E-Cigarettes Disadvantages

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1.0 Introduction
Traditional Cigarettes have been used for centuries, but recently the process of vaporizing liquid became popular. E-cigarettes is growing at a phenomenal rate among teenagers and also grown adults. E-cigarettes are usually called “Vaping” (Editor 2015). This electronic device have been chosen by many smokers to replace the traditional cigarettes because e-cigarettes dealer have marketed vaping as a cheap and safe cigarettes compare to traditional cigarettes. Over 250,000 million teenagers who had never smoked a cigarette used e-cigarette in 2013 (Sarah 2014). According to a report by UBS Securities LLC, sales from the e-cigarette market doubled from $250 to $500 million between 2011 and 2012, and are expected to quadruple by 2014 (Palazzolo 2013). Not everyone agree with the use of e-cigarettes because the rumours spreading around and made e-cigarettes smokers confused about the risk of using it. Therefore, This report is written for the ministry of Health in Malaysia to decide whether e-cigarettes should be prohibited in public areas. In this report discussions on the advantage, the disadvantage and the health risk of e-cigarettes are analysed. Recommendation will be suggested to give alternative ways to quit smoking.

2.0 Historical Information of E-cigarettes and Vaping

In 1963, Herbert A. Gilbert is known as the founder of E-cigarettes. Traditional cigarettes were their everyday needs in his era. Unfortunately his idea was not able to