FDA announced other superinduced neurological symptoms such as seizure, swoon, and convulsion as some of the side effects of using electronic cigarettes on August 8, 2019. Also, they made a report about the seizure as a common side effect of using electronic cigarettes. Nowadays, using electronic cigarettes rears up as a social problem, but many people believe that electronic cigarettes are safer than regular cigarettes.

▲ Electronic cigarettes are dangerous.

Using electronic cigarettes is smoking by using electricity in which a person breathes in the vapor produced by the heat. There are many types of electronic cigarettes. Typically, e-liquid cigarettes and regular electronic cigarettes are famous and common. First, e-liquid cigarette is an electronic cigarette in which liquid is boiled including the nicotine, and a person inhales the steam it produces. It was first made by Hon Like in 2004. Second, a regular electronic cigarette is an electronic cigarette in which solid tobacco leaves are heated in 300-350 degrees, and a person breathes in the vapor including the nicotine.

According to Professor Hye Suk Choi at Kyunghee University Hospital, she introduced her thesis at a science forum a World No Tobacco Day. At her thesis, she was able to find 53 changed genes in the

▲ Electronic cigarettes harm your health.

bronchial tube of a regular cigarette smoker. However, she was able to discover even 358 changed genes in a bronchial tube of an electronic cigarette smoker. Besides this side effect, there are respiratory irritations such as cough, difficulty in breathing and chest pain. Also, there are digestive abnormalities such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

From the interview of Young Gi Jeong, section chief of the promotion of health in the Ministry of Health and Welfare, he said that active actions are needed when a person increases the usage of electronic cigarettes. He added that they will monitor minutely and arrange the additional measures to this problem.

Although many people believe that electronic cigarettes are safer than regular cigarettes, it is proven that they are more dangerous and harmful than regular cigarettes. Therefore, if you smoke both electronic cigarettes and regular cigarettes, you should quickly quit smoking for your own good and for your health.

Sep. 28th, 2019

By Soyeon Kim