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An Insight on E-Cigarettes: How They Work

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Electronic cigarettes are better than normal cigarettes in so many ways, but what the verdict is still out there. Although it has been proven by several scientific journals, there had been contrasting reports from FDA and Health Canada limiting or even banning their use due to health concerns.

Breaking Down an E-Cigarette

An electronic cigarette contains three major parts, namely: the cartridge, atomizer and the power supply. Here are the parts according to their usage:

  • Cartridge. This is your mouth piece that also holds the liquids that are to be vaporized for your enjoyment. Since the cartridge holds specialized solutions, there are to ways to refill it: either by screwing a new pre-filled cartridge into the atomizer or by refilling it.
  • Atomizer. This is the part that “heats up” the cigarette, thus vaporizing the liquids in the electronic cigarette. Since this is positioned in between the power supply and the cartridge, it has a filament inside it that is responsible for turning liquid into vapor. However, there is a tendency that the atomizer’s filament wears down after succeeding uses to
  • Power Supply. The power supply is pretty self explanatory. It houses the batteries that are needed to power the atomizer, thus letting it unleash vaporized liquids from the cartridge out the mouth piece.

Appeal with Smokers

E-Cigarettes are appealing to smokers for several obvious reasons. These kinds of cigarettes not only prevent you from harmful carcinogens but it allows you to have better health on top of a more inexpensive way of smoking.

  • It’s cheaper than a cigarette. You can have thousands of dollars per year with these things. Although there are certainly replaceable parts in e-cigarettes, they are far less inexpensive to replace rather than buying cigarette packs.
  • It’s great for people who want to break the habit. Believe it or not, e-cigarettes can actually help in kicking smoking as a habit. Since they simulate the feel of smoking the cigarette, they help ease the withdrawal process in contrast to abstaining or going cold turkey on the whole deal. Nicotine levels can be managed depending on how much concentration is in the solution.
  • Gives you range of flavors. Not only can you manage how much nicotine you consume when using e-cigarettes, but you can also choose from distinct flavors thanks to its vaporization technology. Aside from the feel of tobacco, it has also flavors that simulate the feel of menthol, coffee or even vanilla.

End Notes

What most people don’t know is the potentiality of electronic cigarettes of saving lives thanks to its more harmless approach to smoking. This can also work well for people who have tried many times to quit but can’t manage to do so or are constantly bombarded by relapse issues.

What makes electronic cigarettes appealing is not because they contain can contain nicotine and are smokeless for the most part, but they can help wean you off that bad habit without feeling the kick of reduced amounts of nicotine from your system.

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Electric Cigarettes vs. Real Cigarettes

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Smoking is a hard habit to break and it’s a vice that is not truly breakable since at any moment you can definitely relapse and go back to your old ways. Kicking out smoking in itself is a hard and often psychologically scarring process that could take years and a couple of close friends and family, but it takes only one stick to go back.

You might have already heard of electronic cigarettes from different spectrum of advertising as well as word of mouth. The question that lies in its use is a more obvious one: does it work?

Electronic cigarettes, for the most part, look and operate just like cigarettes. You turn it on, suck in specialized aerosol mist. The device in itself uses heat to inhibit vaporization of propylene (or glycerin-based solutions, depending on the brand or model) and thus releases the vapor into its receiver.

A Healthier Alternative

E-Cigarettes are proven to be non-carcinogenic and non flammable on top of non-polluting (a relief for people who worried about second hand smoke).  Although there are still withdrawal symptoms that you can experience due to the change of nicotine intake, it somehow lessens the blow by taking advantage of your oral fixation as a calming mechanism.

  • It looks healthier and feels. Perhaps what makes electronic cigarettes so appealing is that they eliminate all the bad visual aspects about smoking without having to completely dump the stick. For one thing, it emulates the experience of smoking without letting out smoke. There is no ash, no smoke so not only do you get rid of these but you’ll be eliminating yellow fingers and teeth that are caused by conventional smoking.
  • Far less dangerous chemicals. In comparison to a normal cigarette, electronic cigarettes have far less chemical substances that are toxic to your body (there’s about 4,000 listed) that are lumped inside it aside from nicotine.
  • More accessibility. Since E-cigarettes don’t emit dangerous smoke, you’ll have more places to “smoke” without the usual retribution or bother that you would experience when you’re smoking with real cigarettes.

Downsides

Although E-Cigarettes are certainly worthy replacements to real cigarettes, there are precautions in place that you should understand before using one. To be clear, e-cigarettes can still contain increments of nicotine. Although these doses are not as bad as cigarettes, the fact that their electronic is what makes them problematic for certain users.

You see, when you light a cigarette, it’s a timed process. A lit cigarette goes on burning with or without you. Electronic cigarettes however, can go on more lasting periods as long as it battery’s still running. So one should always take note of how long he or she has used the device in order to not get too much of nicotine.

Comparing these two is a no contest. If you want to kick the habit without having to feel too much of the kick, an electronic cigarette might just work for you to wean yourself out of that bad habit.

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