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It has been known for a long time that cigarette smoking can cause cancer. As a matter of fact, smoking tobacco in any form or way greatly increases the risk of a person developing cancer. Tobacco smoking not only harms the health of the smoker but also those around him/ her. Passive smoking or indirect smoking is when a person takes in the smoke exhaled by a smoker. This can be equally injurious as this exhaled smoke is not filtered and is loaded with high levels of carcinogens.
Chain smokers or people who smoke more than a pack a day find it excessively difficult to quit the habit. Most efforts to quit are thwarted within days as withdrawal symptoms like nausea, uncontrollable cravings and irritability set in. In order to gradually reduce quantities of tobacco smoked, doctors recommend using alternate sources like nicotine based chewing gums and patches. These contain lower levels of nicotine which helps smokers cope with withdrawal symptoms and increases chances of beating the habit. One of the more recent alternate sources of nicotine comes in the form of electronic cigarettes which are cigarette shaped vaporizing devices. Smokeless and odorless, these devices vaporize a flavored liquid contain zero to low levels of nicotine, the fumes being inhaled just like cigarettes. One can buy electronic cigarette in stores as well as order them online.
Using such alternate nicotine options improves the chances of a person being to quit smoking. Even if a person continues to use these alternates like electronic cigarettes, they are not as harmful to health as traditional tobacco smoking products. Most alternates do not emit carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide and are even free from tar. These alternates can be used anywhere, even at public places or office buildings where smoking is prohibited by law, making them a good choice for chain smokers who want to quit smoking as well.
