Quiz 4 Flashcards
What percent of Americans are now familiar with the
sleek, smokeless devices.
60 percent
The concept behind ecigs
offer all the fun of typical cigarettes
without any of the dangers
How do e-cigs work?
E-cigs use a small, heated coil to vaporize a nicotine-laced
solution into an aerosol mist
E cigs Do not get exposed to ________
tobacco
The Nicotine that e-cigs contain is ______
addictive
might lure former smokers back to conventional cigarettes, expose users and
bystanders alike to unidentified dangers, or become a gateway for teens who might subsequently experiment with tobacco products and other drugs
concerns about e-cigs
US Food and Drug Administration and the European Union are grappling with
these issues as they decide how to regulate the products
Unfettered access could leave people vulnerable to
unknown health hazards, but there is also the chance that greater restrictions might
hurt folks who are trying to forgo conventional—and more dangerous—tobacco
products
When were e-cigs invented and where
current iteration of e-cigarettes was invented and popularized by Chinese
pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003
three main ingredients
nicotine, a flavoring of some kind and propylene glycol—a syrupy synthetic liquid
added to food, cosmetics, and certain medicines to absorb water and help them stay moist
The primary established danger of nicotine is
the stimulant is highly addictive
Propylene glycol is usually ____, not ______ in
eaten, breathed
researchers worry about _______from heating electronic cigarettes and the solution inside them.
byproducts
vapors from e-cigarettes contain several cancer causing substances, as well as
incredibly tiny particles of tin, chromium, nickel and other heavy metals, which, in
large enough concentrations, can damage the lungs
T/F
T
How can the metals travel to the lungs?
Because they are so small, the tiniest bits of metal, known as nanoparticles, can travel deep into the lungs
no one has established what the relevant byproduct is
or how to best detect _____
propylene glycol
