E-cigarettes, electronic and tobacco-free, have been available to American consumers since 2006 as an alternative to regular cigarettes. A synthetic nicotine is used in e-cigarettes to give smokers their fix, but very little is known about them. The e-cigarettes are currently not regulated by the FDA,
unless they are used for therapeutic purposes, but consumers can still purchase them online and in malls. The FDA has made plans to regulate the e-cigarettes in order to find out what they contain and to control who has access to them.
Effects of nicotine exposure
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Some Chemicals found in cigarettes
Arsenic:
used in pesticides
Butane:
used in lighter fluid
Acetone:
used in cleaning solutions, finger nail polish
Formaldehyde:
used to embalm dead bodies
Cadmium:
used in batteries
known chemicals in e-cigarettes
Diethylene glycol:
found in antifreeze
Nitrosamines:
used in rubber products
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