What are Vapor cigarettes?
Vapor cigarettes are alternatively known as an electronic cigarette (e-cig or e-cigarette), personal vaporizer (PV) or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) and should not to be confused with smokeless cigarette. It’s
a battery-powered device in most cases
there is a lithium-ion battery which is rechargeable. The battery powers the
heating element
which simulates tobacco smoking can also
emit non-nicotine vaporized solutions. It generally uses a heating element known as an atomizer that vaporizes a liquid solution. Some solutions
contain a mixture of nicotine and
flavorings. Manufacturers say that Vapor cigarettes are an alternative
for tobacco smokers who want to quit from smoking. The Vapor cigarette was
invented in the 1960s, but it wasn’t popular until a decade ago. The e-cigarette is a Chinese invention. The first ones
came from the Ruyan Company in 2004. The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association now estimates
that roughly 4 million Americans use the battery-powered cigs.
How its shape
and look like
The e-cigarette could be different in shapes and sizes. Some
of them more or less like long cigarettes; others look like cigars or pipes. Few look like
ballpoint pens. The majority is reusable with replaceable and refillable
cartridges. A small percentage of products are throw-away one disposable
e-cigarettes.
How they work?
All latest models are automatic - when the user sucks on
it, a sensor activates a heating element that vaporizes a liquid solution held
in the mouthpiece. The user can choose whether or not to have nicotine in the
flavored liquid solution. In older models (manual models), there is a little
button which turns the heating element on and off. An LED indicates whether the
device has been activated when the user inhales. They all work the same basic way.
Instead of smoke from burning tobacco, users inhale vapor
containing nicotine (with the exception of versions which claim to be free of
nicotine), flavor additives, and other chemicals. When users inhale from the
end of an e-cigarette, a battery-operated vaporizer heats a liquid solution
into a vapor.
A typical e-cigarette consists of a battery, a
heating element and a cartridge containing nicotine, propylene glycol and
water. The
Levels of nicotine in the cartridges can vary
drastically and many also contain candy-like flavorings. They operate by
electronically
Vaporizing the nicotine solution, creating a mist
that is inhaled into the lungs. After the user inhales, the residual aerosol,
or vapor,is exhaled into the surrounding air.
Uses of E-cigarette
E-cigarette use among children:
Awareness of e-cigarettes are widespread among children aged 11 to 18. Two thirds of 11-18 year olds and 83% of
16-18 year olds had heard of cigarettes. Understanding of e-cigarettes are generally good. Children who
have heard of e-cigarettes believe correctly that they are less harmful than
cigarette tithe user (74%) and those around them (79%). Most (51%) 16-18 year
olds who have heard of e-cigarettes believe that they contain nicotine.
E-cigarette use among adults:
Awareness of e-cigarettes are widespread, but continued use is confined to
current and ex-smokers. In 2013,
91% of smokers and 71% of nonsmokers had heard of e-cigarettes. E-cigarette use
is constant across ages and socioeconomic groups. Use has increased among smokers and ex-smokers but not among those who have never smoked. Use has
increased steadily among smokers and ex-smokers, but current use among those who
have never smoked remains 0%.
Smokers and ex-smokers report
different reasons for using e-cigarettes.
The main reasons ex-smokers report having used e-cigarettes are to help a quit
attempt (48%) and “to help me keep off tobacco” (32%). The main reason smokers
report having used e-cigarettes is to “help me reduce the amount of tobacco I
smoke, but not stop completely” (31%) followed by help in a quit attempt (30%); and “to help me keep
off tobacco” (29%).
Benefits of
Vapor cigarette
Electronic cigarettes a typical e-cigarette consists of a battery, an atomizer that heats the liquid and turns it into a vapor,
And a cartridge that contains flavoring and Proponents
believe that cigarettes represent a clean drug delivery device that can satisfy the smokers’ addiction to both nicotine and smoking behaviors and thus greatly reduce
their health risks. Because there is no combustion and no tobacco, cigarettes are
almost certainly much less harmful than cigarettes.
As well, many fear that the widespread promotion and
use of e-cigarettes, both with and without nicotine, will undermine successful
efforts to reduce tobacco use.
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