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It's no secret that there are some obvious differences in the safety of electronic cigarettes as reported by the media when compared to the facts presented by distributors of the product. So who's right? Would you believe both of them? If we break the argument of both sides down to the nuts and bolts of the disagreement, we will see that they are both correct and are actually comparing apples to oranges.

Let's examine the argument in question and try to pick out the difference. If you ask an electronic cigarette vendor if their product is safe you will hear, "Yes, these devices contain only nicotine to satisfy your cravings and propylene glycol to give you the sensation of smoking." When the media reporter gives you their take, it will sound something like, "These devices are not FDA Approved and may carry health risks." Seems like a fair conflict of interest doesn't it? But did you examine the context of each statement?

This is a classic case of "lost in translation". Both sources are simply reporting from their stance of "safety". Reporters give the news from a non-smoking stance while distributors sell to smokers who are comparing the product to an already existing tobacco smoking habit. It may not be safer than not smoking at all, but that is yet to be proven.

A lot of folks don't realize that tobacco is not the biggest health risk in a traditional cigarette. By themselves, they are fairly safe. But put a flame to any organic substance, even lettuce, and you have started a combustion process that gives life to over 4,000 chemicals. It is the flame that ignites the health risk.

So if we take the ignition out of the combustion process, we are in essence also removing thousands of killer chemicals as well. And you know the carcinogens (cancer causing agents) you're always warned about? They're gone too. Now compare the electronic cigarette which is combustion free to a traditional cigarette and you're suddenly viewing from a different angle. There is only one unproven ingredient in the liquid used by electronic cigarettes that is causing all of this fuss, but the fact still remains that these devices are combustion free.

In spite of the media's "non-FDA approved" warning, smokers everywhere are willing to give the new e-cigarette a chance and their reviews are being posted in massive numbers every day online. It is common for your senses of taste and smell to improve as well as your overall health shortly after you quit smoking tobacco, and these are the kinds of things that electronic cigarette users are reporting daily. Drastic health improvements from a minimal change in smoking habits.

Distributors will continue to promote them and the media will continue to criticize them, but at the end of the day it is up to each individual smoker to decide whether or not the electronic cigarette is for them. All across the world the demand for these devices continues to rise as the awareness continues to spread. Consult your doctor before making any decisions regarding your health, but based on the one fact presented here you can almost be certain what the answer will be.