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Overview of E-Cigarettes

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Approximately 1 in 5 current Canadian adult smokers have tried e-cigarettes. While many experts believe that electronic cigarettes can potentially project health risks, after the introduction of them, we have seen a majority of these individuals who quit, failed or eventually relapsed, able to refrain from the habit. E-cigarettes provide an effective means of smoking, as they administer nicotine as well as eliminate the feeling of physically puffing on a cigarette. Therefore, I believe that electronic cigarettes should not be banned in Canada. E-cigarettes main purpose is to help tobacco smokers' either cut back or quit smoking regular cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes decrease withdrawal symptoms and cravings in former smokers as well as end habits. Whether these devices are a safe replacement for tobacco cigarettes or not, health issues has been an ongoing debate for the past decade for the product, but there is no question that there needs to be an alternative nicotine source given the fact that electronic cigarettes have become recently quickly popularized. As we know, tobacco smoke is not safe as it has a negative effect on public health. From an FDA report we see that "experts have tried to warn consumers about potential health risks associated with electronic cigarettes  (FDA REPORT) however, there are many limitations and gaps in current studies because the devices are so new. So, there needs to be further research on the promotion of electronic cigarettes. In the past decade, the younger generations in Canada who smoke regular cigarettes has declined as the rise of electronic cigarettes has inclined increasingly. Although smoking electronic cigarettes is safer and healthier, provincial governments of Canada have tried to crack down on younger generations using the devices. The Provincial Government of Canada believes that the "increasingly popularity of the devices is paralleled by concern that they encourage, rather tha

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