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electronic cigarette
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electronic cigarette
A battery powered cigarette, cigar or pipe that uses a canister filled with liquid nicotine in various potencies. A vapor is inhaled and exhaled, giving the person the sensation of a real cigarette and the appearance of smoking tobacco. The inhalation triggers the unit to make the head glow red and atomize the liquid into a vapor. Also called "e-cigarettes," they are not designed to wean people from smoking; rather, their claim is that they are healthier because they have no tar and that people can use them in areas where tobacco would be prohibited.


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The tiny battery inside the e-cigarette vapourizes liquid nicotine capsules producing the nicotine "smoke" while the tip even lights up when you inhale to give the realistic effect of smoking a cigarette all this without the usual carcinogens found in traditional cigarettes like tar, carbon monoxide, and arsenic.
However, sadly in September 2008, the World Health Organization issued a release proclaiming that it does not consider the e-cigarette to have enough research to be considered a legitimate smoking cessation aid.
 
 
 
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