The electronic cigarette industry has become a booming industry . This innovative product is a hit with smokers, especially to those who want to quit . In the United States , the report released last month by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ) confirmed that the use of e-cigarettes is growing at an incredible rate.
A recent study by the Centre for Studies on Cancer of the University of Hawaii found that many teens want to stop smoking are turning to electronic cigarettes or " e- cigarettes " . They often adopt this innovative product as a solution to their problem of smoking. The e-cigarettes are powered by battery or batteries. Due to their operating principle, their use is often considered trivial because the smoker inhales the vapor instead of toxic smoke that usually comes from the combustion of tobacco in real cigarettes .
The study involved more than 1,500 smokers from different ethnic backgrounds , and showed that 13% of them would choose the electronic cigarette to help them quit. The study also provided that " ... people who have used other nicotine substitutes approved by the FDA, were two to four times more likely to adopt the electronic cigarette to stop smoking , "according to the statement made by Dr. Pallav Pokhiel . For now, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has not yet ruled on the regulation of e-cigarettes. These devices are new to the market , appeared for the first time in 2004, are unfortunately still in the testing phase according to the FDA . Lila Johnson, member of the Ministry of Health for tobacco prevention and education program announced that the agency may make the decision whether to declare the use of e- cigarettes as safe after test results course . This means that the idea that electronic cigarettes are safer and are safe for the smoker remains to be seen , despite the presence of many witnesses.
The FDA should use its powers to bring more light on the safety and effects of the use of e- cigarettes. Users should not be duped into thinking that these little gadgets steam are safer than traditional cigarettes which are made with paper and tobacco. FDA takes action to studies and to prohibit businesses promote their products as safe, but the consumer confusion persists. To provide the right information to consumers, the FDA should find ways to approach more closely , rather than wait until their voices are related by media reports or press releases .
While the FDA prohibits manufacturers of e- cigarettes to promote their products as a way to quit smoking , many users still believe that these devices are safe and are effective in helping to stop smoking and to improve their health. The mere fact they exhale steam and not smoke for them. Some also believe that those around them do not risk anything with steam they expire. However, according to the Washington Post, a recent German study have revealed that the vapor e-cigarette contains nicotine and propylene glycol , as well as substances that could harm the health of people in the vicinity of a vapoteur .
Today, the United States , manufacturers and distributors of e -cigarettes seem to have put all the odds in their favor at the best market for these products. They even use television advertising as ads traditional cigarettes have been banned since 1971.
This advertisement is possible at the moment simply because e-cigarettes are not subject to federal rules governing their sales and components. And only the proposed rules by the FDA could determine how and where electronic cigarettes can and can not be sold. However, even after this potential proposal from the FDA, it is still unclear what is the government agency that will ultimately be designated as responsible for the regulation of advertising and sale of electronic cigarette.
Meanwhile, "the marketing that you see in these cigarettes today is the Wild West ," said Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco . "They use celebrities, movies, television ... it's like stepping into a time machine to go back . " , She adds . Some may be the time when the television broadcast profusely advertisements touting real cigarettes as a tool cooling , even in the context of a balanced breakfast remember ...
This is not really surprising that advertisements for e- cigarette seeking to return strategies previously used for cigarettes when we know that tobacconists also want to ride the wave of lucrative e- cigarettes ... A great actor Jenny McCarthy as used, for example her sex appeal in advertising Blu eCigs , owned by Lorillard , which also manufactures tobacco cigarettes Kent and Newport.
As Mitchell Zeller, Director, Center for Tobacco Products at the FDA, says no one is yet able to decide what is reliable or not regarding the effects of the use of e- cigarettes on the health . Despite misgivings, vapoteurs continue to go about their favorite occupation.
