Sciences de la Santé
be the most enticing regarding the shape and taste
of these devices that are more or less similar to con-
ventional cigarettes. Moreover, the users declare their
approval and attraction to e-cigs thanks to the hand-
to-mouth ritual of smoking that they can still keep.
A noticeable reduction of craving tobacoo smoke
through a controllable habit was thus observed but
only for people who intend to quit.
Todays’ concerns
However, the biggest concerns nowadays are in one
hand, the major risk for teenagers and young adults
to develop a new addiction that they never had before
only after being attracted to these electronic devices
and in another hand, the hidden and presumed side
effects of e-cigs that health experts seem to dread the
most.
Alarming effects were recorded in the case of
non-smokers especially in teenagers and young adults
who seem to develop new addictions for nicotine and
other addictive substances such as cocaine. Previous
smokers appear to fail at keeping their withdrawal by
using only e-cigs for the first time, and the long yearn-
ing for nicotine is once again triggered after vapor in-
halation. In addition, many more available and health-
ier methods were proven to be more compelling for
smoking cessation.
Conclusion
As a conclusion, the overall studies and clinical evi-
dence made about electronic cigarettes have created
a considerable controversy in public health. Thanks to
their contribution in avoiding the alarming diseases
induced by tobacco, the concerned devices were re-
ferred to as relatively convenient alternatives to con-
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ventional cigarettes in the process of smoking cessa-
tion, aside from vehement recommendations to avoid
the major harmful effects especially to teenagers and
pregnant women. However, it is still a major doubt,
since it is considered as a dangerous gateway to de-
velop new addictions, and seem to reveal more seri-
ous side effects that could be deleterious for human
health.
Nascent resolutions were suggested to find
less risky methods to defeat the dreadful act of smok-
ing, that aim for as much reduced nicotine as possible.
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