E- Cigarettes

Can they Kill Too?

E - Cigarettes

• They were create to help desperate smokers kick the habit.

• They have a sleek sophisticated design. Bright blue lights. Built in memory chip that uses the same algorithms as computers.

• Snazzy as a new IPhone, Blackberry.• With no tobacco and such careful engineering,

these battery powered devices must be safe – Right?

NOT SO FAST

• E Cigarette still contain nicotine, a highly addictive drug that come from the leaves of tobacco.

• Nicotine is known to actually change the developing brain.

• E-Cigs are so new that no ones know exactly how dangerous they may be!

E- Cigarettes are own by big Tobacco companies!

• Tobacco companies need to replace the 1200 individuals who die each day fro tobacco!

• Tobacco companies know that the best way to replace those 1200 folks is to recruit YOU!!

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• The e-cig industry is very cleaver in saying that they don’t market to teens.

• The E –Cig companies are using the same tactics they used to use to recruit millions and millions of young people to smoke regular cigarettes.

• Examples are celebrity endorsements, clever movie placements, sweet flavors like cookie and cream or cherry.

E- Cig gone wrong

• Last February, a 14 week old puppy died after chewing it owner’s e-cigarette cartridge and ingesting a small dose of nicotine!

Can E- Cigarettes hook me on real cigarettes?

• Dr. Garry Sigman, director of adolescent medicine at Loyola University Medical Center states: “We’re finding kids who never smoked before are using e-cigarettes, and may be moving on the regular cigarettes. Basically e-cigarettes are teaching you how to smoke.”

E –Cigs gone wrong

• A man from Florida suffered severe burns after a faulty battery in his e-cigarette overheated. He lost some of his front teeth and some of his tongue.

Vapors

• A recent study found that E – Cig vapors create tiny particles that get stuck deep in the lungs, potentially causing respiratory distress