💨 Are e-cigarettes really less harmful?
"Maybe better than cigarettes" and "fine for your health" are two different claims. A clean-looking device doesn't make dependence clean.
E-cigarettes look cleaner than cigarettes.
No ash. Less of that tobacco smell. No flame. The device is small and the packaging is refined. Next to the old smell of a cigarette, it all looks far more modern.
Which makes it easy to feel the health effects must be lighter too.
The CDC explains that e-cigarettes may hold benefit for adults who smoke cigarettes if used as a complete substitute, while the long-term health effects remain uncertain. It also states that e-cigarettes are not safe for people who are pregnant, for young people, or for anyone not already using tobacco products.