Article publié par le Daily Herald le 12/10/2009

E-cigarettes offer nicotine without tobacco, but are they safe?

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No more smoking for Scott Riddle.

Now he vapes.

When users inhale from it, a heating element vaporizes the liquid in the mouthpiece cartridge, which contains nicotine and propylene glycol - a common chemical approved for use in foods, cosmetics, and smoke machines.

E-cigarettes can have varying levels of nicotine, to match regular, light and ultralight cigarettes.

he said. "I'm able to taste foods better now, and can smell better now."

Dr. Kevin Sherrin, president of the American Association of Public Health Physicians - who is not compensated by e-cigarette makers - says conventional cigarettes are "much more hazardous" than e-cigarettes.

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