Electronic Cigarettes- Smoke Without Fire?
Ever since the public became aware about the hazards of smoking years ago, most people have found ceasing the smoking habit hard. Companies have been creating and developing quit smoking products for a lot of years now. From nicotine inhalers to gum, Esmoking addicts have been using them to try to stop their addiction.
Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes and electric cigarettes)are the latest product to the market. They are designed to look and feel like real tobacco cigarettes, even down to emitting artificial smoke however they do not actually contain any tobacco or hazardous carcinogens. Users inhale the nicotine vapour which looks like smoke without any of the carcinogens found in cigarette smoke which are hazardous to the user and others around them.
The E-Cigaretteconsists of a nicotine cartridge containing liquid nicotine. When a user takes a drag, a tiny battery powered atomiser turns a small amount of the nicotine solution into a vapor. Inhaling the nicotine vapour gives the user a nicotine hit in seconds rather than minutes with patches or gum. When the user inhales, a small LED light at the tip of the electronic cigarette glows blue to imitate a real cigarette.
The nicotine cartridges themselves come in various strengths. Most of the major brands, such as the Gamucci electronic cigarette have full strength, half strength and minimal strength. This is designed for people who want to quit smoking. As they get used to using the electronic cigarette, they can gradually reduce the strength they use until they quit.
The main advantages electronic cigarettes have over nicotine patches or gum is firstly, users have the nicotine hit much quicker and secondly, because a big reason why smokers fail to quit suing patches and gum is because they sooner or later miss the act of inhaling smoke from a cylindrical object. The electronic cigarette emulates that even down to the smoke.
The e-cigarette is also beneficial from a fiscal perspective. A set of five nicotine cartridges costs around £6.50 and the per cartridge cost drops the higher quatity you buy. Although the initial investment of an e-cigarette starter kit of £50 may seem steep at first, users make savings in the long run.
As with many essential devices, there have been a great number of cheap Chinese imitations flooding the market. They are usually half the price of a decent brand of electronic cigarette like NUCIG and look like the real thing as well. It is inadvisable to use these because they have not been subject to the same rigorous testing the official e-cigarettes have and can potentially be highly detrimental to the user’s health.
As e-cigarettes make their way into mainstream society, they are progressively being used to smoke in pubs and clubs with a smoking ban. E-Cigarettes are the next big thing and are already replacing real cigarettes in pubs.
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