Are you trying to quit smoking cigarettes? If you are, you might want to try electronic cigarettes, otherwise known as electric cigarette or e-cigarettes. These are basically smokeless cigarettes that work by drawing a water vapor into the lungs of the smoker. They can taste like tobacco or something else, but the idea is that the electronic cigarette simulates a real cigarette, thus making the smoker feel as if he or she is actually smoking.
The idea is to wean the smoker off of real cigarettes by giving the smokers a less harmful substitute. Manufacturers say the benefits of these smokeless cigarettes are that they have no tobacco, carbon monoxide, tar or other cancer-causing chemicals inside them.
The health industry and government health officials have yet to conclusively say whether an electronic cigarette is a good alternative to actual smoking. There is some nicotine in the smokeless cigarettes, but much of what is inhaled is water vapor. Much of the appeal to the user might be in the fact that he or she is performing an action that looks and feels like the smoking of real cigarettes.
Some studies have found that those smokers who tried the smokeless cigarettes as a way to wean themselves off real cigarettes were successful. Others in the medical field have said it isn’t clear whether the smokeless cigarettes have no side effects.
The way these smokeless cigarettes work is as follows: the smoker brings the e-cigarette to his or her lips and inhales. When air flows through the cylinder, which is metal, a processor is ignited. This processer creates droplets of liquid that cause a nicotine vapor mist. The mist resembles smoke, but is not the same kind of smoke that is created by real cigarettes.
Smokeless cigarettes might become popular for different reasons. People seem to be very health conscious these days. You can no longer smoke real cigarettes in most restaurants. Children can’t remember the days when you could walk into a restaurant and the host or hostess would ask you “Smoking or non-smoking?” Now, there is no choice. In New York City, smoking was banned this year in public parks. That means even outside, in certain places, people aren’t allowed to smoke.
For these and other reasons, smokeless cigarettes might become popular. If it turns out that the general populace doesn’t object to being present in restaurants where other patrons are smoking electronic cigarettes, then there’s no reason why they might not sell very well. The second-hand smoke that might be inhaled by non-smokers who happen to be near a smokeless cigarette is not full of tar and other chemicals. In this sense, there might be less to object to.
As the United States becomes more health conscious, those who smoke real cigarettes are decreasing in number. Many people now look at the smoking of real cigarettes as a habit that everyone should rid themselves of. If you see someone smoking in a restaurant tomorrow, check first with them to see if they are smoking a real cigarette or a smokeless cigarette.