Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Future of Electronic Cigarettes


The Future of Electronic Cigarettes

 If you’re not aware of what electronic cigarettes are, they are alternative smoking devices that deliver a smoking experience just like the one you get with traditional cigarettes. While there are many similarities, such as the same look and feel of regular cigs, there are also many important differences between these two alternatives. The major difference between the two is that e cigarettes emit vapor instead of smoke. This alone creates several benefits, such as not having the awful cigarette odor that traditional cigarettes leave behind. For vapers, smelling like they smoked cigarettes all day is a thing of the past.

However, there are some obstacles that e cig users are currently facing that put the future of this incredible device in question. Of course, the electronic cigarette has been gaining momentous popularity over the recent years, but it’s still not enough. The biggest obstacle is that the majority of people don’t really know about what this device is or what it does. In fact, many people believe that it’s a traditional cigarette and produces smoke as well. As a result, local governments have been introducing strict forms of legislation that ban e cigs in the same way that traditional cigs are regulated.

So what can we do in order to create a better future for electronic cigarettes? The best way would be to spread awareness, even to non-smokers. Currently, there are many e cig manufacturers that sell millions of devices each year. Most of their advertising efforts focus solely on smokers, but it would also be a good idea to spread awareness to nonsmokers. A nonsmoker may confuse a vaper for smoking a regular cigarette, due to the fact that most of these devices look like regular cigarettes and because of the vapor’s similar appearance to smoke. Thus, it would be a good idea for manufacturers to get the word out about these devices and help nonsmokers recognize the difference.

Another good idea for awareness is to conduct more studies. Many municipal governments across the U.S. are banning these devices, saying that they don’t really know enough about electronic cigarettes. Well, if the regulators don’t know much about them, why can’t there be more studies? Clearly, these great little devices are already changing the world of smoking, but still have a lot of unlocked potential.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

New Study, Past Studies, and Where To Go From Here


The electronic cigarette world has been buzzing after a new study was recently published, reporting that e cigs have little effect on the heart. This is great news for e cig smokers and manufacturers, as users now have a little more justification for switching to these alternative smoking devices. On the other hand, the manufacturers now have a stronger push behind their products even though it’s not allowed to market these devices in the U.S. as more healthy or safer than traditional cigarettes.

In compliance with the FDA, e cigarettes must be marketed as smoking alternatives and not smoking cessation devices, because that would transform these products into pharmaceuticals. Thus, an ecig company cannot tell their clients that they could use these products in order to quit smoking or that they should switch to e cigs because they are safer than regular ones. On the other hand, it’s pretty obvious that a lot of consumers are switching over in order to stop smoking. If you look at a lot of customer reviews or if you browse through forum discussions, it will be pretty clear that the main objective for these people was to quit.

E Cigs And Their Impact On Heart Function


The new study has concluded that these devices do not seem to be negatively affecting the hearts of their users. While this is wonderful to hear, the researchers also acknowledged that this was a very small study and that larger ones need to be conducted in the near future.

Electronic Cigarettes and Their Impact On The Lungs


In another study, researchers found that e cigs have a negative short term effect on the lungs of its users, which helps confirm the fears of the governments who have been trying to ban these products along with traditional cigs. In this study, the researchers measured the airway resistance in individuals after having them use e cigarettes. They found that there was an immediate and higher airway resistance in individuals who had very healthy and normally healthy lungs.

These are great studies, for they are beginning to provide information about these products, which are becoming more and more popular each year. The next obvious step is to conduct studies and research on wider scale, which could provide definite answers and create a more informed consumer base.