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