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More than 200 possible cases of respiratory illnesses have been reported in 25 states after use of e-cigarette products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Courtesy of National Institute on Drug Abuse

People with family incomes of less than $12,500 have higher lung cancer incidence than those with family incomes of $50,000 or more.

The e-cigarette aerosol that users breathe from the device and exhale can contain harmful and potentially harmful substances, including:

Ni****ne
Diacetyl, a chemical linked to a serious lung disease
Volatile organic compounds
Cancer-causing chemicals
Heavy metals such as nickel, tin, and lead

To***co costs the U.S. economy more than $300 billion dollars each year. Of this, $170 billion goes toward medical care, while more than $156 billion is attributed to lost productivity due to illness and death

Radioactive lead, polonium, and hydrogen cyanide can all be found in cigarette smoke. History buffs will recognize hydrogen cyanide as a compound used back in World War II as a genocidal agent

According to a study published in the Archives of Toxicology, there is enough ni****ne in five ci******es to kill an average adult if ingested whole. With that being said, most smokers take in an average of one to two milligrams per cigarette of which 0.03 milligrams is absorbed into the bloodstream

Lung cancer is not the only malignancy you can get from smoking. Others include cancer of the bladder, blood, bone marrow, cervix, colon, esophagus, kidneys, larynx, liver, mouth, pancreas, re**um, stomach, and throat