Ecigs are so much better than tobacco cigarette. When it comes to health, ecigs beat classic cigarettes in all aspects. Ecigs emit no dangerous smokes and fumes like tobacco cigarette does. Consequently, ecigs aren’t a cause for any serious illness or medical condition. The nicotine in ecigs can be controlled – you can be vaping as long and often as you want, but with lower concentrations of nicotine in your eliquid, you stand much better chances to eventually quit smoking forever. There is no second hand smoke that can be harmful for people around you – therefore no risk of passive smoking.

Ecigs are cheaper because over time you won’t be spending so much money you would otherwise be spending on buying new cigarette packs all the time. People save dozens if not hundreds of dollars every month by vaping ecigs.

Probably the biggest benefit of ecigs is that they are environmentally friendly. As all pieces and parts of ecigs can be reused or recycled, with the proper use and waste control, a big ecological problem might be solved literally overnight. No more dangerous atmosphere pollutants and cigarette butts being tossed on the ground.

Now, all these benefits above scare the hell out of big tobacco companies and governments. Even pharmaceutical industry sees ecigs as a potential threat because the market for nicotine replacement therapies is huge and it makes them nice dough every year.

As governments have the most power and “credibility”, they tend to ban ecigs from use. The reasons they mention are ridiculous and funny most of the time. For example, they say that ecigs are being advertised as safe and therefore can be appealing to kids and youngsters. They could even be a gateway to smoking real cigarettes. Now, imagine yourself as a 15 year old teenager with two options – a 10$ cigarette pack or a 100$ ecigs package with all the necessary equipment. Which one would you choose?

The reasons why tobacco and pharmaceutical companies and lobbies don’t want ecigs to become popular are obvious – they don’t care about your health, they just want their part of the market share. Governments don’t fancy the idea of ecigs because they can’t be classified as tobacco products and therefore can’t be taxed. Taxes from cigarettes and other tobacco products are huge and governments rely on that money. They don’t want to lose it. So again, they don’t care much about your health, they just want to ensure the money flow is constant or growing. They don’t want to see it drop.

Because of all these reasons mentioned above, ecigs aren’t well researched yet. Anti-ecigs people use this “evidence” as well – they speculate and come up with theories that hardly have anything to do with reality.

Don’t believe everything you see or hear about ecigs. Use your logic instead. If you are smart enough, you should try ecigs and join the revolution as soon as possible!

Here are some facts first. E cigs can be categorized into 5 categories by nicotine levels in their cartridges – zero, low, mid, high and extra-high. 6-8 mg/mL fall into the low category, 10-14 mg/mL are in a mid range, high is usually considered to be 16-18 and ultra-high is from 20 to 50 mg/mL. Now, scientists have done their homework and have found out that the toxicity levels of nicotine are 40-60 mg in the bloodstream. That’s 2-3 cigarette packages. Now, when you smoke that much, you get dangerously close to those levels. Still, people who smoke that much usually smoke for years and have made their body accustomed to nicotine and therefore have raised the “bar”. For a non-smoker 40-60 mg may easily represent a lethal dose.

Every tobacco cigarette when burned and inhaled usually delivers ~1 mg of nicotine into your body. E cigs (when their cartridges get fully empty) probably deliver more, however it’s almost certain that not all the nicotine from the cartridge finds a way into your body. Still, let’s make a wild assumption and say that all the nicotine from the e cigs cartridges gets into your body. If you use extra-high nicotine concentration liquids, then you shouldn’t deplete more than 1-3 cartridges a day (depending on the concentration). However, even if you do it, it’s important to understand that all the nicotine that enters your body leaves it in 72 to 96 hours. It’s an ongoing process, and if you inhale eg. 20 mg, after 5 hours that number should certainly be lower. E cigs of high, mid and low concentrations can be freely used throughout the day – after all, you will feel yourself when your body is “satisfied” by the amount of nicotine and doesn’t crave for more.

How many people have intoxicated themselves with e cigs? If there was even a single case, don’t you think it would cause a global buzz? There are too many people just waiting for something like that to happen because they have their reasons not to support e cigs – the list of those reasons would be too long to fit in this text frame.

On the other hand, the supporters of the “e cigs don’t deliver nicotine as claimed” idea can shut their mouth as well. While there still aren’t enough exact data about how much nicotine you actually get with e cigs, you can rest assured that enough of nicotine enters your system as so many people who have tried e cigs and are probably vaping right now are the only proof you need. Smokers NEED nicotine and they feel when it’s missing.
Finally, what can you lose? You can’t lose health – if you are smoking, you have lost it already. You can’t spend any more money than you already spend on tobacco. So, what are you still waiting for?

