One of the most harmful aspects of smoking is the potential to develop a skin problem. This can happen either because of the smoke itself or because of the chemicals that are inhaled. In the latter case, you inhale over 4,000 toxic chemicals, which are carried by your bloodstream directly to the subcutaneous layer of your skin. Here, the chemicals constrict the veins just under the skin, reducing blood flow. Lacking in blood flow, the skin becomes unhealthy and loses its glow. This leads to what medical practitioners call a “smoker’s face.”
Smoking also causes the skin to become thin. One study showed that in twins, those who smoked had 25 percent thinner skin than those who did not.
Smoking tobacco also leads to passive smoking. No other addictive substance impacts innocent bystanders like tobacco cigarettes. If you sit beside a person smoking a cigarette, the smoke that you inhale can be as bad as smoking a cigarette yourself. This is unique because most other drugs do not cause this kind of social ill.
Another issue is that simple exposure to tobacco smoke can cause allergies and other skin problems. Tobacco and the nicotine contained in it are very potent. However, if you inhale the nicotine using electric cigarettes, there is no chance of causing skin irritation in other people, simply because the nicotine never has a chance to touch anyone’s skin.
If you are a conscientious smoker, this is the best way to continue smoking without harming others. An electric cigarette can be more expensive than a single tobacco cigarette, but if you are a habitual smoker, the costs actually turn out to be much less over time. The social cost is also less as there is no secondhand smoke. These are some of the reasons that more people are choosing to smoke an electric cigarette rather than a traditional one.
