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How safe electronic cigarettes are?
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Depends: There are many different brands on the market now; assuming they are only water and nicotine as advertised then they are very safe and certainly safer than tobacco leaf. With most of these you can wean the nicotine down gradually and get off of them as well.
Answered 9/22/2016
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E - cigarettes.: E- cigarettes may contain nicotine, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals (like lead, tin & nickel), ultrafine particles (which may be drawn deep into lungs, diacetyl and Nicotine which is addictive. REF: https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/
Answered 8/22/2019
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