Are E Cigarettes As Addictive As Tobacco

What people should understand about using an electric cigarette is that it is not a device that is used to make you stop smoking at all or cure your nicotine addiction. The whole concept of the electric cigarette is that it is a device that will allow you to continue to feel like you are smoking and to give you the nicotine you want, but without some of the more harmful affects you get from smoking tobacco. Having said that, as long as you continue to use the electric cigarette, you will still be addicted to nicotine if you already are.

One of the interesting things about the e-cigarette is the fact that, just like tobacco cigarettes, you can get the nicotine filters in different strengths. They come in high, medium and low strengths. Many users will demote themselves from high, to medium, to low strength nicotine so they are slowly weaning themselves away from the nicotine. When you reach the lowest strength, you can switch to a filter that has no nicotine at all! This alone will help you break the addiction to the nicotine while you are still able to enjoy the act of holding the e-cigarette in your hand and putting it in your mouth.

The hand to mouth action is one of the strongest parts of a tobacco addiction. When you stop to think that many tobacco smokers have become accustomed to holding a cigarette in their hand and taking it in and out of their mouth twenty times a day or more, it is no wonder that this part of the addiction is so hard to break. You can wean yourself down to a lower strength of nicotine gradually and still feel like you are smoking. Eventually you might be able to be one of the ones who can learn to be satisfied with no nicotine at all as long as you can feel like you are still smoking.

Smoking cigarettes is a strange habit to say the least and it is difficult for most people to be able to give it up. The electric cigarette only offers a way for you to feel like you still smoke, but you do not get any toxic smoke. The vapor that you inhale is warm like tobacco smoke and tastes like tobacco if that is the flavor you prefer. Just keep in that mind that as long as you use a filter or e-liquid refill that has nicotine in it, you will still be addicted to it. However, some studies have shown that when using nicotine on its own and its not being combined with the chemicals, tar, and smoke of the tobacco, it appears that the nicotine itself might be less addictive. This is still being debated at this time.


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What Is The Latest Buzz About The E-Cigarette

There has been some controversy surrounding electric cigarettes ever since they came on the market a while back. Almost everyone who is interested in them tries to keep up with what the latest facts are concerning production and marketing.

The interested parties are of course, usually tobacco smokers who either want to try the product or are already using the product. They have concerns about the safety of the product and whether or not the FDA is going to allow the devices to continue to be sold. Some of the questions are still unanswered definitively, but there is more information coming to light a little at a time.

Just recently the Governor of California vetoed a ban of electric cigarettes. This is encouraging news. The court case between the FDA and a couple of e-cigarette companies about holding up shipments has been heard and is now awaiting a decision.

So, it would seem that interested parties might have to wait just a little longer to see exactly what the FDA is going to do after the court decision has been reached in relation to the lawsuit. As to the safety of the electric cigarette product and the nicotine solution that is used with it, there does not appear to be any new evidence as of yet that the product is unsafe.

At the very least, it certainly is not nearly as unsafe as smoking tobacco and that is still legal and going strong as far as sales and and marketing of their products. The facts that are known about the e-cigarette are that you do not get any tar or toxic smoke from the product because there is no tobacco used or burned.

The next biggest issue to come up concerning health issues related to using the device is the fact that the nicotine liquid does have some chemical content. While some have tried to exaggerate the affects that these chemicals could have on someone physically, all of the chemicals that are used are currently used in other products besides the electric cigarette and are considered safe.

The nicotine liquid that is used do not have things like formaldehyde, ammonia, cyanide, benzene, or arsenic that can be found in tobacco products.So, what is the future of the e-cigarette? Hopefully it will be that the FDA will give its full approval very soon and those who are already using the product can continue to do so and those that wish to try the product can without worry of any controversy surrounding it. Most people, especially those who are using the product that used to smoke tobacco, believe that it is a great break through for anyone that enjoys the feel of smoking, but would like to not use tobacco.


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