Governement and corporation representatives and officials want to create a public opinion that will serve their own greedy and stingy needs. In this article you are going to find out what is really behind all these e cigs bans and prohibitions.

E cigs are a smoking alternative. E cigs can be used the same way as tobacco cigarettes, in the process similar to smoking, which is popularly called vaping. E cigs deliver nicotine without all the other harfmul substances such as tar or carbon monoxide. Most of these substances are present in the tobacco smoke and e cigs don’t produce that smoke. It’s because e cigs use microlectronic technology to vaporize the nicotine liquid in the mouthpiece cartridges, producing genuine-looking smoke. This smoke is simply a vapor containing nicotine and propylene glycol. Nicotine gets absorbed into the users body, while propylene glycol is widely used food additive. A small fraction of percentage of people who show irritation reactions to propylene glycol can use glycerol as well.

Now, there are 3 main “reasons“ certain people use to justify e cigs bans. These people are loyal to strong tobacco and pharmaceutical lobbies as well as governments who want to maintain the money flow from tobacco taxes. They take FDA-s claims about e cigs containing dangerous substances such as nitrosamines and diethylene glycol. They “forget” to mention that these compounds are detected in only some of the lower quality brands and that they were measured in traces – not even percentages. The similar, sometimes even bigger, traces of these compounds are present in nicotine replacement therapies such as gums, pills or patches. Independent experts agree that concentrations found in FDA-s tests are far from being considered dangerous or toxic.

The newer tactics include claims that e cigs are blatantly advertised as smoking cessation products and that therefore should be avoided. While there are some cases where e cigs get promoted that way, it’s more an exception than a rule. The fact that there are still, even 3 years from official e cigs introduction, no regulations in most states and countries.

Finally, some officials claim that e cigs are being presented as “safe” and “healthy” and therefore mislead customers and potentially appeal to children and teenagers. Again, the lack of regulations sometimes results in e cigs and vaping being introduced as safe and healthy. While they are certainly healthier than tobacco, they can’t be considered to be completely harmless. There is still nicotine involved in the process. However, the cases where vaping is promoted that way still present an insignificant minority. When it comes to children or teens, officials should rather focus on educational programs that will teach them how tobacco and nicotine are bad than count the money from tobacco taxes flowing in their pockets. Do you honestly think children would spend 50-100$ on e cigs?

Listen to your hearth and to other people – so many people have tried e cigs until now and have experienced significant health improvements as well as money savings. Join the vaping revolution before it gets too late!



Style vs Type

I want to make one more important distinction between style and what I call “types” of e-cigs.   Style refers mainly to external appearances, whereas type refers purely to function. There are also 3 main types of electronic cigarettes that are typically referred to as 1-piece, 2-piece and 3-piece.

If you are totally new to electronic cigarettes, then you may want to start with a quick Google for ecigs FAQ (frequently asked questions) page before you continue.

The 4 main styles of ecigs are: mini electronic cigarettes,  pen-style electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, and pipe-style.

The pen-style is probably the least familiar style to most people so I will discuss this style and its pros and cons first. As its name implies, a “pen-style” electronic cigarette resembles an ink pen in size and shape, but without the shirt clip, so no pocket protector necessary! Seriously though, pen-style ecigs can also resemble cigarette filters you sometimes see rich people smoking in old movies, but maybe a little shorter.

The main advantage of the pen-style ecig is that it is a good balance between form and function. Even though they are about twice as long as a regular cigarette, they are still relatively small and skinny, but have larger nicotine refill cartridges and batteries that last longer and produce good vapor. Another advantage of the pen-style ecigs is that most don’t resemble regular cigarettes in appearance and are NOT usually mistaken for regular cigarettes, and therefore, can almost always be smoked in non-smoking areas without much trouble. At the time of writing this article, it is technically not illegal to smoke an electronic cigarette in non-smoking areas because it is not considered a tobacco product and is not combustible. In fact, establishments aware of the virtually odorless and non-combustible electronic cigarette (such as many casinos and some bars) actually encourage the use of electronic cigarettes to give their clientele an alternative to smoking where smoking indoors has been banned by law.

