The E Cigarette In The News
E cigarette sales have been growing steadily in many countries, while other areas are just beginning to be aware of the smokeless innovation said to be more cost effective and healthier than smoking tobacco. As the debate over the safety claims grows, the world’s governments and the scientific community are beginning to get involved.
An electric cigarette consists of several parts, which can be assembled, replaced, and refilled. At one end is the mouthpiece, also called the cartridge. This part holds a liquid that contains flavor and may or may not contain nicotine. There are over thirty flavors, and the user can choose the level of nicotine, from zero to low, medium, high, and extra high. Cartridges can be refilled or replaced when the liquid, known as e juice or e liquid, is depleted. Cartridges last for about eighty to one hundred puffs, depending on the depth of the inhalations, which is similar to eight or ten regular cigarettes.
A growing awareness of the health hazards inherent in burning anything, especially tobacco which contains many chemicals and produces others while turning to ash, is sparking the interest in an safer alternative. Health practitioners, government officials, scientists, insurance agencies, employers, and consumer advocates all point to the negative effects of smoking on health, the dangers to the unborn and to anyone exposed to second hand smoke, and the cost of health care to the large numbers who suffer ill effects.
At the end of an e cigarette is a LED light, which glows red when air is pulled through the device. Automatic cigarettes cause the atomizer to heat up when the air flows through, while manual ones have a power button which activates the heating unit and that the smoker presses while inhaling.
Many also say that using the e cigarette helped them to kick the nicotine habit, but this is one claim that manufacturers cannot make. There are many brands that do not contain any nicotine, and the companies say that the flavored vapor and the physical sensation of smoking satisfies the urge to smoke. With flavors from fruit to Camel, the simulation is said to feel and taste like the tobacco it replaces. However, other brands offer a choice of no nicotine or a level of the addictive substance, from low to medium to high to extra high. Flavors come as well, with the most popular still being menthol. Even with the nicotine, the electronic devices do not pollute the air; the vapor disperses quickly, leaving no odor to cling to clothing or furnishings, or to produce the bad breath that comes with tobacco smoke.
Many claim that the electric cigarettes are safe to use, since they do not burn tobacco and have none of the tars and other harmful chemicals of regular cigarettes. A demonstration of blowing smoke through a tissue, with a resulting brown stain, and vapor, which leaves no trace, seems to support the claim that the e cigarettes are cleaner. Certainly there are no messy ash trays or butts with the electronic variety.
Some models look just like a regular filter cigarette, while others make no bones about being new and different, coming in bright colors, classic black, or gleaming stainless steel. LED lights on the ends mimic a glowing ember, and there is either a button to press while inhaling to activate the vapor action or a sensor to automatically trigger the heat when air is drawn into the device.
The e cigarette, which is cost effective, clean, and attractive (and politically correct in this no smoking era) may be the wave of our future.
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