Antony Karira Karanja

Keyword: Electronic cigarettes Meta Description: Electronic cigarettes heat nicotine that comes from tobacco, flavorings and other chemicals to create an aerosol that one inhales. This article focuses on the health risks that come from using E-cigarettes. What are the risks involved in using Electronic Cigarettes? The main aim of them is to try and protect mostly young people from regular smoking, which is considered harmful. However, there have been risks involved with e-cigarettes. Risk on Brain Development. Considering that they are mostly used by the young people, this is in their adolescent years which are times of important brain development. This starts in the growth of foetus, through childhood stage to about 25 years. Nicotine exposure can harm brain development, during adolescence. Addiction. From childhood to about 25 years, the brain is still in the process of growing. This means young people’s brains build synapses in a rapid way than adults. When any time there is a new thing created for example memory or skill learned, synapses or stronger connections are built between brain cells. Nicotine in e-cigarettes leads to addiction, since it is a form of learning. Young people in the adolescence get addicted easily than more grown-ups (adults). Behavior risk. Among the young adults and youths, the use of e-cigarette, has also been in conjunction use with other drugs. For instance, other tobacco products such as cigars, smokeless tobacco and sometimes regular cigarettes. This has also been linked with the use of alcohol and in the process; curtained products of e-cigarette can be used to deliver marijuana. A number of researchers have tried to explain how use of e-cigarettes might protect young people from regular smoking. However, there is no evidence to support the claim. Some studies have shown that non-smokers who use e-cigarettes can easily try other conventional cigarettes than those who do not use in the future. Defective batteries. E-cigarette uses batteries which sometimes require to be charged. However, they might be having defects which the user may not be aware of .There have been certain explosions experienced during charging and hence causing victims serious injuries that can be fatal. Lung disease. Lungs are known to be very vital organs in the human body. This is because of the role they play regarding the breathing system, which enables life. E-cigarettes contain some flavorings such as diacetyl, and this chemical is linked to lung disease. Poisoning and Increased risk of cancer. When not well kept, there are accidental exposures to liquids from e-cigarettes which can cause acute nicotine poisoning in the young children and the adults as well. The vapor in e-cigarettes has some substances found in them and have been linked to a killer disease cancer.