The only real disadvantage of the pen-style electronic cigarette is that if you are not used to the size or appearance of this style, it may be awkward in social settings — at least, the first few times you get together with friends.   Strangers that smoke, however, tend to be very friendly when inquiring about a pen-style ecig.

The mini electronic cigarette tends to be the most familiar to people as this style is the most similar in size and appearance of a real cigarette which can be both its main advantage and disadvantage. Since pen-style ecigarettes came out first and were then miniaturized over time, the term “mini”, however, is now really used to describe ANY electronic cigarette smaller than a pen-style device. In fact, ecigs that are closest in size to actual cigarettes such as the Blu electronic cigarette, are now sometimes called super-mini.

Since mini electronic cigarettes tend to look almost like a regular cigarette right down to the glowing cherry ember on the tip, you will probably feel most comfortable in a social setting or with other smokers with this style. Also, if you are trying to switch to smoking ecigarettes instead of regular cigarettes, then the mini ecig style will require the least amount of adaptation of your habits and behaviors.

The disadvantage of the mini ecigarette, being so similar to actual cigarettes, is that it can negate one of the huge would-be benefits to smoking ecigs — smoking them in public. Some businesses such as restaurants and other typical non-smoking areas such as airplanes that are not aware of ecigs may ask you to not use the device on their premises, even after some explanation, just on principle. Sometimes, this disadvantage can be mitigated by choosing a mini style ecig with a lighted tip in a color other than orange such as blue or green. This way, people may still be confused as to what you are smoking, but at least they can be reasonably sure that it is not a real cigarette.

The other disadvantage that comes with the small size of the mini electronic cigarette is that their small cartridges and batteries do not last near as long as the other larger styles, so you will find yourself switching batteries and cartridges often. The small batteries also sometimes have difficulty in producing copious vapor because the batteries aren’t quite as powerful.

Of course, electronic cigars are made to resemble real cigars in size weight and shape. Since cigars tend to be larger than cigarettes and ball point pens, there is a lot of space to work with in the design of these devices and a couple clear advantages that come at a cost. The first major advantage of electronic cigars is that they have very large and powerful batteries and large refill cartridges, although many electronic cigars are actually disposable and not meant to be refilled. A good disposable cigar, however, won’t quit for 1,800 puffs on average.

Non-disposable cigar style ecigs will not last quite as long. Strong odor is a common complaint with regular cigars and pipes, but this is not a problem with electronic cigars and pipes because there is virtually no odor. You even have greater flavor choices with electronic cigarettes and cigars, so if you always wanted to be boisterous at a casino by smoking a cigar, but were never crazy about the taste of cigar tobacco, you can smoke cola flavor in your electronic cigar instead. As stated earlier, however, smoking electronic cigars comes at a cost.

Even refillable designs often have the vaporizer heating element built into the body of the device.This vaporizer component also known as an atomizer, wears out over a period of 6-12 weeks; so, if it is built into the body of the electronic cigar, then it can’t be replaced like in the other styles. When the atomizer in an electronic cigar dies, you usually have to buy a new housing or starter kit which can become expensive. Disposable electronic cigars are more economical, but offer less flavor choices.

Electronic pipes, of course, look just like real pipes and can also be a more costly style. Atomizers in electronic pipes are replaceable and the batteries/refill cartridges are large, but electronic pipes are not in as high demand, so even the cheapest electronic pipe starter kits can be very pricey. If you like the style and experience of smoking a pipe and just get complaints about the odor, then the virtually odorless electronic pipe is for you. Any flavor that is available in an electronic cigarette is also available in an electronic pipe.

After reading some of the pros and cons in this article, you should be starting to get a feel for which ecigarette style will be best for you. Most veteran ecig smokers have a couple different styles to suit their mood or circumstances, so read some reviews to make sure the quality you are looking for is there and don’t be afraid to experiment.

There is actually a 5th style, if you will, of full custom or modified electronic cigarettes that are far less common, but available to those trying to perfect their esmoking experience. This 5th style includes electronic hookahs, so called USB pass-throughs that get power from a USB port, and a wide variety of many other variants that strive for optimization of form and function.

So, don’t give up. Smoking electronic cigarettes can be quite a bit different than smoking regular cigarettes, but must people like it once they find the ecigarette style that suits them best. While I think I covered everything in this article, a picture is worth a thousand words. Visit the electronic cigarette review to see pictures of the 4 styles of ecigarette and to find a comprehensive list of reviews and links to many suppliers of this break-though device.