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Everybody knows that smoking is dangerous to our health. Government and private institutions alike have launched anti-smoking campaigns. City ordinances have been passed to ban people from smoking in different public places and means of transportation. Still, many are unable to quit smoking for good. Some experience slight withdrawal symptoms when they stay away from these killer sticks even for just a few hours. Others feel that they think better and become more productive when they are smoking.

Modern science, fortunately, has come up with a breakthrough device that would help chronic smokers get their nicotine fix even in prohibited places. Electronic cigarettes are smokeless and harmless smoking devices that allow smokers to enjoy cigarettes whenever and wherever they wish. These alternative smoking devices are as lightweight and portable as the traditional sticks.

Electronic cigarettes are pretty much easy to use. Every e-cig consists of three removable parts - a rechargeable battery, a cartridge filled with liquid nicotine and an atomizer. No on or off switches are needed to turn on the device. The user just needs to inhale on the tool to turn it on and start the atomizer's heating process. The heat that emanates from the atomizer vaporizes the liquid nicotine inside the cartridge and produces an odorless vapour.

Using an electronic cigarette eliminates harmful effects of traditional cigarettes, aside from giving the user his nicotine dose without the actual smoke. The absence of cancer-causing tar decreases the chances of getting severe lung diseases, like emphysema and bronchitis. Staining of teeth and yellowing of fingers, walls, or clothes are also avoided.

Electronic cigarettes also do not produce second-hand smoke, so the smoker can enjoy his nicotine dose without exposing other people, even infants, around him to health hazards. Some variants of the alternative smoking devices give off scents that are pleasant to the smell, so non-smokers do not have to move away from the smoker in their effort to avoid the unwanted smell traditional cigarettes emit.

These electronic cigarettes are proven to be much cheaper than regular cigarettes. A cartridge is equal to approximately twelve traditional cigarettes. At initial purchase, a user may spend more than a pack of cigarettes, but eventually, he saves more because these alternative cigarettes last longer and need fewer accessories such as lighters, ashtrays, and deodorizers. And since there are less chances of getting hospitalized or buying medicines for smoking-induced illnesses, more costs are eliminated.