If you browse the internet you will find many electric cigarette or electronic cigarettesuppliers state how much electronic cigarettes are like smoking traditional cigarettes. While it is true that smoking electronic cigarettes or vaping is very similar to smoking traditional cigarettes, there are some differences.

The action of smoking continues, but the inhaling might be slightly different from your tobacco cigarette. With an electronic cigaretteyou will need to puff an initial puff to warm up your electronic cigarette atomizer and then you can take a deep inhale. For most electronic cigarette smokers this has been very easy to get use to and only takes about a day to adjust.

Also the taste will be different. Although electronic cigarette cartridges or e-liquidscome in tobacco flavors, they will taste different than tobacco cigarettes. There is no way to fully reproduce the taste of actual smoke produced without combustion. However the flavors from electronic cigarettes are better tasting and if you are a smoker switching to an electronic cigarette you will notice that after you smoke your real cigarette and then your electronic cigarette it will taste a lot better.

I have been using Electronic Cigarettes or vaping for sometime now and have found many benefits. I have saved a lot money, on average I was spending around $5-$6 dollars a day and now with the replacement cartridges for my electronic cigarette I only spend $1.50 a day. I no longer have to hear my wife complain to me about how I smell or worry about cleaning up all my cigarette butts. The greatest benefit that I have found is that I feel healthier and don’t wake up in the morning hacking a lung out of my mouth. I know that there is a lot of news on whether Electronic Cigarettes are healthier or not, but from my experience I have found them to much healthier.

If you are looking to quit smoking an Electronic Cigarette might just be what you are looking for.

Electronic Cigarettes produce a water vapor that carries Nicotine minus 1,400 other chemicals compared to traditional cigarettes. Over the last few years there has been many cases of smokers kicking the habit using electronic cigarettes. An Electronic Cigarette gives you the oral sensation and with the vapor produced it simulates smoking. The best proven method for using an electronic cigarette to quit smoking is to start out with your cartridges that have nicotine and then switch to the non nicotine cartridges.

Due to the FDA trying to categorize electronic cigarettes so that they can regulate it, many Electronic Cigarette companies will not promote that their electronic cigarette can be used to quit smoking. However if you ask anyone who has used an electronic cigarette to quit smoking they will probably tell you that it is the most effective way to quit.

The basic concept of an Electronic Cigarette is a miniature smoke machine, except that the smoke produced you directly inhale and can possibly carry specific amounts of nicotine in the smoke.

The most popular Electronic Cigarettes are made up of 3 components, 1. rechargeable battery, 2. Atomizer and 3. Cartridge

1. Rechargable Battery: Most electronic cigarettes use a lithuim rechargable battery with a LED indicator on the tip that lights up when the cigarette is inhaled. They are also built with a micro processor chip. This tells the battery when the cigarette is being inhaled and to turn on.

2. Atomizer: The Atomizer is a miniature heating element that screws into the bottom of the battery. When battery turns on it heats up the atomizer to a low temperature which in turn vaporizes the water nicotine solution and creates the smoke.

3. Cartridge: The cartridge holds the water nicotine solution and is inserted onto the atomizer. With most brands of Electronic cigarettes, on average 1 cartridge equals 20 traditional cigarettes.

With all 3 components together you just puff on the end of the cartridge and it will produce a water vapor that you can inhale carrying nicotine in the water vapor so you can satisfy your nicotine cravings.

For those of you who prefer to use E-Liquids to refill your existing cartridges or empty cartridges, here is a quick guide on how to refill them.

1. When Cartridge is empty and when one desires to refill it with using E-Liquid, First remove Cartridge from Atomizer.

2. Once Cartridge is removed from Atomizer, use a small pin like object (e.g. Paperclip, toothpick or etc.) and insert into bottom hole of      Cartridge and push out internal Liquid Container from inside Cartridge.

3. Now that the Liquid Container has been removed from the Cartridge, place upright.

4. Using your desired E-Liquid, drip 5-8 drops of E-Liquid into Liquid Container or until full. Fill only so much that there is not a puddle, if there is a puddle using a piece of cloth and dab excess.

Note: Do Not over fill, overfilling can cause damage to atomizer.

Tip: A completely empty Cartridge takes 0.5ml of E-Liquid to be completely full.

5. Once the Liquid Container has been refilled insert back into Cartridge body.

6. Push Cartridge back on Atomizer of E-Cigarette and you are ready to vape.

Not all Electronic Cigarettes are created equal. There can be many differences between the look, feel and functionality of various e-cigarette products. Finding the best Electronic Cigarette online will require carefully looking at all the factors.

1) The Look
Electronic Cigarettes come in many shapes, sizes and colors, from bright red to traditional white and even various patterns. Many of these designs can come off very noisy and obnoxious, and make you stand out a little bit more than you may like. The most popular look is the obvious white with a tan butt, just like a regular tobacco cigarette. The benefits to these types are that you won’t stand out in a crowed and you can enjoy your habit just like a regular smoker. Another popular design is the all black e-cigarette, it’s a little more trendy and can be a lot of fun at parties or gatherings.

2) The Feel
Many electronic cigarettes are very long or wide, this can be cumbersome when trying to use them. In addition many have tapered ends which only make the e-cig look and feel different than a normal cigarette. The weight of an e-cig can also disrupt the experience, especially if it’s very heavy, these are after all just small batteries. The best electronic cigarettes online will be ones that are similar to the same size and feel as a traditional cigarette.

