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By Gaurie, February 22, 2010 11:45 am

Here are some great tips for giving up smoking, there not guaranteed but they will hopefully help.

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By admin, November 15, 2009 1:04 am

If you are a smoker, there is a brand new invention that you should know about. It is called the electronic cigarette, also commonly known as a e-cigs, electric cigarettes, smokeless cigarettes, e-cigarettes etc. This new innovation is changing the legal landscape for cigarette smokers in the UK and all over the world.

Electronic cigarettes are designed to look and feel like real cigarettes apart from the obvious difference in weight, they even emit what at first appears to be smoke. There is no tobacco to burn so therefore it is not actually smoke but water vapour that is exhaled from electronic cigarettes. Electric cigarette users inhale nicotine vapor which looks like smoke but without any of the carcinogens found in tobacco smoke which are harmful to the smoker and others around the smoker.

An electronic cigarette has three main parts – the battery, an atomiser and a nicotine cartridge containing liquid nicotine. When a user inhales on a electronic cig, a tiny battery powered atomizer turns a small amount of liquid nicotine into water vapor. As the user is inhaling the nicotine vapor it gives the user a nicotine hit in seconds rather than minutes compared to traditional nicotine replacement patches or gum.

When the user inhales on the electric cigarette, a small LED light at the tip of the electronic cigarette glows orange to simulate a real cigarette. More recent versions of electric cigarettes tend to glow either blue or green so it is clearly obvious to others that it is not a regular cigarette. This avoids confusion when being smoked indoors especially in bars clubs and restaurants.

Electronic cigarette smoking can create much more of a social environment as there is no pollution and no passive smoke and therefore ecigarettes are unobtrusive to non smokers.

All in all electronic cigarettes are a healthier, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than traditional tobacco cigarettes. 

The replacement nicotine refil cartridges are available in various tastes and strengths. Most of the top selling brands of e-cigs such as Gamucci and Inlife have cartridges available in low, medium and high strength nicotine to suit all smokers. They also have zero or NO nicotine refil cartridges for those people who need the hand to mouth action but want to cut out the nicotine altogether. Some people start with the high strength and gradually reduce down to the lower nicotine strengths or even switch to Zero nicotine.

Although electronic cigarettes cannot be sold as cessation devices, some people say that the varying degrees of nicotine in the refil cartridges have been designed for people who want to quit smoking. As users of ecigs get used to using the electronic cigarette, they can gradually reduce the strength they use until they quit or stop smoking traditional cigarettes. In fact, the varying levels of nicotine more reflect the difference in taste of the nicotine refills as opposed to tobacco cigarettes and it has been observed that heavy smokers often prefer a lower nicotine level than would be expected. The starter kits sold by Inlife actually come with 8 cartridges, 2 high, 2 med, 2 low and 2 zero so that each customer can find the right level of nicotine for their personal use before ordering refills.

By smoking electronic cigarettes, smokers can also benefit from a money saving point of view. Typically, smoking electronic cigarettes saves you at least 50 percent of  what it would cost if you were to smoke traditional tobacco cigarettes. Obviously there is the initial investment of an electronic cigarette starter kit but in the long run the e-smoker saves money.

As the awareness of electric cigarettes increases and the popularity grows – could electronic cigarettes eventually replace traditional harmful tobacco cigarettes?

If you like the idea of electronic cigarettes and feel you may be interested in earning an extra income by promoting the latest in electronic cigarette technology please visit www.smokeit.info for further details.