High Tech Electronic Cigarettes Provide Variety For Nicotine Addicts
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.
Tobacco cigarette costs have risen drastically due to increases in tobacco taxes on the federal level and in many states. Compare the five to ten dollar cost of a pack of regular cigarettes to the two dollar cost of an equivalent number of puffs of electronic versions and you’ll quickly see why the popularity of this e-cigarette gadget is rising quickly. The nicotine delivery system in e-cigarettes gives smokers the “fix” they want but avoids the necessity of inhaling over 4000 chemical compounds of burning tobacco.
Technological advances made the introduction of the e-cigarette possible. With an atomizer and a battery component that are screwed together, the electronic versions may look like a real cigarette or a ball point pen. Manufacturers also have models that look like cigars or pipes.
The mouthpiece is an atomizer with one end shaped either like a cigarette or the plastic mouthpiece of a small cigar. Inside is a small plastic cup filled with absorbent material. This is where the e-liquid is added for refillable models of e-cigarettes. Nicotine and flavor are in the e-liquid solution and are most often in a base of propylene glycol. There are many flavors available on the market but e-solutions that taste like regular or menthol tobacco continue to be the most popular.
When the flavor fades or a burned taste is present you refill the atomizer with a few drops of e-juice dripped from a small bottle. The contents of one bottle of e-liquid are approximately the same as five cartons of tobacco 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”.
Starter kits for this gadget for smokers include a battery charger and usually are sold with two battery sections. That allows the smoker to use one battery while the other is being charged. Manual designs are not the most popular as they require the smoker to press a small button to activate the heating element to provide vapor. The best electronic gadgets are automatic and operate when the smoker draws air through the mouthpiece.
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 has become a true expert on all aspects of electronic cigarettes. Her articles such as a Green Smoke review or about the freedom to smoke anywhere you want with electronic cigarettes have become well-known.
