How to quit smoking – Part 1
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES
What are they?
Have you ever heard of Electronic cigarettes? Probably not, and no it is not a term from a science fiction novel, it is the latest method invented to help you kick that unhealthy smoking habit. They are the latest in a line of products designed with the sole purpose of helping smokers quit smoking tobacco products like cigars, pipes, and off course cigarettes.
An electronic cigarette is touted as being the best and healthiest method to quitting smoking the real thing for the following reasons it looks like an ordinary cigarette,note, it gives the same taste and smell as a regular puff,note, with none of the health risks associated with a regular cigarette, and it even comes in the same flavors and strengths as the real thing, so where is the difference or what is the catch one might ask?. The difference is that you accrue all the pleasures and sensations as the real thing with the sole amazing exception that with the electronic cigarette you get none of the 4000 plus toxins found in a real cigarette.
How It Works
Your next question naturally is how does that work, the answer lies in the latest advances in “micro electronicss being used to solve age old problems in” biotechnology. Electronic Cigarettes been available now for the past three years but are only now making their debut into the mainstream as a new and innovative way of kicking the habit,minus all the complexities associated with the other methods. An Electronic cigarette or e-cigarette consists primarily of four components namely the heating element or atomizer, the mouthpiece or cartridge chamber, a rechargeable battery and a nicotine solution.
The cartridge or mouthpiece is a renewable plastic cup fixed to the end of the tube, it is available in four strengths mimicking the real thing, these are Normal, Medium, Low level and No Nicotine. Inside the cartridge is an absorbent material that is moistened with a flavored “propylene glycol /nicotine solution, it is flavored with all known flavors that are available in the real cigarette. When a smoker smokes the e-cigarette their cravings are satisfied due to the tobacco taste, the nicotine intake, the holding of the cigarette, the actual vapor like smoke emitted and the glow at the end caused by the LEDsp