E-cigarette companies should not be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. These regulations will cause negative effects on people who work in this industry, and they are unnecessary if consumers use common sense.  

As of August 2018, the FDA requires that all tobacco products that meet their requirements, which includes cigarettes, vaporizers and any electronic nicotine delivering systems, to display a nicotine warning, so the consumer is responsible for evaluating the consequences and choosing whether to use e-cigarettes.  

The FDA’s regulations will reduce the chances of current smokers to quit by limiting the number of products on the market and limiting the access to e-cigarettes. A study by the American Journal of Preventative Medicine on current versus former smokers found that the largest demographic of e-cigarette users is former smokers. 

These regulations on e-cigarette companies will cause many people in small businesses to lose their jobs. The president of the American Vaping Association, Gregory Conley, confirmed that, as a result of these regulations, small businesses will face unemployment while larger tobacco companies will gain a greater hold on the market.  

The FDA’s regulation of e-cigarettes will largely affect former smokers more than any other demographic. According to a study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the percentage of ever, current or regular use of e-cigarettes was the highest in those aged 45-64 years old who had quit in the past 1-3 years, proving that e-cigarettes can be a useful tool to quit smoking.  

However, some may say that e-cigarettes contain toxic chemicals and cause detrimental effects to the body’s health. Although this may be true, many studies by the BioMed Central show that e-cigarettes do less damage, especially to the lungs, than traditional cigarette smoke. 

E-cigarettes have proven to be significantly less harmful than smoking traditional combustible cigarettes. Although these e-cigarettes do have some negative effects, a study by the BMC has shown that they are much less toxic to surfactant, an important fat and protein combination in the lungs, when compared to the damage of regular cigarettes.