E-Cigarette: What You Should Know

The first time I heard of an E-cigarette, or electronic cigarette was on a local news channel. It was something they were "investigating" to see about it's effectiveness. Of the people who they interviewed, there was nothing but a positive response! However, my local news channel did what most do and put in some government fed lines about how unsafe it is since it hasn't been studied and approved by the FDA.

Now, we are no dummies! Cigarettes are not healthy, they contain about 400 chemicals in each cigarette causing ailments of chronic cough, weakened immune system, oh yeah and let's not forget cancer of the throat, mouth and lungs among more! So I was a little disappointed to see such a product written off so fast, which has the capability of potentially swaying many habitual smokers to quit.

Being a smoker in my teenage years and recently quitting just a few years ago, I do have some experience on the actual addiction to cigarettes as well as knowing how hard it is to quit. Part of the problem, which is hardly ever spoken about is the oral fixation a smoker gets from a cigarette. Yes, smokers crave nicotine too, but at least with me personally it was a lot about the hand to mouth, oral fixation. I am not alone, many smokers gain weight after quitting for this main reason! And this is one of the reasons that I am backing the E-Cigarette.

The E-Cigarette addresses the hand to mouth oral fixation that other remedies such as the Nicorette patch or gum do not. As a matter of fact, the E-Cigarette actually delivers a vapor that when inhaled feels almost identical to a cigarette according to many manufacturers and users of the E-Cigarette. Smokers can also feel and see the "smoke" come out of their mouths as they exhale. Not only that, but they E-Cigarette looks extremely similar to a real cigarette so it gives the smoker the real experience of comforting their cravings.

One thing that many E-Cigarette protesters argue is that the cigarette still contains nicotine, which is an addictive drug. While this alone is not the best argument, since so does the patch among other items that help assist smokers to quit. And for two, Users may step down from their nicotine usage, as they can buy cartridges with strong, medium, or low doses of nicotine as well as having NO nicotine at all! Thus, the smoker is essentially breaking their dependence on nicotine while still comforting their oral fixations.

The only down side I see is it's appealing to children. Now, it does take a significant investment of anywhere from $40-$140.00 to buy the initial kit, so while teens and children may not be able to buy the kit outright. But we do have to be careful not to make light of smoking it's self.

If the E-Cigarette takes the place of a much more harmful substance,like a real cigarette, than that is great. I am a huge fan of something will has tons of excellent testimonials who claim they have healthier lifestyles because of it! As far as the whole FDA thing goes, I am used to hearing their propaganda. I am also a proponent of raw milk, which is considered to be like a nuclear weapon to the FDA. Before you listen to too much of what they say, think about this; all the require cigarette manufacturers to do is put a warning label on their product. Each state gets billions of dollars from the revenue of cigarettes and Pharmaceutical companies who play buddy buddy with the FDA would be in a pickle if people had alternatives to smoke aids such as the patch, the gum, and Wellbutrin among other pills which carry laundry lists of other side effects.