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Special Report: E-Cigarette Explosion Part II

They're smoking hot, but are e-cigarettes safe? It's a big question for the unregulated and untested industry. But a new study reveals e-cigarettes might be as effective as the nicotine patch in getting people to kick the habit.Doris Ballard has smoked for 15 years and tried the e-cigarette because her daughter wanted her to quit. I think it's wonderful. I mean you just feel like it's really sort of like a cigarette because you see the steam come out of it, said Ballard. Experts agree water vapor is not nearly as harmful as the smoke from tobacco cigarettes. Dr. Brady Shroer heads up the Addiction Center at Pardee Hospital. He doesn't promote the use of any nicotine, which is highly addictive. But says e-cigs appear to be a safer alternative.Conventional cigarettes have approximately 11,000 contaminants or carcinogens every time you inhale. We know e-cigarettes are somewhere in the vicinity of ten, So there's a substantial less exposure to the e-cigarette as compared to the conventional cigarette, said Shroer. Conventional cigarette companies have seen the writing on the wall. North Carolina based Lorilard has bought out E-Blue. Other tobacco giants are racing to enter the e-cig industry, where sales have been red hot.A just released study in the Medical Journal Lancet is giving credence to e-cigarettes as a method for smoking cessation.But some worry a lack of regulations make e-cigs very different from nicotine patches. That's why some e-cig vapor manufacturers, like Mountain Vapor in Hendersonville, support some regulation to control what goes in the liquid vapor bottle.Critics complain the e-cig industry is trying to hook teenagers on nicotine by offering bubble gum, fruits and other sweet flavors. But e-cig sellers say that's not the case with many voluntarily agreeing not to sell them to anyone under 18-years-old. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook:   / news13   WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter:   / wlos_13   WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram:   / wlos_13   Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Cha... Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anch... Watch more top local news stories:    • Western Loses At ETSU, Highlights and more   For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.