Study: electronic cigarette vapor contains nicotine

A recent study led by researchers in the field of Roswell Cancer Institute of New York , that people who stand next to people, smokers who use electronic cigarettes containing nicotine are exposed only to nicotine , but not other chemicals found in tobacco and cigarette smoke other .

The researchers questioned people about the use of electronic cigarettes to quit smoking or to attract more young people towards smoking.

The researcher Jonioicz , who works in the field of Cancer Institute Roswell in Buffalo, New York , to that e-cigarettes contain varying amounts of nicotine and some of the effects of toxic substances , but to what extent can non-users to be exposed to nicotine and other chemicals , and it can be if they happen in the same room with people using electronic cigarettes .

The researcher conducted two studies Jonioicz and his colleagues in terms of passive exposure to vapors electronic cigarette .

The researchers used in the first study of smoking -mail device to generate steam in a closed place They measured the amount of nicotine , as well as carbon monoxide and other harmful gases potential in the room.top electronic cigarettes

The second study included five men regularly smoked tobacco cigarettes and this for a period of not less than five minutes , and the researchers measured air quality .

The researchers measured the nicotine levels of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air in the first study and the levels of nicotine from electronic cigarettes in the second study, a slight increase of about 3.3 micrograms per cubic meter , but smoking Sjaúraltbg led to high levels of nicotine almost ten times the 32 micrograms per cubic meters .

The Jonioicz that exposure to nicotine compared to less exposure to tobacco smoke , and added that the nicotine is relatively safer compared to other toxic and hazardous substances found in tobacco smoke .