E-Cigarettes Offer Smoking Alternative

Tobacco Taxes  New tobacco taxes hit smokers this week.  This gizmo may be an alternative.
by Chad Petri
Published: Thu, April 02, 2009 - 4:42 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, April 02, 2009 - 4:45 pm CST
At first glance, it looks like smoking--but you're exhaling water vapor.

“I find I breathe a whole lot better I don't cough in the morning,” says E-Cigarette user Michael Douglas. “I don’t smell bad, any worse than I do normally.” Web designer Michal Douglas says he uses them to cut back on a $500 a month smoking habit.

“It replaces the oral fixation, it replaces the smoker, the feeling of it coming in and coming out and it replaces the feeling something with your hands,” says Douglas. The battery powered stick looks like a pen light. It allows the user to inhale atomized nicotine. The E-Cigarette isn't for smoking cessation. It's marketed as an inexpensive alternative.

“It doesn't taste like a cigarette, but it acts like a cigarette, it doesn't leave a nasty taste in your mouth but you're getting what you need which is the nicotine and nothing else,” says smoker Eileen Corker.
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I wonder how rabbit tobacco rates as compared to commercially grown tobacco in health dangers.As a kid it seemed kind of strong for a cigarette but was better in a pipe and mixed with some bark off a tree.Kids will try most anything,won’t they?:-)

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It’s best to check out online e-cigarette forum(s) for info and reviews by real users before buying. 

They are an incredible innovation and absolutely can be used to quit tobacco cigarettes, as thousands of us have.

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When I googled this topic, I saw that Canada and Australia are banning these things.  Not sure why, but…

Anyone ever tried growing their own tobacco?

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Can someone please tell me where to buy this e- cigarette. I would like to buy one.

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Right there with ya.  I want a link, preferably not in China….

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It would be nice if the article included a link to the site. I attempted to google “e-cigarette” and came back with several hundred results. :-(

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