The Cigarette Is Dead

First introduced to the Chinese domestic market in May 2004, electronic cigarettes is intended to be used as aid for smoking cessation and replacement. Since then, electronic cigarettes have become the latest buzz for people who are trying to quit smoking, even until now in 2013. Known as e-cigarettes, this industry bounced up as a purportedly doable solution to quitting smoking which imposes good reason for smokers - the electronic cigarette is not essentially a cigarette, but it works like one because it soothes the strong cravings for nicotine.

E-cigarettes are primarily created to look and feel like real cigarettes, to the extent of creating those that give off synthetic smoke without really containing any tobacco. The electronic cigarette user inhales nicotine vapour, very similar to that which is found in traditional tobacco minus the carcinogens found in it. This has become very appealing because of the absence of the harmful elements that jeopardize the health of the smoker and the people surrounding him. Plus, smoking e-cigarettes can no longer contribute to air pollution.

Basically, each electronic cigarette can be divided into three parts; the battery, an atomizer, and a cartridge containing the liquid. The nicotine cartridge that holds the liquid nicotine is a simple combination of water, glycerine and nicotine. The moment a user inhales it, a small battery-operated atomizer converts a little amount of liquid nicotine into vapour. It only takes a few seconds before the nicotine vapour hits the user, a lot faster as compared to patches and gum, which takes a minute or two to take effect.

Every time the user inhales, there is a small LED light placed at the tip of the e-cigarette that automatically glows to orange simulated to smoking a real cigarette. You can find nicotine cartridges in the market that comes in several strengths. Like what most major brands offer, the user can choose from full strength, half strength or minimal strength.

Using electronic cigarettes is highly preferred as compared to the nicotine patches or gum because it is much quicker in terms of effect. And subconsciously, those gums and patch alternatives fail to replicate the feelings achieved by inhaling smoke from a cylindrical object. Plus, some high-end e-cigarettes genially imitate that after-effect smoke, which is pretty amazing.

E-cigarettes since then became available to several vendors like drugstores, shops in malls, cigarette shops, but in order to get one with the best price, you just have to surf the Internet, like any commerce that doesn't have costs as high as regular shops.

With an estimated rate of 45.3 million American people who are consistently smoking, electronic cigarettes are designed to help people kick that hard habit in hopes that as they get used to using the e-cigarette, they can progressively reduce the strength, until reach the point of totally quitting it.