Weeping, or smoking of electronic cigarettes, is becoming more popular both among people of adulthood and among young people. Developed to help in abandoning the harmful habit and the alternative to conventional smoking, electronic devices nevertheless contribute to the development of the fashionable tendency of soaring.
- Electronic cigarette device
- Composition of liquid
- Harm
Device of electronic cigarettes
Having once created a poison in the form of nicotine and other dangerous chemical compounds that make up a regular cigarette, mankind has started to develop an antidote. Nicotine chewing gums, plasters, lightweight tobacco, designed to defeat addiction, and improve the health of the nation.
The creation of electronic cigarettes became a breakthrough in this field, quickly conquering the market with a variety of different types and brands. The device and mechanism of action of these devices is built on one principle. Electronic cigarette is an oblong apparatus - an evaporator, often with an integrated LED simulating a glowing light.
The device consists of the following elements:
- cartridge - is a container in which there is a special liquid for smoking.
- atomizer , or an evaporator that contains a heating element - a spiral.
- battery , or battery - serves to supply power to the device.
Electronic cigarettes can be disposable or reusable. In the second case, the user can experiment with the selection of the smoking liquids to his taste, for example, give preference to the non-nicotine solution. A rechargeable battery in reusable cigarettes has the ability to recharge.
The mechanism of action of electronic cigarettes is the same. The cartridge is filled with liquid for smoking. When the user performs a tightening, the heating element( atomizer) is heated and the smoking solution evaporates. In an electronic cigarette, unlike the present, there is no burning process, which is more like an inhaler.
Composition of liquid
The effect of electronic smoking on health is determined by the composition of the liquid in the device. The greatest harm caused by smoking arises from the presence of nicotine, a neurotoxin that can adversely affect all the organs and systems of the smoker. Accordingly, with its decrease in the composition of the liquid, the negative effect on the organism decreases. This is the benefit of electronic cigarettes.
According to this principle, the following classification of smoking solutions exists:
- non-nicotine - 0 milligram of nicotine in the composition;
- very easy - 6-11 milligrams;
- facilitated - 12-16 milligrams;
- strong - 18 milligrams;
- very strong - 24 milligrams.
The small presence of nicotine, or its complete absence in the smoking liquid, manufacturers sometimes make up for other components: menthol, alcohol, capsaicin. At the same time, the taste of the non-nicotine cigarette becomes more complicated: alcohol and capsaicin cause a feeling of mild burning.
In addition, the smoking solution must contain glycerol, propylene glycol. These substances do not cause significant harm to the body and are often found in everyday life:
- glycerin - a substance having wide application in the food industry, medicine and cosmetology;
- Propylene Glycol is a food additive with a sweetish taste, is not toxic, from the body is partially excreted unchanged. The remaining part of the body is metabolized into lactic acid, which is harmless to the body. It is also used in the food industry, in cosmetology.
In the liquid for smoking, flavors are often present for every taste: from coffee, rum to strawberry cocktail.
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If you compare an electronic cigarette with the usual in terms of the negative impact on the body, undoubtedly, the first one will be considered less harmful. The danger of standard smoking has long been proven and undeniable.
If a normal cigarette contains about 4,000 harmful chemicals, then only pure nicotine is an electronic threat. But here you can reduce the risks to a minimum by choosing a device without this substance. For a smoker with an experience that has a significant dependence on smoking, the gradual transition to smaller doses of nicotine, and subsequently the rejection of it with the help of an electronic cigarette, is certainly an option.
But what to do if veiding is more often found not in the environment of heavy smokers with the goal of parting with the habit or at least reduce its harm to the body, and among young people, brave statements of advertising campaigns that electronic smoking is absolutely safe.
Public comments make you pay attention to this problem. Scientists and doctors all over the world are investigating the effect these evaporator devices have on the human body. But the exact answer to this question has not yet been presented, since it is too early to talk about the long-term consequences of such smoking.
The following nuances of wapping prove why one can not deny the harm of electronic cigarettes with liquids without nicotine:
- The burning effect of steam on the upper respiratory tract. It is less than with standard smoking, but in any case is present, in the long term causing tissue trauma.
- Deviations in the gas composition of the inhaled air can not but affect health, especially if this occurs for a long time and often. This can justify the harm of electronic cigarettes without nicotine for adolescents. Manufacturers indicate in contra-indications this category, because the influence of long-term smoking has not yet been studied.
- Lack of strict control in the certification of electronic cigarettes and liquids for smoking. When buying, you need to make sure of the quality of the goods. Many stores sell non-certified products, where the present composition does not correspond to the declared. And the content of the test is worse than in conventional cigarettes.
- With smoking even such cigarettes, there is an increased amount of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, which has a negative effect, especially in enclosed spaces.
- Propylene glycol irritates the respiratory system, so electronic cigarettes without nicotine can exacerbate chronic diseases( bronchitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), provoke severe allergic reactions( bronchospasm, mucosal edema).
- Glycerin can have a negative effect on the circulatory system. When smoking causes dry mouth.
- Excessive heating of the smoking solution in electronic cigarettes helps to change the composition, transforming safe chemicals into hazardous substances( aldehydes).
Thus, the use of electronic cigarettes, even without nicotine, is justified in cases of alternatives to normal smoking, combating harmful addiction and gradually abandoning it. In other situations, to avoid possible risk, their use should be discarded.
The anti-smoking law in Russia does not regulate the sale and use of electronic cigarettes, they are freely available even for persons under 18 years of age. There are no bans and restrictions on smoking in public places.