Electronic Cigarette
(E-Cigarette or PV)
Electronic Cigarette also called
e-cigarette or personal vaporizer. An Electronic Cigarette is basically an
electronic inhaler that liquid solution into an aerosol mist, it actually
stimulate the act of tobacco smoking. Some people thought electronic cigarette
to be a replacement of cigarette and they start using electronic cigarette just
to get rid of their smoking habit. It may be a replacement of normal cigarettes
because the amount of nicotine is very low in e-cigarette and in some cases it
is fixed according to user requirement. Even some people choice “no nicotine”.
As e-cigarette is a recent
invention and limited research has been done on it. Therefore, we have less
data to understand either it has benefits or it is risky for human health. The
primitive concept of an electronic cigarette can be traced to an idea by
Herbert A. Gilbert who in 1963 patented a device described as "a smokeless
non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and
paper with heated, moist, flavored air." This device heated the nicotine
solution and produced steam (source Wikipedia). The second generation electronic
cigarette, or modern electronic cigarette, was invented and introduced to
market in 2008 by Dr. Yunqiang Xiu before receiving its international patents
in 2009 & UK patent in 2011
The World Health Organization
stated in September 2008 that no rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have been
conducted showing that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine
replacement therapy. WHO does not discount the possibility that the electronic
cigarette could be useful as a smoking cessation aid, but insisted that claims
that electronic cigarettes can help smokers quit need to be backed up by
clinical studies and toxicity analyses and operate within the proper regulatory
framework (source: Wikipedia).
An electronic cigarette contains
1. LED light cover, 2. Battery, 3: Atomizer (heating element) 4: Cartridge
(mouth piece), 5: Magnet adaptor, 6: Liquid (for producing vapors). To see
either electronic cigarette can be a replacement of normal cigarette in terms
of that it will help people quit cigarette or not. And either is not risky for
human health we have to wait for the researchers to find out can we get rid of
smoking by using E-cigarette.
