| Electronic cigarettes are now well-known in the | | | | It is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The |
| internet market as the best, if not, the only healthy | | | | mouthpiece or the refillable cartridge has a liquid |
| alternative to tobacco smoking. It is a battery operated | | | | absorbent material. |
| device that allows a previous smoker to inhale his/her | | | | When you inhale through the device, a sensor |
| daily dose of vaporized nicotine solution. | | | | powered by a bunch of microelectronic circuits will |
| Comparison to Tobacco | | | | detect the air flow. The microprocessor will then |
| Using electronic cigarettes simulate the whole | | | | activate the heating element also known as the |
| experience derived from smoking tobacco products. | | | | atomizer. This will take a few droplets of the liquid |
| The mechanism itself tries to mimic the way smokers | | | | nicotine solution contained in the cartridge. The |
| inhale cigarettes. The only difference is that it is not | | | | atomizer will, then, vaporize the solution to produce a |
| tobacco, it does not burn, therefore, it does not emit | | | | smoke-like foggy effect. |
| smoke. | | | | The Healthy Alternative |
| In fact, the device also imitates the visual experience | | | | Manufacturers and distributors of electronic cigarettes |
| of smoking. It usually sports an amber LED that gets | | | | are claiming that the device is probably the healthiest |
| activated once you inhale. This perfectly resembles a | | | | and most cost-effective means to curb your nicotine |
| lighted cigarette. | | | | addiction. In fact, if you do not have plans to quit |
| The refillable liquid nicotine solution is available in | | | | smoking just yet, electronic cigarettes are still more |
| different flavors - from menthol to strawberry to | | | | advisable because it eliminates all the hazards you can |
| vanilla. Much like the marketing strategy of traditional | | | | get from tobacco, tar and the 4,000 other toxic |
| tobacco brands. It is also available in different nicotine | | | | chemicals contained in a tobacco product. |
| concentration. This is an important feature especially if | | | | Nicotine is indeed addictive but it poses no harm at all. |
| you intend to quit smoking little by little. | | | | The culprit of most smoke-related diseases such as |
| Whenever you use the electronic cigarette, every | | | | lung cancer, tuberculosis and stroke are these other |
| inhale that activates the atomizer can make you feel | | | | chemicals that are completely extinct in electronic |
| as if you are dragging from a real tobacco because | | | | cigarettes. |
| you get to feel the heat on your lips. In terms of | | | | All these - despite the disapproval of US Food and |
| sensation, the only difference is that electronic | | | | Drug Administration, together with World Health |
| cigarettes do not smell like tobacco which is another | | | | Organization. Nonetheless, the clamor of support |
| advantage in it self. | | | | toward electronic cigarettes comes from the |
| How It Works | | | | customers, themselves, who successfully benefited |
| The device is composed of a few basic components | | | | from the device. This resulted to the sudden dwindling |
| that enable it to function like an actual tobacco product. | | | | of electronic cigarette price in the market. |