How is a E-Cigarette safer than a traditional cigarette?
The most dangerous part of smoking is related to the actual burning of a cigarette. There are more than 4,020 chemicals generally found in tobacco smoke. More than 50 of these are known to cause cancer. Most of the chemicals including carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide are formed when tobacco burns up. To name a few: Ammonia, Arsenic, Benzene, Butane, Carbon monoxide, Cadmium, Cyanide DDT, Lead, Formaldehyde, Naphthalene…the list goes on! As a cigarette is smoked, the amount of tar inhaled into the lungs increases, and the last puff contains more than twice as much tar as the first puff. Tar is a mixture of substances that together form a sticky mass in the lungs gradually blocking the airways. Most of the chemicals inhaled in cigarette smoke stay in the lungs. The more you inhale, the better it feels and the greater the risk to your lungs. E-Cigarettes however DO NOT burn. They do not contain tar.
