Are e-cigarettes really a smoking cessation tool?

Nicotine is the substance that makes people addicted to smoking. Nicotine, the common name of nicotine, is an unpleasant, bitter, colorless and transparent oily liquid substance. It plays a role in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system of the human body and has no clinical application value. According to scientific research, nicotine is one of the most difficult addictive substances to quit.



In contrast to regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes contain no carcinogenic compounds such as tar, aldehydes, acids and phenols. The ingredients of its tobacco oil are propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin and nicotine, the main role of nicotine is to satisfy people's addiction to smoking.



Although scientific studies have shown that tar in cigarettes is the main carcinogen, carbon monoxide is the most harmful, but this does not mean that nicotine is harmless to human health. In addition to being the main cause of addiction, nicotine is an important factor in coronary heart disease because repeated use damages endothelial cells in coronary and peripheral arteries, increases the heart's working speed and raises blood pressure. In large doses, nicotine can cause vomiting and nausea, and in severe cases, death.



Because e-cigarettes contain nicotine, long-term use will not only not quit smoking, but also make people more dependent; But e-cigarettes don't taste like real cigarettes, and they are often expensive. As a result, many users end up switching back to tar-containing cigarettes, which not only fails to stop smoking, but also acts as a counter-incentive.