| The electronic cigarette was developed in China in | | | | just a water, propylene glycol based vapor that is |
| 2004 and was designed by the Runyan corporation. It | | | | odorless and harmless. |
| was designed to take the place of smoking tobacco | | | | E-cigarettes come in many shapes, colors and flavors. |
| cigarettes and cigars because, despite global smoking | | | | There are the models that look like traditional |
| bans, many smokers just find it too difficult to quit | | | | cigarettes and also some that are made to look like |
| altogether. There are numerous nicotine replacement | | | | fountain pens. Flavors are limitless from Marlboro and |
| products on the market, such as gum and patches, but | | | | Camel to Mint and Chocolate, with new flavors being |
| these in no way replicate the smoking experience | | | | developed constantly. The cartridges are also available |
| which has been proven to be a part of the addictive | | | | with different levels of nicotine in them should you |
| ritual of smoking. The e-cigarette is revolutionary in that | | | | desire to lower your intake or even cut it out |
| it's aim is to both deliver nicotine to user and simulate | | | | altogether. |
| the experience of smoking a traditional tobacco | | | | There is a lot of controversy and confusion with |
| cigarette. | | | | regards to the legality and safety of electronic |
| The electronic cigarette, or e-cig, in most cases looks | | | | cigarettes and the media does not seem to be sorting |
| just like a traditional cigarette and is made of a | | | | the facts out for us very well. E-Cigarettes ARE |
| mouthpiece that holds a nicotine cartridge, a heating | | | | available for sale in the United States but they are |
| element or atomizer, a battery and an LED at the tip | | | | NOT approved or endorsed by the FDA. Electronic |
| of the device. The way e-cigs work is that they | | | | Cigarettes CAN be sold as "Alternatives" to tobacco |
| contain an airflow meter that is triggered when the | | | | cigarettes but they are NOT approved as "Smoking |
| user inhales on the device. This activates the circuitry | | | | Cessation" devices. Electronic Cigarettes have NOT |
| and delivers the nicotine to user by a short burst of | | | | been deemed to be unsafe by any US or European |
| vapor that is inhaled. The LED at the tip lights up | | | | health organization and parts of Europe have even |
| showing that the battery is working and also making | | | | declared the electronic cigarette to be a public-friendly |
| the device appear similar to a lit cigarette. The vapor | | | | device. |
| that is exhaled may look like smoke but it is actually | | | | |