Electronic Cigarette

Electronic Cigarette

(E-Cigarette or PV)

Electronic Cigarette also called e-cigarette or personal vaporizer. An Electronic Cigarette is basically an electronic inhaler that liquid solution into an aerosol mist, it actually stimulate the act of tobacco smoking. Some people thought electronic cigarette to be a replacement of cigarette and they start using electronic cigarette just to get rid of their smoking habit. It may be a replacement of normal cigarettes because the amount of nicotine is very low in e-cigarette and in some cases it is fixed according to user requirement. Even some people choice “no nicotine”. 

As e-cigarette is a recent invention and limited research has been done on it. Therefore, we have less data to understand either it has benefits or it is risky for human health. The primitive concept of an electronic cigarette can be traced to an idea by Herbert A. Gilbert who in 1963 patented a device described as "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air." This device heated the nicotine solution and produced steam (source Wikipedia). The second generation electronic cigarette, or modern electronic cigarette, was invented and introduced to market in 2008 by Dr. Yunqiang Xiu before receiving its international patents in 2009 & UK patent in 2011

The World Health Organization stated in September 2008 that no rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have been conducted showing that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine replacement therapy. WHO does not discount the possibility that the electronic cigarette could be useful as a smoking cessation aid, but insisted that claims that electronic cigarettes can help smokers quit need to be backed up by clinical studies and toxicity analyses and operate within the proper regulatory framework (source: Wikipedia).

An electronic cigarette contains 1. LED light cover, 2. Battery, 3: Atomizer (heating element) 4: Cartridge (mouth piece), 5: Magnet adaptor, 6: Liquid (for producing vapors). To see either electronic cigarette can be a replacement of normal cigarette in terms of that it will help people quit cigarette or not. And either is not risky for human health we have to wait for the researchers to find out can we get rid of smoking by using E-cigarette.