Are E-Cigarettes Good, or Are Their Advertisements Just Blowing Smoke?

All the rage in today's society, e-cigarettes are marketed in many different ways, but most advertising campaigns focus mostly on the opportunity of creating loopholes to new laws against smoking within public spaces such as restaurants. We've all seen e-cigarettes at one point or another either walking down the street or in a so-called "vape-shop" (or even in a local grocery store as in an interesting experience of mine), but do we really question whether or not e-cigarettes should actually be allowed in places where loopholes have been formed to allow "vaping" inside of previously banned locales? The results of my research have proven to be quite controversial.

A piece published by David B. Abrams, PhD in the January 2014 edition of the Journal of American Medicine makes a compelling point in favor of e-cigarettes. Abrams makes the argument that e-cigarettes act as a form of disruptive technology that disrupts the consumer from using traditional cigarettes, and therefore prevents them from being exposed to the many carcinogens and health hazards that lie within each pack of cigarettes. However, Abrams examines multiple different ares that were considered when the FDA made their recommendation on e-cigarettes, and this brings up very interesting points that can be further analyzed in opposition to the FDA recommendation that e-cigarettes are effective tools of smoking cessation. 

In further study of this trend, I found an interesting study conducted by the CDC from September 2010 until February 2014 where it was found that the number of poison-center calls received regarding poisoning from vaping liquid had risen by over 200%, from one case in September of 2010 all the way to 215 cases in February of 2014! The candy-like appearance and flavor of many vaping liquids has led to children confusing this liquid for their Life Savers™ and subsequently doing just the opposite for their life by causing themselves to become poisoned by the dangerous amount of nicotine they ingest.

Questions for Reflection:
Although research on e-cigarettes is not as well-grounded as research on traditional cigarettes as a result of their relatively recent appearance on the market, what other health hazards will be found as more research is conducted? Are e-cigarettes a good source of technological disruption, or are they actually going to cause just as much, or even more, damage as traditional cigarettes? Finally, how is the ease of attaining these devices affecting the teenage/young-adult rate of smoking?

Sources:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1812971
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0403-e-cigarette-poison.html