The first time I heard the word E cigarette or electronic cigarette I went into a blank faced D-Uh mode. Now for a person who has been trying to quit the cigarette habit for about 10 years and wades through three packs a day, anything else, like chocolate or chewing gum, or anything called an electronic cigarette can never be a substitute or alternative for my daily fix of nicotine. That is what I thought till I tried it out. If you do not want your life to be cut short by nicotine associated diseases but still cannot concentrate without a cigarette in your hand, an e cigarette seems to be the best option.

Now an E cigarette is definitely not for those who think they intend to quit the habit today, but it is a much safer alternative for you and those health conscious sorts around you who would scream ten types of mayhem, if you dared to light up about 100 KMs around their vicinity.

An e cigarette or an electronic cigarette is completely smoke free. A thin vapor spouts out of a small tube, which is a bit longer than ordinary nicotine soaked cigarette. You have a mouth piece filled with chemical nicotine as well as propylene glycol and extra flavors, like mint and coffee for choice, a tube and a cartridge.

On inhalation, a sensor detects the airflow and switches on a micro switch which activates an atomizer. Tiny liquid droplets are injected into the air and the nicotine gets vaporized. The smoker inhales this nicotine mist. If you get your fix by the glow at the tip or the smoke curving out of a cigarette end, an LED glowing orange and propylene glycol simulating cigarette vapor should please you!

You need a battery which can be recharged at will for your electronic cigarette's power source. Some companies are offering you cartridges which are completely free of nicotine. One cartridge means you can puff anywhere between 120 to 700 times. The refill is called eliquid and you can get it in 10 ml bottles. The manufactures of E cigarettes have compounded a recipe which has 80% Propylene glycol (for the smoke) and just .1% nicotine. But it has 1% tobacco essence in it. Even so, you can lead me to this e cigarette any time. It makes sure that I can enjoy a surreptitious puff -in non smoking zones too, if I want to be really mischievous- while not feeling absolutely guilty about my life expectancy being cut down by three minutes or feel in the wrong by all those horrified glares telling me, ?How CAN you dare light up in my august presence and in these august surroundings? Security guard, help!?

E cigarettes seem to be a much healthier and safer alternative to nicotine packed coffin nails. All the harmful ingredients produced by tobacco combustion are missing in an ecigarette. This also keeps a nicotine addiction curtailed.