Chennai sources stated that there has been much chatter around the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) while many users claim that these devices help them quit smoking traditional cigarettes, experts remain divided in their opinion. Earlier on Wednesday, the Tamilnadu government released a statement banning the production, sale, marketing, import, possession or use of any electronic nicotine delivery system, such as e-cigarettes and vapes.
Accordingly E-cigarettes are battery powered devices that heat a liquid into vapor form, which a user then inhales. Meanwhile the order which has been issued now states that inhaling smoke through these devices is harmful as it does contain nicotine, heavy metals and other fine particles which may pose a risk to one’s health.
As per report many
people are under the impression that smoking e-cigarettes or using vapes are
less harmful than smoking a traditional cigarette, experts’ state that this may
not be the actual case. Dr Ritesh Santosham, a Chennai-based radiation
oncologist said “At the end of the day, a person smoking, regardless of what
method they use, is still taking in smoke; this itself can be a carcinogen”. Moreover a number of people argue that
e-cigarettes are a great way to cut down on smoking, and that those looking to
quit smoking could use vapes for the same.
