What are the chances of my swollen lymph nodes being cancerous?

Yes, IMHO they are far better. And it's not just my opinion, you read the FDA's own report, didn't you notice they found them to be far better as well? Quote from the FDA Report: "Tobacco specific nitrosamines and tobacco specific impurities were detected in both products at very low levels." *1 Notice it says "very low levels".

The levels detected were on the scale of parts per TRILLION and "detected" as "the published method is quite sensitive for the TSNAs (i.e. LOQ’s of approximately 40 pg/mL or 40 parts per trillion)". It is interesting to note however, that the three TSNA's tested for in the Nicotrol Inhaler were not at "detectable levels" but rather at very definable levels.

Namely: Cotinine: .5%, Myosmine: .5%, Nicotyrine: .5%. It should also be noted these same impurities are found in the patch, the gum and many other nicotine replacement therapies that derive flavors or nicotine from tobacco. To put it in perspective, if you add up the levels of all four of the carcinogens found, here is the comparison of their totals: Electronic Cigarettes: 8.18 nanograms / gram (ng/g) Nicotine Patch: 8.00 ng/ patch Nicotine Gum: 2.00 ng/ piece Marlboro Cigarette: Eleven thousand one hundred and ninety ng/g *3 So while the e-cigs did indeed contain carcinogens found in tobacco at "detectable" levels, they were far below the FDA approved device and on the scale of thousands of times lower than those in regular cigarettes.

How can that possibly not be better? Add to that the fact that, unlike every stop smoking aid made by the big drug companies, there have been no known reports of any major side effect from any ecig user, other than perhaps a dry throat. The FDA has had a hot line for almost a year now for people to call in and tell them how evil the ecig is, what horrible side effects they suffered... and you know what?

The FDA still has yet to report ONE single person calling in. As a matter of fact, a recent poll of smokers / non smokers and ecig users found something interesting.

I don't know about which is chemically better, I think you'd know better than me since you read each FDA article and I haven't. I personally find the electric cigarette to be better than regular cigarettes because of convenience. With an e-cig you can smoke inside and no second hand smoke bothers anyone.

I like this especially on cold winter days, no need to get bundled up just to go out and have a cigarette. Or at the supermarket, it's really easy to discreetly take a quick drag or two while shopping down an aisle.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.