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Many e- liquids do contain propylene
glycol - an ingredient recognized as
safe for human consumption
by both the EU and the FDA. ATEW�y
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it LESS harmful if
;ntally swallowed.
People start smoking for In reality the situation is reversed:
20 different reasons. Studies smoking is a gateway to electronic
show that children and cigarettes, which ex- smokers are
NICOTINE CAUSES young adults are more moving on to as a form of harm
influenced by their peers, reduction.
CANCER parents and stress In the UK it is illegal for a retailer to
levels than advertising or sell an e- cigarette to anyone under
Nicotine alone is about as flavours. 18 and the US is likely to follow suit.
dangerous for your body as
regular caffeine.
It is not the nicotine in tobacco that causes
cancer, it is the tar created when tobacco
and it's preservatives are burnt.
This tar contains thousands of harmful
chemicals including 70 known carcinogens.
Because e- cigarettes do not burn tobacco
there is no tar and none of the carcinogens.
VAPING
IS JUST AS DEADLY
AS TOBACCO CIGARETTES
Several studies have shown us that a -clg vapour Is free
from the vast majority of the 4000 harmful chemicals found
In tobacco smoke. Those that have been detected have
been in 'Trace Amounts' and not at ham�ful levels.
The scientific definition of 'Trace Amount' means amounts
that are 'detectable' but too small to actually measure.
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SECOND -HAND VAPOUR IS A
THREAT TO BYSTANDERS
Research published in Inhalation Toxicology,
a peer - reviewed medical journal that
focuses on respiratory research, compared the
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ith e- liquid vapour...
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electronic cigarettes produce very small
exposures relative to tobacco cigarettes.
The study indicates no apparent risk to
human health from e- cigarette emissions
based on the compounds analyzed. ■ gl