March 23, 2010

Are E-cigarettes Really Here to Stay? – natural remedies to quit smoking

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have hit the market like wild fire in the last 12-18 months. So what’s so special about them, and are they here to stay, or are they just a fad?

The only way e-cigarettes are going anywhere but up, is if the tobacco industry has some way to push their financial might and get the e-cigarette banned. These realistic, healthy replacements to regular cigarettes are simply amazing – and that comes from a non-smoker! What!?!? Yes, that’s right – I don’t smoke, but I have a mouthful to tell you about the e-cigarette.

First of all, what an incredible invention to save the world from the horrors produced by tobacco cigarettes. A good quality E-cigarette, like those made by Green Smoke, contain mostly nicotine and water. That’s a far cry from the 4,000 plus chemicals found in the smoke of a regular cigarette.

As a non-smoker, I wasn’t fully educated in the Makeup of a cigarette. I simply knew that my natural remedies to quit smoking friends reeked like stale smoke, and my eyes and nose always burned after they smoked around me for a while. Well, that and I knew that cigarettes were a major cause of cancer – thus I stayed away.

But when I heard about the e-cigarette and recommended them to some friends, I learned a great deal more. First, I learned that nicotine isn’t that bad for you. Yes, nicotine is addictive, but apparently there are no studies that show negative effects of long-term nicotine use. Nope! It’s all the other crap surrounding the nicotine that is bad for you. Like the thousands of poisonous chemicals and carcinogens used in a tobacco cigarette as a nicotine delivery system. It’s the burning chemicals and tar that kill you – not the nicotine.

So now, with an e-cigarette, you can get the nicotine you crave without any of the other harmful chemicals and carcinogens found in cigarettes. That’s pretty freaking cool – whether you smoke or not!