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In the hopes of avoiding smoking cigarettes and its adverse effects on health, some people turn to e-cigarettes. However, are these actually a good alternative or an even worse thing to smoke?
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Discussion Questions:
- Do you agree that e-cigarettes can be a problem? Why or why not?
- Do you think e-cigs are better than cigarettes? Explain.
- Health officials do not know what chemical is in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
- Some people also smoke marijuana in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
- Do many people use e-cigarette in your country? Why or why not?
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1.-Yes, I think they can be a problem, and in fact there are arguments that confirm this. First, nicotine addiction, respiratory and cardiovascular problems and other adverse effects, misinformation and lack of regulation, which can lead to poor quality products.
2.-They may be a less harmful option than traditional cigarettes for those who are already smokers, but I don’t think they are the best option. The best option for your health is to stop smoking.
3.-The lack of information about chemicals in e-cigarettes is a worrying issue that makes greater regulation and transparency in the industry very necessary.
4.-Using e-cigarettes to smoke marijuana may have the advantage of allowing you to better control the dosage, but there are risks to your health. Education and regulation are essential to ensure safe and responsible use of these devices.
5.-Yes, the use of e-cigarettes has increased in Spain in recent years. This is because many people consider e-cigarettes to be less harmful than traditional cigarettes. The use of e-cigarettes has become normalised in certain social groups, and this may influence people’s decisions to try or adopt these devices. They are relatively accessible compared to other countries where restrictions are stricter.
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1.- Do you agree that e-cigarettes can be a problem? Why or why not?
Yes, I think e-cigarettes are a problem. The increasing number of illnesses and deaths linked to their use shows that they can be very dangerous.
2.- Do you think e-cigs are better than cigarettes? Explain.
While e-cigs might be less harmful than traditional cigarettes, they still carry significant health risks, as we’ve seen from recent reports of sickness.
3.- Health officials do not know what chemical is in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
It’s alarming that the chemicals in e-cigarettes are unknown. This lack of clarity makes them unsafe and unpredictable.
4.- Some people also smoke marijuana in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
Using e-cigarettes for marijuana could add more health risks, especially with the possibility of unknown or harmful chemicals in the devices.
5.- Do many people use e-cigarettes in your country? Why or why not?
Yes, a lot of people use e-cigarettes, particularly younger people, because they believe it’s safer than smoking regular cigarettes. But now, the risks are becoming more apparent.
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1. I totally agree that e-cigarettes can be a problem. The E-cigarettes contain toxic substances that are harmful to people’s health.
2. Both smoking and vaping have side effects and risks. The effects of electronic cigarettes will be observed in the future, but I think both are bad for the health. Both are bad for our health. We don’t know exactly what substances are in e-cigarettes and the long-term effects.
3. I agree with Health officials because chemical components are not clear in the e-cigarette.
4. People say that vaping marijuana is often touted as safer than smoking it. But I don’t know what option is better.
5. I think that in Spain there are more people who smoke cigarettes than e-cigarettes. Even, I think that consume has increased in the last years. The best thing is that people cannot smoke in closed places. It is the best for people who do not smoke.
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Do you agree that e-cigarettes can be a problem? Why or why not?
From my ignorance about if it can be a health problem or not (but looking at the stats it seems to be), in my opinion, everything that creates a feeling of necessity or even worst addiction, it is a real problem, maybe healthy, maybe psycological, maybe economic for the consumers who waste money…
Do you think e-cigs are better than cigarettes? Explain.
I don’t know. The stats about health-related side effects will confirm it.
Health officials do not know what chemical is in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
It cannot be true. Nowadays, we are capable to know the chemical composition of every product in the market, and in fact, it should be known and public.
Some people also smoke marijuana in the e-cigarettes. What is your opinion on this?
I think it is like smoking marijuana as usual. Except for the usage for therapeutic reasons (to palliate pain in cancer, by instance), I think it is not a good idea.
Do many people use e-cigarette in your country? Why or why not?
Not many, I think. Among the people around me, no one use it. I could say that I find only 1-2% of people smoking e-cigarretes in a day.
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1. I totally agree, e-cigarettes are still harmful substances that are absorbed by your body, nicotine and other chemicals that can make you sick.
2. No, for my both are similar the only difference is one is smoking and the other is teaming.
3. Well, I think that all can affect the health must be regulated by health authorities.
4. For my marijuana can be same harmful than nicotine or other substances, almost if it’s produced with chemicals.
5. In my country the e-cigarette isn’t popular yet, I guess it’s because there’s not much publicity or it’s not fashionable.
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1. Yes, they can be a problem, we do not know what are the effects of those substances in the long term. They have a lot of chemical products that they go directly into the lung and the body. It it not only the nicotin the problem when you swallow smoke.
2. Not really, I think they are more unknown, maybe the e-cigarretes that don’t contain nicotin could be better, but the rest of the substances are still being little known.
3. I want to believe there are many studies ongoing and the components will be more known in the near future.
4. Personally, I do not like either of two options. I think they are very harmful to health.
5. I believe that people are smoking less than in the past, people are more conscious of the danger of smoking.
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1. Yes I do!, EC are something new, and the problems it cause are unknown, but of course there ir a relationship between the illness ante use of it.
2. No, I don’t. Neither of them are good but I think that the worst of EC is that people think ECs are harmless.
3. As It is something new, More researches have to be performed to know more about the problems associated whit the EC use.
4.I’m not against people smoking Marijuana but they shouldn’t do it in that things.
5. Yes they do. What impress me most it is the amount of kids and teens that I see smoking at the streets.
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