whether electronic cigarettes or hookah pipes are safer than smoking cigarettes

May 2013

Patients are asking whether electronic cigarettes or hookah pipes are safer than smoking cigarettes.

Help them not to be misled.

Electronic cigarettes (NJoy, blu eCigs, etc) are battery-operated devices with replaceable cartridges. They work by vaporizing the liquid in the cartridge.

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