Initially, when the electronic cigarettes were first manufactured they were intended to serve as a smoking cessation device. But, it soon became known that this device does not serve the stated purpose, however it would be best to describe the device as a fantastic option to smoking. In the true sense, an electronic cigarette delivers the experience of smoking with greatly reduced health effects to that of the usual smoking which is the real reason of the growing success of this equipment. Although it claims to have only reduced effects, yet there is still health risks associated with it. Several studies have been also carried out on the device so as to understand its full implications and features.

The Food and Drug Administration which is the FDA strongly approves that electronic cigarettes should necessarily be classified under drug/device delivery. However, the court case which it filed in this regard was lost by FDA and the device is still classified as being a tobacco product. FDA carried out an in depth research on 19 brands of the product in May 2009 and the result of the study was that diethylene glycol was found as a residue in one of the cartridges and in addition to this, Tobacco-specific nitrosamines or TSNAs were also obtained. TSNA is known as cancer-causing agent and is a hazardous chemical on our body. FDA has raised concerns over electronic cigarettes on various instances that the incorrect marketing of this product may lead to young people and even children also using the product as there is lack of appropriate health warnings on the product. But, the Electronic Cigarette Association does not believe in the claims made by FDA and further states that there is lack of proof on the estimations made by FDA. There is also the American Association of Public Health Physicians or the AAPHP which also came out supporting the electronic cigarette and states that FDA should certainly reclassify electronic cigarette as a tobacco product and not as a drug delivery device. AAPHP has taken this stance on the product as it believes that second-hand smoke is significantly less with the use of electronic cigarettes.

The World Health Organization or the WHO clearly proclaims that it does not regard this device as a smoking cessation one and it has strictly instructed all brands to remove any indication in the marketing of the product which suggests that it is considered safe for use by the WHO as there are no clinical studies which support that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine replacement therapy. Most of the manufacturers of the device promote it as an equipment which will certainly curb nicotine addiction; however, international health organizations strongly protest the marketing of the product as a smoking cessation device. In November 2009, an online survey was conducted on 303 smokers who used electronic cigarette and the result of the study was that they resulted in reduced health problems related to smoking such as less cough, higher ability to do exercise and better sense of taste and smell.

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