brewdawg1181]

I have to interview someone who has an opposing belief to mine. I believe that e-cigarettes are not any healthier than traditional cigarettes. (but no hate on vaping, I vape myself)

My questions are:

Do you think electronic cigarettes are healthier than traditional (tobacco) cigarettes? Why?

Do you think electronic cigarettes are harmful to the human body?

Any feedback helps!

My feedback? Nothing about your post smells quite right. I think you're being less than honest. You have to interview someone for what, exactly? And you decided to join ECF today? You vape, yet you don't believe yourself that vaping is healthier (less unhealthy) than cigarettes? Since you say you don't believe vaping is "healthier" than smoking, and your interview subject has an opposing belief, they think it is "healthier?" If you don't, then why would you vape? Why don't you level with us, and tell us what this is really for? (Maybe) sorry for the distrust, but it seems sort of trollish to me.

No matter, and no real harm I guess...there will be (and has been) be a lot of good info posted in reply. I just prefer being straight-forward.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Then why are vaping at all?

I don't think she is.......just wants some fast resources.

 

[r77r7r]

Not any healthier than cigarettes? That's nuts. Whadda you crazy?

 

[bombastinator]

Along with the biggest financially vested interest: government

If this was true more governmental action would have been taken that was not instigated by the previously mentioned interests. In every instance I know of the anti vaping legislation was more or less dictated by anti vaping groups

 

[bombastinator]

Not any healthier than cigarettes? That's nuts. Whadda you crazy?

Merely heavily indoctrinated I suspect. It is possible through subtext and clever marketing to create a public opinion without ever actually stating that opinion. The actual message groups want to convey is that vaping is more dangerous than smoking but they can’t actually say so because it’s totally false. So they use subtext.

 

[Zakillah]

There is no:
CO, NOx, PAHs, heavy metals, tar, nitrosamines, VOCs, yada, yada
in ECig vapor. Thats scientific fact. Its not a topic where it matters what people "think". The earth isnt a 2000 year old hollow disk; no matter how many people "think" it is.

 

[Ryedan]

My questions are:
No, they are a less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes
I don't believe they are as harmful as traditional cigarettes.


Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes - Public health matters

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What he said ^^^

I switched to vaping in April 2012. I'm healthier now than I was then and I'm 6 1/2 years older.

Works for me