E-Cigs Are Safer Than Regular Cigarettes

For my argumentative paper, I’ll be dealing with the topic of E-Cigs. Some people think it’s safer than regular cigarettes and others don’t quite agree. This topic is meaningful to me because I have friends and family that smoke. Researching an alternative option for them could possibly convince them to start smoking safer cigarettes:  E-cigs.  This topic is relevant to everyone because we all have someone in our life that smokes cigarettes. My role as the writer is to convince the audience that individuals who smoke regular cigarettes should consider smoking E-cigs because they’re a safer alternative. My position is more logical because the facts behind them are convincible that they’re far better than regular smoking cigarettes. First, nicotine itself is not a carcinogen, and has roughly the same effect in the body as does caffeine, although it is believed to be far more addictive. Cigarettes contain a cocktail of carcinogenic and addictive chemicals, especially Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines which are produced from curing tobacco (fermenting). The "juice" as it's called in e-cigs is generally comprised of water, nicotine, and propylene glycol, which is used in foods and cosmetics and most importantly is readily absorbed by the body; hence it will not stay in your lungs. Cigarettes contain "tar", a partly combusted plant resin which is carcinogenic, which does stay in the lungs and builds up over time, as well as stains your teeth. I would be careful about flavored e-cigs and those from China with low quality controls in juice production however.