Smokers Should Advertise E-Cigarettes

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Are you tired of your family or friends smoking cigarettes? Traditional cigarette smoking is responsible for over 480,000 deaths per year. Cigarettes are an unhealthy, tar producing product that needs to be replaced with something healthier. The FDA should advertise E-Cigarettes so that more traditional smokers can start using a healthier and safer method of smoking. In the article “E-Cigarettes: Good news, Bad news” by John Ross he states, “For people who are currently addicted to cigarettes, e-cigarettes provide a less dangerous nicotine source, without exposure to tar or most of the poisonous gases in cigarette smoke. However, it is unclear whether e-cigarettes actually help a significant number of people to quit smoking.” E-Cigarettes are …show more content…

The average cost of a pack of cigarettes is about $6.30 which means for a pack-a-day smoker they are looking at $188 a month or about $2,100 a year. With that money, you could easily satisfy yourself with something longer lasting and beneficial. E-Cigarette users spend about $400 to $600 a year on coils for the atomizer and juice to operate the device. A bottle of E-Liquid can cost as low as $20 and it will last just under a month while traditional cigarette users spend about $188. E-Cigarette users save almost $1500 a year because they made the decision to switch and save money. If all pack-a-day smokers would switch to E-Cigarettes, over 19.2 billion dollars would be saved in one year. In the article “How Much Money Does Smoking Cost You?” written by Alaya Linton, she says, “The cost of the little things add up. In the case of smoking, the costs not only add up, but they also bring additional expenses and other negative consequences”. With all these savings, E-Cigarette users can easily have some more spending money to support their family or buy nice things. If the FDA were to promote E-Cigarettes to traditional smokers more, there would be more circulation of money in the country which would be great for the

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