3) Functionality
A final factor, and probably the most important is how well the electronic cigarette device actually works. Does it create enough smoke like vapor in order to satisfy the smoking experience? Does the battery last long enough between charging? Does the cartridge last long enough (usually at least similar to a pack). Can I decide my nicotine flavors and strengths? Can I get a refund if I don’t like it? Is there a warranty in case any of the parts malfunction?
These are all questions you’ll have to ask when trying to find the best Electronic Cigarette online.

For some time now I have been doing testing on the best way to clean Atomizers for Electronic Cigarettes. If you are like me and smoke your E-Cigarette a lot, you might experience some gunk and loose a little vapor production because of it. Also if you are just changing to a different flavor and would like the old flavor to be completely gone before you use the new flavor.

Most of the information on how to clean your atomizer from the E-Cig companies, tells you to clean it with Rubbing Alcohol and then using hot water and a cloth insert into your cartridge and smoke it. You will then see the wet cloth get brown and do this over, over, over and over again until you see no more brown residue in the cloth. This takes forever and I have not found it to clean that well.
After many Atomizers, different solutions and cleaning trials this is the best cleaning procedure I have found:
-Using Sugar Free Coke (Yes I said Coke) soak for at least 4 hours
-Rinse with Warm water
-Then rinse with Rubbing Alcohol (This will help clean any residuals of the syrup from the coke and help it dry faster)
-Let stand and dry for a few hours.

DONT USE Acetone to clean your Atomizers, although Acetone is great for cleaning mechanical products; there are some rubber and plastic parts built into most Atomizers for insulators and Acetone will breakdown rubber and plastic.

Health New Zealand has gone public with their findings of research into Electronic Cigarettes and have stated that “Cancer risk reduced by E-Cigarettes”

New Zealand has, for a long time been inquisitive about electronic cigarettes and is one of the few countries in the world which has investigated deeply the health benefits rather than producing biased and inaccurate reports and banning them. They have spent time studying not only the ingredients involved in the operation of an e-cig but have also probed deeply into what health benefits can be gained from their use.

In a release on their website (http://www.healthnz.co.nz/cancerrisk.htm) they report that “Using e-cigarettes INSTEAD of smoking tobacco cigarettes is bound to reduce the risks of lung cancer, because the cancer-causing gases such as 1,3 butadiene found in the smoke of all cigarette brands, are no longer inhaled.”

“Switching to e-cigarettes with nicotine continued, can be expected to reduce lung cancer risk the same as altogether quitting cigarettes without e-cigarettes.”

“Health New Zealand have been at the forefront of an unbiased electronic cigarette investigation for a long time and to finally feel comfortable enough to put this information into the public domain can only help cement the benefits of e-cigarettes in today’s society. “Health New Zealand is fronted by Dr Murray Laugesen who is New Zealand’s most experienced researcher on smoking policy and cigarettes. He founded Health New Zealand Ltd as his research and consultancy company in 1995, after 18 years as principal medical officer in the Department, (now Ministry) of Health, and Public Health Commission.”

The report also details how Health New Zealand feels the future of electronic smoking should go and asks the question ‘Is the nicotine delivered via the e-cig going to promote cancer in already existing pre-cancerous cells?’ to which the simple answer is “Not likely and not in the next 10 years.”
To progress, the industry needs governments around the world to support Electronic Cigarettes and not be scared of the unknown. These products are still significantly under the radar and rarely get mainstream media attention even though they offer so many benefits to so many different aspects of a user’s life. These products have the potential to save millions of lives every year but because the idea is new, there are very few politicians who will support them, except for governor Schwarzenegger of course who recently vetoed a bill which would have banned the sale of Electronic Cigarettes in California.

The source of this article was from: http://mybroadband.co.za/blogs/2010/01/14/safety-of-electronic-cigarettes-questioned/

After you read this see my opinions below!

California’s attorney general is seeking to halt the sale of one company’s Electronic Cigarettes in the state, saying they contain dangerous chemicals and are being marketed to children.

State Attorney General Jerry Brown filed suit Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court against Florida-based Smoking Everywhere Inc., a leading manufacturer of E-Cigarettes.

Brown says the company has no evidence to back up claims their product is safe.

Smoking Everywhere’s devices look like regular cigarettes but are battery-operated and contain cartridges of nicotine. A heater converts the chemical into a vapor.

The company did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found last year that e-cigarettes contain carcinogens.

End of Article, My turn.

To me this is just typical hypocritical political BS! What are these politicians trying to accomplish? Obviously not trying to help people, they are either just that ignorant or have hidden agendas that side with big tobacco. There are so many groups and politicians that promote not to smoke tobacco, but since the E-Cigarette industry has been growing they have directed their effects against it. I have even see articles with some of these guys stating that E-Cigarettes are worse than traditional cigarettes. Everyone knows how many people die each year from smoking and if they were really interested in helping smokers find a healthier alternative and/or quit smoking, they would support the E-Cigarette industry. If they think that there might be some harmful chemicals in the E-Cig (which just there assumption and lies) than they should put there efforts into fine tuning the e-cig. However their only agenda is to overlook the benefits from it and try to demolish the industry and continue killing people with real cigarettes.

On a slightly different note, from my experience and knowledge of Smoking Everywhere they don’t seem to be the greatest example of an E-Cig company and seem to be very money oriented, but who cares if they are helping people find a healthier alternative and/or quit smoking. Big tobacco is only in it for the money, they knowingly kill people and make a profit from it.