How do these work? I just watched a commercial where they advertised a cigarette (ILLEGAL, but I'm guessing theirs some loophole as it doesn't give off 2nd hand smoke), and then smoked it during the commercial. (also illegal, again i guess that raps around to it being "electronic" and that it doesn't give off 2nd hand smoke.) Does it still give you nicotine doses? I just read up about it on Wikipedia. Apparently its a liquid vapor, what are the chemical make ups of the vapor? How are they playing nicotine any more safer then in any other cigarette? Please don't call my curiosity stupidity, I just don't like the idea of a big tobacco company coming out with "healthy cigarettes" and it being a big scam on peoples health just to make them more rich. People like that deserve the death penalty. Anyways, info on the "E-cig"??
Thanks
*NOTE*
I put this in the beer and wine and spirits section because their is no "Tobacco" or "Smoking" section, so I thought it would fit closest here.
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Ecigs aren't a big tobacco or big pharm product, they've been introduced by Chinese manufacturers and are a separate industry at the moment.
They are attractive to many smokers because they can deliver nicotine (in small amounts apparently) and have the tactile and habit experience of smoking. Ingredients in the vapour are propylene glycol (found in asthma inhalers and non-toxic antifreeze), glycerine (in toothpaste), food flavours and nicotine (optional). There is no combustion, tar or ash and no carcinogens have been found in the vapour. Trace amounts of carcinogens (TSNAs) have been found in liquid because it's derived from tobacco. The levels found are similar to those in approved NRT products.
In the States ecigs are currently legal for sale on the free market and subject to default consumer protection regulations such as truth in advertising but no agency is enforcing those regulations. The FDA are being challenged in court at the moment for trying to bring them into medical regulation (that's how they killed smokeless cigarettes in 1987 by making them unprofitable). If ecigs don't get medicalised they might be brought into tobacco control as a tobacco product on the grounds that nicotine is usually derived from tobacco. Tobacco control is likely to introduce bans on advertising, postal transfers and internet sales; it will also probably impose marketing restrictions, usage restrictions and high taxes.
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