Aug
In the recent decade, after being aware of the dangers of the chemicals involved in the process of cigarette smoking, the public found it difficult to quit the tobacco habit. Now, besides gums or patches or whatever most people are using as an alternative to nicotine, there is a safer way to deal with the mentioned nicotine addiction: electronic cigar.
This new product, also known as electronic cigarettes or electric cigarettes, are styled to appear and feel like actual cigarettes, which even includes the emission of artificial smoke, minus the tobacco content–as the user breathes nicotine vapor in, that appears much like smoke, but does not contain any harmful carcinogenic elements found in tobacco. This removes the risk of first-hand and second hand smoke, i.e. less harm for the actual smoker and the passive smoker.
This is how it works: the electric cigarette has a nicotine cartridge. This cartridge contains nicotine in its liquid form. A small amount of this liquid is turned into vapor by a small atomizer, once the “smoker” inhales—which then gives the “smoker” a nicotine hit in just a few seconds, unlike nicotine patches or nicotine gums that would take about a minute or two. To further imitate an actual cigarette, a small LED light, upon the inhalation of the “smoker,” seemingly burns and releases an orange glow, for added simulation.
With these features, we can see what electronic cigarettes have over nicotine patches or gums. Two things: the speed of the nicotine “hit” and the simulation of real-time smoking.
Taking one’s budget into consideration, the electronic cigarette also saves a lot of money. Five nicotine cartridges—that comprises a set—has a cost that is equal to the cost of about five hundred cigarettes, despite the initial investment that might cost quite a lot. There are, however, Chinese imitations in the market.
In places such as clubs where smoking is prohibited, electronic cigars are allowed. This fact may lead into electronic cigarettes replacing real cigarettes in clubs.