Despite all the marketing hype with lighter colors used in the packaging and official looking statements about tar and nicotine levels, the truth is light and regular cigarettes are virtually identical. Vent holes that are drilled into the filter can make you inhale smoke deeper into your lungs. The illusion of a light cigarette comes from nearly invisible vent holes that are drilled in the filter. How to see your vent holes: Tear off the paper covering your filter tip and hold it up to the light. You should be able to see the tiny vent holes. More or bigger vents holes mean that you may take deeper puffs. Turning a "light" cigarette into a not-so-light cigarette. The vent can also get covered and clogged during smoking, so you inhale more cancer causing tar. Light cigarettes have more ! Cigarette makers often add extra chemicals to hide the harsh feel of the smoke. The lighter feel of the smoke makes it easier to inhale the dirty smoke deeper into the lungs. E-Cigarettes: Know the E-cigarettes should not be used to replace smoking Quitting combustible cigarettes is the best thing one can do for improved health. There are U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medications (e.g., nicotine replacement or varenicline/Chantix), that when used in combination with individual or group counseling, are shown to be the most successful ways to help smokers quit. What is an e-cigarette? E-cigarettes (also known as Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, or ENDS) devices that deliver nicotine through a flavored vapor. They are made so users can feel like they are inhaling tobacco smoke, without burning tobacco which occurs with a cigarette. E-cigarettes are not approved by the FDA as an effective method to help smokers quit. There is no regulation or quality control.1 The evidence is insufficient at this time on utilizing e-cigarettes for quitting 2 What do we know about the e-cigarette?
Despite all the marketing hype with lighter colors used in the packaging and official looking statements about tar and nicotine levels, the truth is light and regular cigarettes are virtually identical. Vent holes that are drilled into the filter can make you inhale smoke deeper into your lungs. The illusion of a light cigarette comes from nearly invisible vent holes that are drilled in the filter. How to see your vent holes: Tear off the paper covering your filter tip and hold it up to the light. You should be able to see the tiny vent holes. More or bigger vents holes mean that you may take deeper puffs. Turning a "light" cigarette into a not-so-light cigarette. The vent can also get covered and clogged during smoking, so you inhale more cancer causing tar. Light cigarettes have more ! Cigarette makers often add extra chemicals to hide the harsh feel of the smoke. The lighter feel of the smoke makes it easier to inhale the dirty smoke deeper into the lungs. E-Cigarettes: Know the E-cigarettes should not be used to replace smoking Quitting combustible cigarettes is the best thing one can do for improved health. There are U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medications (e.g., nicotine replacement or varenicline/Chantix), that when used in combination with individual or group counseling, are shown to be the most successful ways to help smokers quit. What is an e-cigarette? E-cigarettes (also known as Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, or ENDS) devices that deliver nicotine through a flavored vapor. They are made so users can feel like they are inhaling tobacco smoke, without burning tobacco which occurs with a cigarette. E-cigarettes are not approved by the FDA as an effective method to help smokers quit. There is no regulation or quality control.1 The evidence is insufficient at this time on utilizing e-cigarettes for quitting 2 What do we know about the e-cigarette?
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