Friday, 9 July 2010

What is an Electric Cigarette?

An Electric cigarette, also commonly known as an electronic cigarette or vapourette is a fairly new device that acts like a cigarette in almost every way but without all the Tar, poisons, the 4000+ carcinogens that a real or analogue cigarette has.

It can be used to help to quit or stop smoking altogether. What the electric cigarette does is satisfy the nicotine craving but without the tar, carcinogens and not to mention the side effects of passive smoking.


Contents of an Analogue Cigarette


The electric cigarette has been gathering momentum in the past 2-3 years. The way an electric cigarette works is that it has a battery that powers it, then there is an atomizer that heats the liquid nicotine so it can be inhaled in a vapour form and finally there is the filter also known as cartridge that actually stores the liquid nicotine. The electric cigarette's cartridge content is made of Propylene Glycol also known as glycerine, Flavouring and liquid nicotine. The cartridge content of an electric cigarette is also know as E-liquid or E-juice.


Electric cigarette


The E-juice can be found on many sites over the internet and the beauty is that you can try many flavours. Some flavours are fruity such as Melon, Grapes, blueberry to Vanilla, Menthol, Mint then there is a variety of tobacco flavours too of all the major brands.

The electric cigarette is certainly a much healthier way of smoking. If you compare the electric cigarette to an analogue cigarette you can see that the dangers are greatly reduced.
You do not get any smelly smoke with an electric cigarette, the smoke that is produced by the electric cigarette is merely vapour / vapor that disappears into thin air within seconds.
It is a great tool to help quit smoking.

Personally myself. I was a 40 cigarette a day smoker. Since March 2010 i switched to the electric cigarette and never looked back. Since that day i have not touched an analogue cigarette and do not intend to do either as i have my nicotine fix when i want it but certainly in a much healthier way.