High Tech Electronic Cigarettes Promise Variety For Tobacco Smokers
The electronic cigarette is a popular new gadget for smokers. Introduced in 2003, this is the alternative smoking solution many tobacco addicts have been waiting for. Whether you smoke cigarettes, a pipe or cigars there is an e-cigarette style that will suit you.
You can smoke the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes for about $2 when using e-cigs. That’s quite a bit better than the five to ten dollar cost of a pack of tobacco cigarettes. The electronic cigarette is a nicotine delivery system providing smokers with the”fix” they want without the necessity of inhaling toxic chemicals of tobacco products. You can choose the best e-cigarette gadget available and still spend less than you will for tobacco products.
The two parts that make up a typical electronic cigarette were made possible by recent technological advances. The battery and atomizer are separate pieces that are screwed together. The atomizer is the mouthpiece and the design of the assembled e-cigarette may resemble a tobacco product or a ball point pen depending on the model chosen.
The mouthpiece may be round like a cigarette or may be shaped like the plastic tip on a small cigar. The small cup inside the mouthpiece is filled with absorbent material that is saturated with e-liquid. The liquid is a solution of nicotine and flavor, usually in a propylene glycol base, that may taste like regular or menthol tobacco products. Other flavors are available for those with adventurous tastes.
Refilling the atomizer is done easily by adding a few drops of e-solution from a small bottle. The bottle is only about two inches high yet contains a volume of e-liquid that provides the nicotine of five cartons of regular cigarettes.
A battery is the second component of the e-cigarette gadget. This is the bottom section of an electronic cigarette. Early products routinely added a red or orange LED light at the tip of the battery section to give the impression of a burning cigarette. Now manufacturers provide a variety of color options and you can choose your favorite color for the LED “fire”.
Two batteries are usually included in starter packs for the best electronic cigarettes. This allows the customer to use one battery for smoking while the other is recharging. The most popular e-cig products are automatic versions but there are some manual models that require the user to press a button to release vapor for inhaling.
The puff (draw) on the atomizer activates a minuscule heating element that vaporizes liquid in the mouthpiece. The vapor is inhaled and nicotine ingested with the vapor. In the best e-cigarettes the process is instantaneous allowing the user to inhale and smoke as if he were using tobacco.
The replaceable cartridge electronic cigarette is very popular with buyers. The disposable mouthpiece ends the need for messy e-liquids and cleaning is never needed. One cartridge is the equivalent of one pack of tobacco cigarettes. Changing cartridges is no more complicated than opening a pack of cigarettes.
Mary Kay Rivers is a true expert on all facets of e-cigarettes. Her publications such as a review of the Green Smoke e-cig or about thee-cigarette and the smoking ban are very popular.
