Electronic cigarettes have recently been heavily criticized.
There have been numerous stories about how dangerous they are, resulting in several types of e-cigarette products being banned. Surgeons in the United States have warned that e-cigarettes contain ultra-fine particles and chemicals, in addition to nicotine, which can lead to serious lung diseases when inhaled.
Researchers at Rutgers University acknowledge that there are health concerns associated with e-cigarettes, but they stand firm in their belief that there are also potential benefits that cannot be overlooked.
Michelle Bover-Manderski, a professor in biostatistics and epidemiology and a researcher at the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies, emphasized the need for the public to understand the long-term and ongoing dangers of tobacco. She explained, "I would put combustible (traditional) cigarettes at one end and e-cigarettes at the other end. We do have evidence that e-cigarettes are certainly not harmless, but they... are a few orders of magnitude less harmful than combustible tobacco.
Bover-Manderki believes that it is important to approach e-cigarettes with balance and perspective, as we do not want to encourage young people to use addicting products such as e-cigarettes. While we do not wish to promote e-cigarette use to others, certain individuals may benefit from them, particularly adults who are deeply addicted to traditional cigarettes.
She agrees that it is important to restrict flavored electronic cigarettes and to impose marketing limitations on them, so that they will not directly appeal to teenagers and young adults.
She said, "We don't want these things that look like they appeal to young people, but we also don't want them to be misunderstood as being equally harmful as regular cigarettes, because that's not accurate.
Bover-Manderki stated that some electronic cigarette trials "found them to be as effective as FDA-approved nicotine replacement therapies. For those who have been unsuccessful in trying to quit smoking, electronic cigarettes are a potential solution.
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