Electronic Cigarettes Assignment
The ‘Why’ The purpose of this assignment is to:
Consider the pros/cons to electronic cigarette use
Identify the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes
The ‘How’
Use chapter 7 in your textbook to complete this assignment.
The ‘What’
Electronic cigarettes were first introduced as a tobacco cessation system and were considered a harm
reduction approach.
Currently, many people who use electronic cigarettes were not cigarette smokers.
Do you feel electronic cigarettes are still a harm reduction approach or have they create their own
market for tobacco use?
In your answer:
Define harm reduction
Take a side (are electronic cigarettes a harm reduction approach to smoking or are they a new
problem on their own)
Justify your answer with facts from your textbook and cite these within your answer
Answers should be at least 500 words.
Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative
consequences associated with drug use. It’s about helping people get better and improve their
mental and physical state. I believe that e-cigs are a problem on their own. It’s not a harm
reduction to smoking actual cigarettes. If someone was going to switch from tobacco to e-cigs,
they need to just stop smoking all together! They are both harmful to the body. I think very few
people who use e-cigs were smokers prior to using it. My generation is the main group of people
who use e-cigs. According to chapter 7, “…30-day prevalence rates in 2015 were 9.5% for 8th
graders, 14% for 10th graders, and 16.2% for 12th graders. These rates are much higher
compared to traditional cigarette use” (7-7d). Most people think that e-cigs are harmless, which
