For some time now the FDA has been trying to convince tobacco smokers that they should use other options to quit besides purchasing an e cigarette. In the first place, electronic cigarettes are not marketed as a stop smoking device at all. The e cigarette is meant to be only an alternative for tobacco smokers to use instead of smoking tobacco. There are a number of reason why tobacco smokers might rather use this product and they are not health related. The FDA and other health organizations are steadily voicing their opinions and few test studies as valid reasons not to use the e cigarette. While the electronic cigarette is not without its drawbacks too as far as health issues are concerned, those drawbacks still do not appear to be a bad as smoking tobacco.
The things that tobacco smokers really like about the e cigarette are really simple to understand. They cost less to use than smoking tobacco for one. They have an odorless vapor for another. You do not have to light them so they pose no fire risk either. They do not burn up while you are on the phone or simply holding it in your hand so there is no waste like there is with tobacco. There are no ashes to have to put anywhere. There is only one butt to dispose of for every 15 or twenty tobacco cigarettes you would smoke. The vapor from the e cigarette is not annoying to other people around them because it does not smell or cloud up a room.
The health experts only focus on the health issues, which is fine. No one wants to deny that using an e cigarette is not as good as quitting using anything with nicotine, but the e cigarette is a better product for many reasons. These other reasons are enough to tip the scales in favor of the e cigarette for most tobacco smokers. Most former tobacco smokers do believe that the health risks when using the electronic cigarette is less for them than smoking tobacco even though they realize that there are some risk still involved.
It might still take some time for very accurate information comparing the hazards of using electronic cigarettes to the hazards of smoking tobacco. This is the real question smokers want an answer to, is the e cigarette safer than smoking tobacco? Until that question is definitively answered, e cigarette users still feel very good about the fact that they are saving money. They like that there is no odor or residue involved with the e cigarette. They like the fact that the waste is less than when smoking tobacco. They like the fact that the filters are refillable and make less trash for the environment. There are real benefits of using an e cigarette that come into play when a tobacco smoker decides to use the device other than health related issues.