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Have you already tried e-cigarettes? Pros and cons
Sometimes very conventional things obtain quite unusual shapes. Usually they turn to better however sometimes that “better” is very questionable. Today when almost all the developed countries ban smoking in public places, e-cigarettes, a modern analog of the conventional cigarettes becomes more and more popular. 


Electronic cigarettes have been invented by Chinese scientist Hon Lik. The first cigarettes of the new generation have come into the market in May 2004 and became very popular at once. According to Ruyan, a Beijing based company where Hon works; only in 2008 the company has sold nearly 300 thousand e-cigarettes.
 

 So, what is it that e-cigarette? The definition of this item is as follows: an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. It is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by delivering a vaporized propylene glycol/nicotine solution. In addition to nicotine delivery, this vapor also provides a flavor and physical sensation similar to that of inhaled tobacco smoke, while no tobacco, smoke, or combustion is actually involved in its operation.
 

Actually e-cigarettes are similar in appearance with ordinary cigarettes. However instead of tobacco it contains a battery and an LED. Besides battery and LED the so-called cigarette also contains an atomizer and a cartridge. The principle of operation of such e-cigarette is pretty simple: when a user inhales through the device, air flow is detected by a sensor, which activates a heating element that vaporizes a nicotine solution stored in the mouthpiece, called cartridge. It is this vapor that is inhaled by the user. An LED on the opposite end of the device is also activated during inhalation, which serves as an indicator of use, and also to simulate the glow of actual burning tobacco. There are several types of cartridges: high, medium, low and zero-nicotine strength. According to New Scientist magazine the strongest cartridge contains about the same amount of nicotine as a regular-strength cigarette, but lasts for about 300 puffs in comparison with a regular cigarette that lasts for about 15. The average price for such cartridge is $1.50. Each cartridge contains material that is moistened with a flavored propylene glycol/nicotine liquid solution. When the liquid in the cartridge has been depleted, it can either be refilled by the user, or replaced with another pre-filled cartridge. 
 

According to Murray Laugesen, a scientist from New Zealand who currently studies the impact of e-cigarettes to human health even the strongest cartridge only delivers around one-third the amount of nicotine delivered by a puff on a normal cigarette.
 

Actually the e-cigarettes were marketed as a smoking quit solution. There were lots of various studies which showed that e-cigarettes are less harmless than the ordinary cigarettes since they do not contain tobacco and tar, and hence are not harmful for the so-called passive smokers. However, being sold as a treatment for the smoking nicotine people e-cigarettes do not solve the main problem - addiction. Today there is great variety of drugs, including plasters and pills that help people to quit smoking. E-cigarettes imitating the smoking are said to be less philologically harmful for those who decided to put an end to pernicious habit, however the whole process of smoking that cigarettes is so similar to the conventional one that the final result becomes very doubtful. And if considering e-cigarettes as a move to make smoking safer here there are some nuances as well. According to the smokers e-cigarettes can not be compared to the ordinary ones since smoking is not just a process bringing the dose of nicotine to the organism. Smoking the smokers get the odor and taste that are a part of that habit as well, hence e-cigarettes are not a good alternative for the ordinary things. 
 

Besides there is not exact legislation regarding those e-cigarettes. In September 2008, the World Health Organization issued a release proclaiming that it does not consider the electronic cigarette to be a legitimate smoking cessation aid, stating that to its knowledge, "no rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have been conducted showing that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine replacement therapy."  
 

Some countries are still hesitating about approving those e-cigarettes. The reason of this is absence of a clear examination and survey before the manufacturing of those devices. So, according to open sources:
 

•    In Australia, the sale of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is illegal. 
•    In Austria and Denmark, electronic cigarettes are considered medical devices, and nicotine cartridges medicinal products. Therefore electronic cigarettes need to be CE-marked, and nicotine cartridges registered as medicinal products, before either can be legally sold. 
•    In Finland, cartridges containing nicotine are illegal to sell, or to purchase with intent to sell, but are not illegal to purchase from overseas sources for personal use only. 
•    In The Netherlands, use of electronic cigarettes is allowed, but advertising is forbidden pending European Union legislation.
•    In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has ruled that cartridges containing nicotine fall under the requirements of the Medicines Act, and cannot be sold except as a registered medicine. 
•    In the United Kingdom, electronic cigarette use is currently unrestricted, with celebrity nightclub Chinawhite allowing use of the devices indoors, where traditional cigarette smoking is prohibited. 
•    In the United States, electronic cigarettes are currently unrestricted, but are also not approved as a smoking cessation product. Electronic cigarettes are currently not subject to restriction under the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act.
 

So, as we can see e-cigarettes raise contradictory talks and opinions. People have been smoking cigarettes for several hundred years; e-cigarettes have appeared just a several years ago. May be that makes a sense to look closer to that new invention that is intended to make smoking less harmful, to decrease the number of people suffering from various diseases caused by smoking, including cancer. Today the picture of our society is not very bright. The number of smoking women is constantly rising; the number of children with inborn diseases is also increasing. Smoking has become a real problem, and it should be solved. So, may be e-cigarettes are the panacea?... 





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Comments on Have you already tried e-cigarettes? Pros and cons

There are just sooo many pros

Submitted by halox on October 26, 2009 - 2:14pm.
There are just sooo many pros to the electronic cigarette, and hardly any cons. The only cn I can really think of is that most e-cigarette companies use that garbage Chinese e-liquid. Since the FDA's findings on the nasty ingredients found in this "Chinese Poison", I only smoke American Made smoke juice like Johnson Creek, Cloud 9, or Halo electronic cigarette e-liquid. I feel better knowing that something I'm ingesting into my body is nice made a zillion miles away by the same country that put Lead in our toys. Kinda makes sense, doesnt it? Johnny Blaze
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Lots of Pro's but disagree

Submitted by Anonymous on March 26, 2010 - 8:15pm.
I love the e cig and think it is the best invention of the last 100 years, but disagree with Johnny Blaze's comment. Most of our drugs are made in china and india. The pharmaceutical companies have been outsourcing our prescrtiption meds and OTC drugs for years now. There may be American mixed e liquid, but all of the pharmaceutical grade materials needed to make e liquid is not made here, but rather mixed here, and that is just a fact. The nicotine is not made here, the PG is not made here, it is all imported. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003751108_generic17.html Now Johnny Blaze stop trying to discredit other e cig companies by using deceptive advertising. Point in case refuting the lead from china, and this is just one of hundreds of examples Before finding traces of melamine in US formula, the FDA had this to say about the melamine-contaminated infant formula in China: “FDA is currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns.” Statement on Infant Formula Manufactured in China in October, 2008: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm070019.htm The very next month when melamine was found in trace amounts of infant formula made in the United States, the FDA had this to say: “The levels we are detecting are extremely low. They should not be changing the diet. If they’ve been feeding a particular product, they should continue to feed that product. That’s in the best interest of the baby.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/26/world/main4633848.shtml The companies whose formula contained melamine are Nestle, Mead Johnson, Abbott Laboratories make 90% of the infant formula sold in the United States. Unfortunately, the point is this: the FDA, special interest, media and obviously you Johnny Blaze, will say anything if it fits the agenda. E liquid advertised as American Made is a misleading statement at the least, and a down right lie at best.
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