| The Electronic Cigarette was developed in China in | | | | There is a lot of controversy and confusion with |
| 2004. It was designed to take the place of smoking | | | | regards to the legality and safety of electronic |
| tobacco cigarettes and cigars because, despite global | | | | cigarettes and the media does not seem to be sorting |
| smoking bans, many smokers just find it too difficult to | | | | the facts out for us very well. E-Cigarettes are |
| quit altogether. There are numerous nicotine | | | | available for sale in the United States but they are |
| replacement products on the market, such as gum and | | | | NOT endorsed by the FDA. Electronic Cigarettes can |
| patches, but these in no way replicate the smoking | | | | be sold as "Alternatives" to tobacco cigarettes but |
| experience which has been proven to be a part of the | | | | they are not approved yet as "Smoking Cessation" |
| addictive ritual of smoking. The e-cigarette is | | | | devices. Electronic Cigarettes have not been deemed |
| revolutionary in that it's aim is to both deliver nicotine to | | | | to be unsafe by any US or European health |
| user and simulate the experience of smoking a | | | | organization and parts of Europe have even declared |
| traditional tobacco cigarette. | | | | the electronic cigarette to be a public-friendly device. |
| The Electronic Cigarette or e-cig , in most cases | | | | Traditional tobacco cigarettes have over 4,000 |
| looks just like a traditional cigarette and is made of a | | | | chemicals in them, a lot of which have been deemed |
| mouthpiece that holds a nicotine cartridge, a heating | | | | carcinogenic and dangerous to your health. Switching |
| element or atomizer, a battery and an LED at the tip | | | | to electronic cigarettes eliminates those chemicals. |
| of the device. The way e-cigs work is that they | | | | People who have smoked traditional cigarettes that |
| contain an airflow meter that is triggered when the | | | | switch to electronic cigarettes say that they fell better, |
| user inhales on the device. This activates the atomizer | | | | can breather easier and have recovered their sense |
| and delivers the nicotine to the smoker by a short | | | | of taste and smell. There is no flame or smoke with |
| burst of vapor that is inhaled. The LED at the tip lights | | | | electronic cigarettes, therefore the smoking bans do |
| up showing that the battery is working and also | | | | not apply. In fact, many restaurants, airports, malls |
| making the device appear similar to a lit cigarette. The | | | | and casinos welcome electronic cigarettes. |
| vapor that is exhaled may look like smoke but it is | | | | Electronic cigarettes are also more cost effective than |
| actually just water, propylene glycol based vapor that | | | | tobacco cigarettes. Aside from the initial investment |
| is odorless and harmless. | | | | in a starter kit, you will save a ton of money by |
| E-cigarettes come in many shapes, colors and flavors. | | | | switching. Many electronic cigarette smokers save |
| There are the models that look like traditional | | | | over 75% over regular cigarettes. |
| cigarettes and also some that are made to look like | | | | The electronic cigarette has the potential to save |
| fountain pens. Flavors are limitless from Marlboro and | | | | millions of lives from the harmful effects of tobacco |
| Camel to Mint and Chocolate, with new flavors being | | | | smoke. Quitting smoking is hard, the addictive |
| developed constantly. The cartridges are also available | | | | properties of traditional tobacco cigarettes make it |
| with different levels of nicotine. The various levels of | | | | near impossible for people to quit. The solution may |
| nicotine allows the smoker to naturally wean | | | | lay with switching from tobacco cigarettes to |
| themselves off of nicotine slowly. | | | | electronic cigarettes. |