There you are, puffing away on your e-cigarette, feeling like you’re doing something good by not smoking a regular cigarette. But popular though those tobacco-less nicotine vaporizers may be, a new study finds that there could be a comparable level of carcinogens in e-cigs to their traditional cigarette brethren.
E-cigarettes have been hailed in recent years as a way for smokers to kick their habit or at least reduce it by giving them the nicotine fix they craved while avoiding potential side effects often linked to regular smoking, like cancer.
But a report in France’s National Consumer Institute Magazine this week says that many e-cigs contain “a significant quantity of carcinogenic molecules” than had previously been reported, via Yahoo! News.
Researchers say that three in 10 e-cigarettes have levels of formaldehyde and acrolein that are almost the same as levels in a traditional cigarette.
“This is not a reason to ban them, but to place them under better control,” National Consumer Institute’s editor in chief Thomas Laurenceau said.
As such, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is on the case and has some new potential regulations under consideration, including a ban on online sales.
Study says e-cigarettes contain carcinogens similar to regular cigarettes [Yahoo! News]
via Consumerist http://consumerist.com/2013/08/28/study-some-e-cigarettes-contain-carcinogens-similar-to-those-found-in-regular-smokes/
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