Are Electronic Cigarettes Safe - Health - Quit Smoking

The rapidly growing industry of electronic cigarettes is anticipated to be the biggest rival the tobacco industry has ever seen. In the light of this growing demand there is one question most consumers are asking. Are electronic cigarettes safe? Lets here what medical experts are saying.

Dr. Carl V. Phillips, epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta Department of Public Health Sciences puts electronic cigarettes in the same risk category as coffee.

We of course know that long-term use of nicotine poses a small, a very small but non-zero risk of some cardiovascular diseases, so I suppose you could call that a side effect which is predictable for the long run, but that's a total risk which is down in the range of drinking coffee, nothing remotely similar to the risk from smoking cigarettes.

Dr. Murray Laugesen, Health New Zealand believes that electronic cigarettes pose little to no threat of lung cancer.

Switching to e-cigarettes with nicotine continued, can be expected to reduce lung cancer risk the same as altogether quitting cigarettes without e-cigarettes.

Dr. Joel Nitzkin, Chair, Tobacco Control Task Force and member of the American Association of Public Health Physicians compares the risk of electronic cigarettes to tobacco cigarettes as less than 1%.

We have every reason to believe the hazard posed by electronic cigarettes would be much lower than 1% of that posed by [tobacco] cigarettes.

Dr. Dean Edell, host of America's second most popular syndicated radio talk show claims electronic cigarettes are nowhere near as dangerous as tobacco cigarettes.

"An electronic cigarette would have to be so toxic to even come close to what cigarettes do to you, I'm not sure what all the belly-aching is about....

The [FDA] analysis found that several of the cartridges contained detectable levels of nitrosamines. Detectable levels of nitrosamines. Yes, there are nitrosamines in tobacco. Yes, we think nitrosamines--which you're going to find in hot dogs and sausages--also might cause cancer, but not like cigarettes do!

They're going to have to beat me over the head to say it's anywhere near as dangerous as cigarettes..."

Paul Bergen, M.Sc., M.L.I.S. is a Research Associate at the Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta says their risk is much smaller than that of smoking.

"Though it is likely that the health risks of long term use of e-cigarettes are negligible, whatever small risk there is, is beside the point. The point is that whatever risk there may be, that risk is so much smaller than that of smoking. Smoking has so many health risks that any article about e-cigarettes that ignores the comparison impedes the progress toward a healthier population."

Are electronic cigarettes safe? Well, they appear to be significantly less harmful than tobacco cigarettes.

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