Electronic Cigarette: A Non-Flammable, Non-Tobacco Product

Electronic Cigarettes are one of the latest and most successful alternatives to traditional tobacco cigarettes available in the market today. According to a 50-year-long study of smoking and death among British doctors, published in the British Medical Journal, on average, cigarette smokers die ten years younger than non-smokers. Cigarette smoking has been recognized as the most important source of avertable disease and illness, and early mortality (death) worldwide. It has been estimated that each year, 443,000 Americans die of diseases caused by smoking, including those who are victims of secondhand exposure to tobacco’s carcinogens.

The list of diseases caused by smoking includes:

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Coronary heart disease
• Stroke
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Cataract, pneumonia, periodontitis, and bladder, esophageal, laryngeal, lung, oral, throat, cervical, kidney, stomach, and pancreatic cancers.

Smoking is also the major factor that leads to various other complications and disorders, such as slow healing of wounds, infertility, and peptic ulcers.

The best solution to the health hazards of smoking is the use of the Electronic Cigarettes. The electronic cigarette resembles and functions like an actual cigarette in every way except that it does not burn any tobacco.

What are electronic cigarettes?

An electronics cigarette, or e-cigarette, is electrical equipment that replicates the act of smoking tobacco. It generally consists of three parts:

• A mouthpiece that contains a Cartridge
• A heating element called an Atomizer and
• A battery unit

The mouthpiece of the device has a disposable cartridge filled with liquid. The important substances in the liquid are nicotine and propylene glycol. When air flows through the apparatus, it is detected by a microprocessor. The microprocessor then triggers an atomizer, which instills tiny droplets into the air flow. This results in a vapor mist, which is inhaled by the user. The vapor resembles the original cigarette smoke due to the addition of propylene glycol. These e-cigarettes not only replicate the smoke of the cigarette but also the temperature of common cigarette smoke.

Benefits of using electronic cigarettes

• Electronic cigarettes are very environmental friendly, as there is no smoke and smell involved in it.
• There is no issue pertaining to secondhand smoke
• It gives you the choice of selecting the level of nicotine you prefer to intake.
• It can be used anywhere, anytime even in no smoking areas.
• There is no emission of harmful gases, such as tar, carbon monoxide, cyanide, ammonia and so on.
• It keeps you free from bad breath, smelling clothes and stained teeth.

According to an online survey conducted in November 2009 among 303 smokers, substituting electronic cigarettes for tobacco cigarettes led to the reduced perceived health problems when compared to smoking traditional cigarettes. The people had a higher ability to exercise, coughed less, and had an improved sense of flavor and smell.