With more and more public smoking bans going up all over the country, it makes sense that smokers are turning to different alternatives of getting their nicotine. For years smokers have had access to nicotine patches and nicotine gum. Both of these are valid solutions that would allow smokers to fulfill their nicotine craving without lighting up in a place that has banned smoking. However, one slightly less known alternative to smoking is a new product that simulates the smoking experience without actually producing any smoke.
If you haven't read up much on e-cigarettes, they are quickly becoming the popular alternative to tobacco cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes don't have to be lit in order to work. This means that there's no need to worry about presenting a fire hazard. They also do not produce the irritating smoke that is associated with cigarette smoke. Though the e-cigarettes are very similar to normal cigarettes, there are a few key differences that set them apart.
First off, the act of using an e-cigarette is known as “vaping” as opposed to smoking because, in fact, there is no smoke produced, but a vapor. As mentioned, this vapor doesn't have the stench that normal cigarettes have because of the lack of chemicals in the vapor. The chemicals found in cigarette smoke are mainly responsible for the public ban on smoking. Secondhand smoke has been found to be hazardous to people's health and can cause breathing trouble for some people. Since the chemicals in cigarette smoke aren't present in e-cigarette vapor, there's little to no smell and the vapor disappears within a few seconds. If you weren't seen in the act of vaping, more than likely nobody would no you had been using an e-cigarette.
While not all places allow the usage of e-cigarettes, they are obviously a better choice when choosing to get your nicotine dose in public. Tobacco cigarettes, aside from being unhealthy to others, contain tar. Tar is the chemical in cigarette smoke that stains teeth, fingers, and even walls and furniture. It leaves behind the smell that can linger for days. This smell not only gets on the smoker, but it gets on people that are merely passing by. For this reason, as well as several others, e-cigarettes are a more suitable solution before choosing to smoke around people.
E-cigarettes can also show others that you respect their right to be in the same area as you. By choosing an e-cigarette, you are, in a sense, showing this respect by not polluting their breathing air with smoke given off from your cigarette and exhaled from your lungs. As more and more bans are put up, e-cigarettes become increasingly appealing solution to getting your nicotine in public.
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