"b- they almost certainly harm people around you although the harm may be less than that of secondary smoke."
E-cigs do not harm people in anyway, shape, or form. E-cigs are simply water, nicotine, and flavoring to make them taste a certain way (cherry, coffee, vanilla etc).
I stupidly started smoking at 16 and now at 21, they really have helped me quit. I am all for smoking (electronic or otherwise) outside to respect other people's "airspace", but they are not harmful at all. End of story.
The only harmful "second hand" aspect of them could be people inhaling small doses of nicotine vapor.
E-cigs are NOT just water, nicotine, and flavoring. They contain propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine, flavoring, and sometimes water. Your bottles of e-juice should say this on them, actually.
I smoke Blu's and here are the ingredients in the Vanilla flavor; Distilled Water, Nicotine, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Glycerin and Citric Acid.
There is absolutely nothing, in this ingredient list, that is harmful to humans on the level that actual cigarettes (or rightly named, "cancer sticks") are. The glycerin the is only cause for concern, but glycerin is used in so many different products that it is healthy enough for human consumption.
"E-cigs are NOT just water, nicotine, and flavoring"
Ya, they basically are just that.
E-cigs do not harm people in anyway, shape, or form. E-cigs are simply water, nicotine, and flavoring to make them taste a certain way (cherry, coffee, vanilla etc).
I stupidly started smoking at 16 and now at 21, they really have helped me quit. I am all for smoking (electronic or otherwise) outside to respect other people's "airspace", but they are not harmful at all. End of story.
The only harmful "second hand" aspect of them could be people inhaling small doses of nicotine vapor.