Electronic Cigarettes

 
       Electronic Cigarettes is a device that gives an illusion that your smoking a real cigarette without everything but nicotine. It is battery operated, although you may see smoke come out of the smokers mouth and the cigarette smoking, there is no real smoke.

     Pro's- They are electronic, so there is no fire making them more convenient and less of a hazard. The smoker inhales like a normal cigarette, yet no poisons like carcinogens and monoxide is released into the atmosphere. Because of this there is no second hand smoke or odor. Making everyone including the smoker more at ease. They also cost less than normal cigarettes, so consumers would not have to spend so much.

     Con's- The first obvious con is that they still contain the drug nicotine, which can cause serious health problems. The cigarette must be charged at all times and if dropped or if it gets wet you have to buy a new one. The big issue is the flavors like: chocolate, mint, caramel, and more; that may cause more minors to take up smoking.

     I am a smoker and have had first hand experience with both cigarettes and the electric cigarette. And as a mother of three girls I have to say this is the new green in this product line. I remember have cravings so bad when I was pregnant I had to take pills, I had to go outside to smoke in the cold because I didn't want my girls breathing in second hand smoke. But, no matter how much perfume I put on my girls would still tell me I stunk of smoke; or my breathe stinks. All these things hurt, but they were true. I have been smoking the electronic cigarette for about nine months now; and I have to say mommy doesn't stink anymore. Also, mommy isn't trying to hurt us anymore as my eight year old has told me. Kids are great and through the years I have tried a million times to quit. It should be easy; because they say if you love your children more than anything in the world then you would just quit. I couldn't. However, it may not be true for everyone, but for me and my lovely girls who like to keep count I would smoke 2 packs a day a year ago in May, I now only touch my electronic cigarette about 3-5 times a day for about 5 minutes at a time. So for those people who don't like to do math: I went from 2 packs a day to 2-5 cigarettes a day. I am more outgoing. I first gained like 15 pounds in the first 5 months, but now lost the 15 pounds plus 10 more. I love it. I breathe better, I have more energy and less stress, which is funny because I smoked every time I was stressed out. You call it how you want to but, for me if and when I reach for a cigarette I am reaching for my electronic cigarette. Oh and by the way just a little piece of information you can just like the patches go down on the amount of nicotine your taking in and eventually just have a vanilla flavored cigarette without the nicotine like me.